Family counselling has mostly been about helping families cope with problems. Families come to therapy with deep challenges, and a need to be heard. They want to figure out what is going wrong and what needs to be fixed. …
I came to be interested in “anxieties and worries” in tweens and teens when I noticed how many of my friends’ daughters were struggling, seeing a counsellor, or on medication. This included my own daughter. At the time, we found…
“The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible.” Over the years when counselling parents and teens I have come to understand how these 8 steps can build levels of resilience and well-being. 1. Focus on…
The “red flag” is up. We need to sit up, pay attention, and not let this topic fade into the background once again. Recently, bullying has become a prominent topic with the tragic suicide of a teen girl in our…
by: Marlo Thomas Award-winning actress, author, and activist If you are a parent, I just want to ask you for five minutes. I think that’s all it should take to make you think differently about bullying, an issue most…
By Lylah M. Alphonse, Senior Editor, Yahoo! Shine | Parenting – Wed, 1 Aug, 2012 4:55 PM EDT Are parents harming kids by focusing on the wrong definition of success?No matter your socioeconomic status, as parents you want your kids to have a better life…
Stopping and getting things done is possible, even with ADHD Published on July 19, 2012 by Mark Bertin, M.D. in Child Development Central Anything we plan in life has three parts, according to professional organizer Judith Kolberg, one of which we often forget. First,…
Dr Michael Bradley is one of my favourite authors on parenting teens. Check out his book, Yes, Your Teen is Crazy. I’d like to share his most recent newsletter. PARENTS: BEWARE THE WEEDS OF SUMMER I do hate to be…
Learning doesn’t stop just because school is out! Can you imagine the improvements your child can make in reading or math by staying mentally engaged over the summer? Each of our programs begins with our Dynamic Diagnostic Assessment™, which pinpoints…
ScienceDaily (June 11, 2008) — Just as a disciplined exercise regimen helps human muscles become stronger and perform better, specialized workouts for the brain can boost cognitive skills, according to Carnegie Mellon scientists. Their new brain imaging study of poor readers…
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