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Category: Parenting


Tackling the Winter Blues

January 15, 2025  |  Parenting  |  By Encompass

January in the Pacific Northwest. The holiday decorations are down and it’s back to the usual routine. With all the sparkly anticipation of the early winter season behind us, the rest feels gray and gloomy. The Encompass team put our heads together to offer a few activity ideas for making the best of the next […]

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Parent Talks Podcast: Summer Spectacular

July 8, 2024  |  Parent Talks Podcast, Parenting  |  By Encompass

We are now a few weeks into a well-deserved summer break for kids and caregivers alike. While we look forward to this time to relax and breathe a bit easier, experience tells us that it typically only takes a week or two before the novelty starts to wear off.  Kids get bored. The snacking seems […]

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Creating Space for All Emotions with Inside Out 2

June 24, 2024  |  Parenting  |  By Megan Walsh, MSW, LICSW

In a partnership with North Bend’s quaint, wonderful movie theatre, local kids and families were treated to a sensory-friendly performance of the much-anticipated sequel, Inside Out 2 on June 17.  The North Bend Theatre staff raised the lights a bit, lowered the sound a smidge and Encompass offered fidgets and weighted sensory items to meet […]

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