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Episode 20: Understanding the Children Behind the Checklist
When evaluating children for problems, parents and teachers are often asked to fill out questionnaires and checklists. These can be very valuable, but checklists may not give the entire answer due to the nature of the...
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Episode 19: Speaking So Kids Can Succeed
When we talk to children we expect them to be able to understand and hold on to the total of the information which we are sharing with them. With one child in six, however, who have neurodevelopmental disorders, this...
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Episode 18: Respect: You Must Give in Order To Receive
There is the mistake belief by some people that respect is to be given to them simply because of a title they may have, such as parent, teacher, or President. While these titles may suggest that these individuals may...
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Episode 17: 5 Love Languages and the Challenging Child
Children learn that we love them by our actions. But not everyone expresses love in the same way. According to Dr. Gary Chapman, there are 5 love languages. Each is important to share with children so that they know...
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Episode 16: Learning Disorders Are Life Disorders
Many people are under the misperception that children with learning disorders only have problems with reading, writing, and math. In reality what we call learning disorders are difficulties in processing stimuli and...
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Episode 15: I Was a Runaway Child
One in every 20 youth run away each year from home. I guess I can technically say that I would be part of those statistics, but my reasons were no where near as painful as the youth who are found on our streets.Check...
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Episode 14: Why Adolescents Cut
What can be worse than the feeling of pain from a cut? How about the pain of anxiety, depression, self-hatred, or abuse?Ā Nonsuicidal Self Injury begins around 12 to 14 years of age, although it can begin later in life...
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Episode 13: Risks for Kids to Use Drugs
30% of children in school by the time they are 18 will have a substance use disorder. These are kids who have had adverse childhood experiences such as punitive parenting, problems due to neurodevelopmental disorders...
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Episode 12: Meeting the Needs of Challenging Children
My mother has had some health issues over the last few years which has led to the need for us to anticipate where she may need some accommodations to protect her from falling. This has meant moving furniture around,...
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Episode 11: Underestimating Children with Disabilities
I was taught in medical school that a person with intellectual disabilities could not have learning disabilities. I was also told that if a child had a developmental disorder such as autism, Down's Syndrome, or other...
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Episode 10: Understanding Aggression in Children
Humans, being part of the animal kingdom, are born with the tendency to show aggression as a means of survival. But humans have the ability to use aggression less and less as we develop our prefrontal brain skills to...
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Episode 9: Do You Sense What I Sense?
All of us have our little quirks which are likely due to sensory input and processing differences. But between 5 and 16% of all children experience suffering due to problems handling the sensory input from the world...
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