Tag: child development
Keeping a Summer Routine for Kids with ADHD
Summer is a time for fun, sun, cookouts, lake days, and a break from the day-to-day grind of the school year. But for a...
Helicopter Parent to Co-Pilot: Resisting the Urge to Solve Every Problem
Most of us have heard the term Helicopter Parent; they are the parents who are quick to rescue their children for the littlest things,...
5 Tips to Help Your Picky Eater
Anyone else enter motherhood with determination that your child will always eat their vegetables and try all foods without complaint? No way will my...
Reinforcing the Positive: How Praise Can Transform Difficult Behavior
We've all been there: you're tucking your kiddo in at night and the guilt washes over you. Guilt from how your kid behaved, guilt...
GO VISUAL: Using Teachers’ Tricks for Your Own Household
I had planned on writing this post this summer as a way to improve your child's independence through visuals and, at the same time,...
How to Talk to Children During Time of Uncertainty
"Who do you think I will live with if both of my parents die?"
This is what a student asked me at school last week....
How I Stopped Yelling to Start the Morning Off Right
Get your shoes on.
Get your shoes on!!
GET!!! YOUR!!! SHOES!!! ON!!!!
Our mornings nearly always went something like that. The kids being poky. Not listening. Me...
My Child was Diagnosed with ADHD: Now What?
"He doesn't qualify for an IEP anymore." I couldn't believe I was hearing those words.
After eight years of being on a 504 Plan and...














