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.
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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.
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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, ...
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, ...
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 ...
