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ABA Therapy: Effective Strategies for All Learners What is ABA therapy? ABA stands for Applied Behavioral Analysis. It’s a powerful approach that employs scientific behavioral principles to shape a learner’s…

Exploring Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and its Effective Emotional Management Techniques Dialectical Behavior Therapy(DBT) is a therapeutic approach designed to equip patients and their families with strategies to cope with…

Anxiety is a natural, normal and harmless emotion. Anxiety becomes problematic when it begins to prevent or interfere with a child’s ability to engage in and enjoy daily activities. Anxiety…

Growth Mindset is the idea that your talents and abilities can be improved through hard work and perseverance. When individuals with a growth mindset are presented with a challenge, they…

The short and simple answer to this question is “yes,” but when assessing PTSD  in children it is important to understand more about it, as its signs and symptoms in…

Sifting through the alphabet soup of psychotherapy treatments can often be bewildering and overwhelming. The rise of evidence-based psychotherapies (i.e., treatments that have strong research support) has had a tremendous…

Does your child say, “I’m okay” to you even though you know they really are not? How can you determine if your child is experiencing a normal amount of sadness…

According to Christopher McDougle, MD, director of Massachusetts General Hospital’s Lurie Center for Autism and a member of Autism Speaks Autism Treatment Network, “Mood disorders – including depression – do…

Worried about your child’s feelings around others? Here are some clues:  Do they worry a lot about others thinking bad things about them? Do they often say no to social…

With the increased number of terror attacks that we are hearing about in the news, something that had once been a much rarer occurrence may feel like it is happening…