Adult & Couples Therapy | Child & Adolescent Therapy | Mental Health | Parenting & Family Therapy
How Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in parents can impact their children
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric condition that impacts adults and children. PTSD is experienced by some people after they are faced with a traumatic experience. Symptoms of trauma…
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Giving an Effective Time-Out with Children Ages 2-7
Time out is a highly effective evidence-based discipline procedure that can significantly reduce behavioral problems in children. Decades of research has shown that when used appropriately, time-out is a safe…
Child & Adolescent Therapy | Educational & Learning | Mental Health | Parenting & Family Therapy
Feeding Problems in Children With an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
“My son will only eat crunchy things.” “My daughter will only eat things that are yellow.” “My son hates anything mushy.” Sound familiar? If your child has ASD and often refuses…
Educational & Learning | Mental Health
What is Universal Design for Learning (UDL)?
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework set forward for removing all possible learning barriers by foreseeing the needs of all students. It is the idea of implementing flexible…
Best Practices | Mental Health
ADHD Treatment in Children & Adolescents
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental behavioral disorder characterized by a persistent pattern of inattention and/or hyperactivity-impulsivity. In order to be diagnosed with ADHD, symptoms must be present…
Child & Adolescent Therapy | Mental Health
Identifying Children With Traumatic Stress
Throughout life upsetting events, also known as traumas unfortunately occur. The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) differentiates between a trauma and a traumatic event. According to NCTSN, a trauma…
Child & Adolescent Therapy | Mental Health
Going Back to School
For many parents and children, back to school is an exciting time of year filled with enthusiastic conversations about new teachers to meet, after school activities to join and new…
Child & Adolescent Therapy | Mental Health | Parenting & Family Therapy
Sleep Hygiene for Children
Sleep is a restorative process that helps us function physically and emotionally and has a direct effect on our behaviors and in our ability to sustain attention. Sleep gives your…
Best Practices | Mental Health
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Treatment in Children & Adolescents
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a long-lasting psychiatric condition which causes impairment in a person’s overall functioning. OCD was once part of the Anxiety Disorders category within the Diagnostic and Statistical…
Best Practices | Mental Health
Oppositional Defiant Disorder Treatment in Children & Adolescents
Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) is characterized by symptoms and behaviors that fall into three different categories including: Angry/Irritable Mood – often losing temper, being easily annoyed, often being angry and…
