If you’re in the camp of parents and families who found distance learning to be a relatively smooth and positive experience, try to identify specifically what went well for you and your family. Why was this enjoyable for you? If the experience was not an easy one for you, your family, or one of your […]
Distance learning is likely to be a part of many of our kids’ educational futures and we can now focus our efforts on planning and preparing for an optimal experience…
I’m glad if the title of this article got your attention, and I want you to know I’m serious. No matter how well-adjusted my kids might be, or how kind and compassionate they are, or how patient I seem at times…we don’t have it all together. If the last three months of social isolation has […]
Parenting, marriage, teaching, jobs, you name it and it requires a period of adjustment to find the right rhythm to be effective. However, once you figure out the music and the dance that goes with it, the music inevitably changes. Suddenly, your groove doesn’t match the needs of the people or situation around you, and […]
In these Bite-Size Parent Coaching segments, I take larger parent coaching concepts and boil them down into bite-size overviews so parents can start to use the skills at home. Parents of children with autism and other behavioral and developmental difficulties may find this series of skill overviews helpful – but the skills may be useful […]
If you find yourself arguing, begging, coercing, or negotiating with your child to get their work done, check out the suggestions below for getting into “work mode.” Click HERE to view the slideshow.
Hopefully this can be a useful and supportive resource for educators trying to get through the present and plan for the future. Click HERE to view the slideshow.
Dr. Adams shares tips for parenting during the school closure. He includes lots of suggestions for helping siblings get along…just in case 😉 Click HERE to view the slideshow.
I feel like I have asked myself the question, “will we ever get back to normal?” several times a day over the last few weeks, as I’m sure many others have. And the answer that I keep telling myself is, “I’m not sure I want to.” Katie Greenleaf, LPCC recently shared a quote by Dave […]
This last month many of us were unexpectedly thrown into a new endeavor – teaching our children at home. This sudden added role is further complicated by several other factors, including our own work expectations, meeting the learning needs for multiple children, and managing stress levels in this chaotic time. If you have a child […]