Solving Challenging Behavior

Are the meltdowns, power struggles and talking back just getting worse? In this virtual presentation, Katie Greenleaf, MA, LPCC, will share techniques to turn your home and school setting from a battleground into a more peaceful place.     *private event for Bright Beginnings

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When to Worry: Balance, Patterns, and Progress

The books I have found to be among the most useful as both a child psychologist and a parent are a series of books by a developmental psychologist, Louise Bates Ames, and a pediatrician, Frances L. Ilg. Each book highlights the stages that typical children progress through fairly predictably. The authors are careful to remind […]

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(Naughty or Nice) Your Child’s Behavior: What’s normal, what to look for, and what to do about it

Katie Greenleaf, MA, LPCC, is presenting this free parent seminar at the Avon Early Learning Center Parents of early learners will: learn what is developmentally normal when it comes to behaviors like defiance, impulsivity, distractibility and inflexibility understand the role executive functions and skill development play in behavior management and problem solving learn strategies for […]

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