I know most of my posts on this blog focus on how to support your child, but the reality is that it’s nearly impossible to support your child when you’re feeling overwhelmed and stressed out yourself. And the truth is, almost everyone I’ve talk to recently has mentioned that even the small things are throwing them over the edge these days. Parents are feeling exhausted … Continue reading Why am I feeling SO stressed by little things??
Many children struggle with social skills. Social skills can be difficult for children with autism, children with ADHD, children with developmental delays, and sometimes even for typically developing children. Although social skills may be a particular area of weakness for some children, that doesn’t mean they can’t make gains. Social skills can be directly taught to children with the use of a variety of fun … Continue reading Teaching Social Skills to Children
If you know little kids, you know it’s true: the littler they are, the bigger their emotions can be! These big emotions are expressed through tantrums. Young children don’t have much life experience yet, so every experience is a big deal to them, worthy of a full on tantrum. As toddlers and preschoolers, they’re first discovering that they can have their own opinions and that … Continue reading 5 Strategies to Help Little Kids Learn to Manage BIG Emotions without Tantrums
Over the past few weeks, parents everywhere have suddenly been charged with overseeing their children’s education in ways they haven’t ever had to before. For most parents, these new responsibilities are in addition to everything they already had to do, including working at their jobs, caring for other children, managing the household, and trying to complete their own self-care. Many days surviving distance learning likely … Continue reading 6 Strategies to help you Survive Distance Learning
By now I’m sure you’ve seen all the amazing color-coded, carefully designed schedules for what to do while you have your kids home during the pandemic. The schedules are incredible. They really are. And there’s a subset of the world who is going to follow those schedules perfectly and have their lives go beautifully. Spoiler alert: we are not those people. Don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading The No-Schedule Schedule
Does this sound familiar? You’re sitting in a waiting room at the doctor’s office. Your child is crawling under the chairs, over your lap, and hanging upside down from the back of another chair. Your child keeps asking “How much longer??” and you’ve said, “Just another minute” for the hundredth time with no idea how much longer it really will be. How about this one? … Continue reading Have an impatient child? Tired of tantrums when your child needs to wait? Learn a simple strategy to teach patience wherever you are!
One of the questions I am asked all the time at the Behavior Buzz clinic is, “How do you handle toilet training a child with a disability?” This question is often closely followed by, “Actually, can you work on toilet training with children with disabilities?” My answer is YES! Children with disabilities can toilet train. I’ve successfully helped families master toilet training their children with … Continue reading Toilet training a child with a disability
If you’re the parent of a special needs child, you’ve been there. I know I’ve been there. Where’s there? You are sitting in the office – could be a doctor, a psychologist, a speech therapist, an endocrinologist, whatever, it’s an office. And you’re sitting there. You have a feeling you know what’s coming, but nobody has said it yet, so it’s not real yet. The … Continue reading I just received my child’s diagnosis, now what??
Kids learn best when having fun! It’s a simple premise. Coming up with fun ways to teach them, though, isn’t always so simple. I try to post lots of creative ideas to help bring a little fun and creativity to teaching – whether it’s work at school or homework – to help kids learn math, spelling, and colors, among other skills. This post is another … Continue reading Teach spelling using just some dot paint and beads!
Many children struggle with flexible thinking. They may get stuck in their explanation of a situation and not be able to consider the idea that there could be another explanation. They may only be able to think of one way to handle a problem, and if it doesn’t work, they become instantly frustrated. They may only see things from their point of view and not … Continue reading Teaching flexible thinking **links to product**
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