Why Children Need to Learn to Manage Their Emotions
Takeaway: Children with good emotional self-regulation know how to handle their emotions in different situations. Without it, they would struggle to (1) Make friends, (2) Succeed at school, and (3)...
View Article7 Steps to Better Emotional Regulation In Secondary-Age Children
Takeaway: Children have to regulate their emotions, as parents you can help by teaching them to recognise, name, respect, and react healthily to their emotions. Children aren’t born with the ability to...
View ArticleRejection Sensitive Dysphoria: How ADHD Makes Children Fear Rejection
Takeaway: Rejection sensitive dysphoria (RSD) describes the tendency of children with ADHD to be triggered by teasing, criticism, and other types of social rejection. And this triggering can overwhelm...
View ArticleDe-Stress Your Adolescents By Improving Her ‘Executive Functions’
Takeaway: Executive functions are mental processes in the brain that impact your adolescents academic, social, and home life. And some teens have executive function deficits that make it much harder to...
View ArticleHow To Help Young Children with Autism Regulate Their Emotions
Takeaway: To teach children with autism how to regulate their emotions, we need to (1) Explore what emotions are using ‘emotion cards’ and ‘social stories,’ (2) Rate emotions on an emotions-thermometer...
View ArticleDoes Autism Affect Girls’ Behaviour More Than Boys’?
Takeaway: Autism affects both boys and girls, but since girls are better at hiding their differences, their challenges often go unnoticed. And this means they’re more at risk for academic, social, and...
View ArticleHow Music Therapy Helps Children With Autism Be More Social
Takeaway: Music therapy can bypass your child’s usual autistic defences, bringing out her joyful, creative side. But, for this to happen, the therapist must be able to build trust, work towards...
View ArticleThe Step-By-Step Guide to Teaching Your Child Empathy
Takeaway: Empathy helps us be more caring/connected people, but it’s a challenging skill to develop. So, we parents need to help our children understand the roots of empathy (e.g., recognising and...
View ArticleHow Executive Functions Coaching Can Transform Your Adolescent’s Life
Takeaway: Coaching differs from tutoring because it goes beyond helping your adolescent with schoolwork. Instead, it offers strategies and techniques to improve their executive functions – which then...
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