School Issues Articles
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- Teens Need A PR Director
The long-standing popular image of teenagers is that they are rebellious, self-centered, risk-taking, and don't want anything to do with their ...
- Moving and Young Children
Moving day. Such excitement! Such distress! An event nearly every family experiences a few times, if not more. The impact on ...
- Q&A: Disciplining a Challenging Preschool Child
Q: My son is four years old and he rules the house. His first response to ...
- Sensitive Children Who Develop Significant Anxiety
In recent months I happened to work with a number of elementary-age children who had developed ...
- Things to Consider When Choosing a Residential Treatment Program for OCD
I’ve written before about my son Dan’s stay at an intensive residential program for ...
- Adolescent Tragedies and My Teenager
Once again I am writing about a terrible tragedy. Fifteen dead children. Fifteen lives ...
- Community, Libraries and Mental Health
Unlike his colleague Sigmund Freud, Alfred Adler -- another early 20th century psychologist -- wasn’t interested in analyzing ...
- Finding the Right College
Parents: Please note that this column is meant to be shared with your teenager.
Okay, you made ...
- Losing Our Moral Compass: The Negative Effects of Overstressing Academic Achievement
I look at the story headlines in various magazines and newspapers. “Gotta Start ...
- Disciplining Older Teenagers
Beer cans in a closet, pot in a glove compartment, groundings or curfews ignored, abusive language... not necessarily ...
- Revisiting a School Program that Rescued ‘Losers’
A few years ago, I read Dr. Bob Brooks’ monthly article which focused on one of his favorite themes: schools ...
- Reflections on Grass Root Changes in Educating Children
A few years ago, I was sitting at my desk this morning and reviewing several articles ...
- The Childhood Roots of Adult Happiness
I've borrowed the title of Dr. Ned Hallowell's book (2002, Ballentine Books) as the title of this ...
- Bright Not Broken: Gifted Kids, ADHD, and Autism
Diane M. Kennedy and Rebecca S. Banks, the authors of Bright Not Broken, and the contributor, Temple Grandin, all have a combination of personal and professional experience with learning and developmental disabilities.
Kennedy and Banks are ...
- Raising Assertive Kids
Assertiveness isn’t necessarily innate. While it might come naturally to some people, it’s largely a skill -- and an important one at ...
- OCD and College Accommodations
An interesting article recently appeared in the Wall Street Journal. “A Serious Illness or an Excuse” is worth reading and talks about ...
- Does Facebook Help Students Adapt to College?
Recent psychological research suggests that social networking can help university students feel supported in their first few weeks at school. Investigating the possibility, ...
- The Challenge of Children with Special Needs
Labels abound, some of them distasteful, some inaccurate, some just in vogue, others useful to understanding and planning. I ...
- Do Children Really Spend Too Much Time in Front of Screens?
Once again the experts in child development and child health are warning parents about exposing their ...
- Questions Teens Ask about ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a fairly common mental health concern among children and teenagers today. It is readily treated by medications, psychotherapy, or a combination of the two. Here are some commonly asked ...
- Courage and Limits with Your Teen
This column uses a story based on a real-life situation in therapy to represent both the teen and parent viewpoints on ...
- Keeping Your Child in Mind
A 3-year-old is happily playing on the floor near his mommy’s feet as she works on her laptop. Unknowingly, she knocks a ballpoint pen onto the floor. The little boy picks up the ballpoint pen, ...
- Length of Stay for Residential OCD Treatment
Toward the end of his freshman year of college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
- OCD and ADHD: Is There a Connection?
By the end of his freshman year in college, my son Dan’s obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) was so severe that he ...
- A Toolkit for School Success: 15 Study Tips for Students with ADHD
Because of the nature of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), students with the disorder ...
