Information for Parents and Caregivers: Sibling Interaction
Parents can have a huge impact on the sibling relationship and can dramatically shift patterns with some intentional focus on themselves, each individual child, and family dynamics.
Age Range: 8 years
Information for Parents and Caregivers: Executive Functioning Handout
Executive functioning describes the mental skills humans use to solve problems and achieve desired outcomes. Executive functioning skills include goal-setting, identifying and solving problems, making and following plans, adapting to changes, remembering important information, and self-monitoring. This sheet explains the various parts of executive functioning and provides suggested activities you can do at home to […]
Information for Parents and Caregivers: Emotion Coaching
Emotion Coaching happens when adults can be compassionate and accepting of a childโs big feelings while at the same time teaching the child how to appropriately express those emotions in a way that allows others to understand and help them.
Information for Parents and Caregivers: Diagnosis Related Grief
Even when a parent/caregiver has a strong feeling that something is going on with their child that they donโt quite understand, a diagnosis can be really difficult to accept. Processing the grief associated with a diagnosis can be a very challenging path for families and can lead to frustration, miscommunication, and hurt feelings. This handout […]
Information for Parents and Caregivers: Childhood Stress Handout
In really small doses, stress can be healthy. Any time we are required to learn, grow, and change, humans feel stress. Childhood is full of changing developmental needs, evolving understanding of the world around us, and a constantly fluctuating set of expectations from peers, parents, and caregivers. The feeling of stress helps us work extra […]
Information for Parents and Caregivers: Childhood Anxiety Tip Sheet
Current studies show that roughly 30% of children between 3-17 years old experience symptoms that lead to a diagnosis of anxiety each year. Anxiety can have a genetic component and is often caused by a combination of familial disposition, circumstances, temperament, and experiences. The attached parent information sheet provides more information about childhood anxiety, tips, […]
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