Resources
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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.
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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 […]
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Feeding Tips for Introducing New Foods
Providing your child with a balanced diet is an important part to support their growth and development. When children start restricting the foods that they will eat it can become very worrisome for parents. While it is common that toddlers have a period where they exercise their voice and choice in what is eaten, the […]
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Language Development Through Everyday Activities
An excellent way to build a toddlerโs vocabulary is through their experiences during everyday activities. When an adult takes advantage of moments of shared attention with their toddler, these daily activities can provide a rich source of vocabulary building.
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Positive Discipline Tip Sheet
Positive discipline is an approach developed on the premise of being kind, firm, and respectful toward your child. This tip sheet provides resources, tips, and information on positive discipline.
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Remote Learning Tip Sheet
As weโve all done our best to transition to a very different system of living in the last several months, parents and children have had to shift, stretch and pull together like never before. With the remote learning system being facilitated by our incredible teachers, many parents are asking for tips to help best support […]
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Resilience
You can help your children develop resilience, the ability to cope with stress and challenges, to learn from mistakes and setbacks, and to recover from adversity, failure, and even trauma.
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Restraint Collapse
Restraint Collapse can happen when a child (or adult) has worked really hard to โhave a good dayโ. Theyโve held it together enough to stay emotionally and behaviorally regulated while at school or an event and then they get to their safe space (usually a parent/primary caregiver) and emotionally collapse. This can look like an […]
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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.
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Information for Parents and Caregivers: Sleep Tips
Very few people do well without enough quality sleep, so getting kids to sleep on a consistent schedule is often an important priority to parents/caregivers. All children are different and have their own distinct needs and preferences that change. Setting up a routine that works takes time, commitment, and sometimes creativity. Itโs important to first […]
