Parents and teachers: Work together to identify learning disorders in kids and help them learn and live well by Alexandra Cromer, LPC | Feb 15, 2023 | Children, Teens, & Adolescents, Disorders, Mental Health Topics Learning disorders usually present in children at a young age. However, that doesn’t always mean that a diagnosis will be made promptly. Often, parents wonder if their child’s delays or behaviors are normal (because what’s normal, anyhow?) or think they’ll “grow out of it.” Fortunately, there are other key figures…
Parenting styles: A guide to patterns in raising children by Wistar Murray | May 20, 2022 | Family, Mental Health Topics, Parenting Every year there seems to be a new parenting style trending in popular culture: helicopter parenting, tiger parenting, lighthouse parenting. People write about free-range parenting, gentle parenting, and slow parenting as if children are food items that need to be carefully cultivated through a certain recipe. Child psychologists and mommy/daddy…
Know thyself (and everyone else, too!): Can emotional intelligence be taught? by Chad Saylor | Oct 12, 2020 | Feelings & Emotions, Mental Health Topics It is with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” — Antoine De Saint-Exupery Turn on your television. Open one of your social media apps. Pick up a newspaper. Chances are it won’t take long to find programs, comments, clickbait, and headlines screaming…
Extreme picky eaters can have an actual diagnosis: Understanding avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder by Madison Bambini | Oct 1, 2020 | Disorders, Eating Disorders, Mental Health Topics When you think of picky eaters, what comes to mind? Maybe a toddler who only ever wants chicken nuggets. Or perhaps a young child who refuses to eat vegetables. But what about children who only eat three types of foods and gag at the idea of trying something new? When…
Study says early cannabis use in teens can have negative effects on their cognitive functioning by Madison Bambini | Sep 4, 2020 | Alcohol & Drugs, Children, Teens, & Adolescents, Mental Health Topics, Research A new study says that using cannabis as a teen or adolescent can have negative impacts on cognitive functioning, especially verbal memory. Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine tested and analyzed siblings (unlike other similar studies) to rule out familial factors. The study used interviews and neuropsychological…