Strategies for Parenting the Strong Willed Child

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“Strong Willed” kids often have terrific gifts that can develop into leadership qualities as they get older.  One of the primary parenting challenges can be the ease with which you can find yourself in a power struggle! Your focus needs to be less on compliance and...

Family Meetings… How They Can Help Your Family Connect

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A parent recently told me “I hold a family meeting once a month, whether we need it or not… it may be short or it may be long…maybe someone says an issue and sometimes we just talk ”. Connecting. Our lives are so busy and family meetings may just be a way to all sit...

Floortime Research Findings

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Can autistic kids be helped by a play-based program? Watch the video below and also read the preliminary study report. Learning Through Interaction in Children With Autism: Preliminary Data From a Social-Communication-Based Intervention, Casenhiser

Sensory Processing – High Activity Level

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Is your child “on the go” all day long? Is it hard for your child to sit at the dinner table? Is it hard for your child to sit for prolonged periods of time at school?  Does your child like one or more of these movements: jumping “crashing”...