Childhood Mental Health

The best Childhood Mental Health resources, tips and information from a child therapist to help unique kids thrive. Information on helping a child with ADHD, anxiety in children, depression, sensory processing disorder and other childhood mental health conditions. #childhoodmentalhealth #adhdinkids #childhoodADHD #anxietyinkids #childhoodanxiety #mentalhealthforkids
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A Sisters Journey Through OCD to a Life of Purpose.
Emily and Lindsay both struggled with OCD as kids. Even though they were sisters, OCD showed up in very different ways for each of them.
Parenting a Child with OCD? Avoid Making These 5 Common Mistakes - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
Parenting a Child with OCD? Avoid Making These 5 Common Mistakes - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
How to Help an Angry Child that won't calm down
Have a child who deals with anger issues? Here are the best anger management strategies for kids from a child therapist. #kids #parenting #anger
How to Help Your Child with Anxiety or OCD Advocate for Themselves
It is important to teach our kids how to advocate for themselves, both at school and at home. This is even more true for those kids with anxiety and OCD. Here is what you need to know about teaching our kids about advocacy.
Are you Missing these Signs of Anxiety in your Child?
These 10 Signs of Childhood Anxiety often surprise parents. Helping your child with anxiety starts with identifying the symptoms and behaviors that indicate stress or an anxiety disorder in kids. #anxiety #kids
Helping Kids with Fears of Animals & Insects with Dawn Huebner
Learn how to help kids with fears of animals or insects with expert advice from author and psychologist Dawn Huebner. These fears can be all consuming that impacts the things that kids love and enjoy.
Handling Sexual Themes Around OCD - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
OCD sexual themes can add more guilt and shame. Learn how to deal with sexual intrusive thoughts. There are many ways sexual themes can pop up and how to handle them when they occur.
3 Must-Haves to Crush Anxiety or OCD
Dealing with anxiety or OCD can be an uphill battle. Kids can overcome their struggles and flourish with these 3 must haves. These will improve anyone's struggle with anxiety or OCD.
Helping Kids with OCD Who have to Read and Reread - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
OCD can impact a child's ability to read. This can often times be misdiagnosed as a learning issue. OCD can make people feel like they have not fully understood what they are reading. Here is how you can overcome this OCD struggle.
How to Handle New OCD Themes  - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
Handling one OCD theme is tough already, but if you have one OCD theme after another, it can be difficult to handle. Here is how you can handle you or your child's new OCD themes.
Helping Kids with OCD Who have to Read and Reread - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
OCD can impact a child's ability to read. This can often times be misdiagnosed as a learning issue. OCD can make people feel like they have not fully understood what they are reading. Here is how you can overcome this OCD struggle.
How the Inhibitory Learning Model Changes OCD Treatment - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ag
OCD approaches are constantly evolving and changing with ongoing OCD research. Learn how OCD practitioners have adopted Exposure with Response Prevention to reflect these changes.
How to Stop Panic Attacks from Ruling Your Child’s Life - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
Sometimes we focus so much on how to stop panic attacks that we miss an even bigger problem - avoidance. Panic attacks can be debilitating and can create a reaction of avoidance. Learn how to break away from avoidance with these panic attack tips for kids.
8 Calming Ways To Help An Anxious Child
8 Calming Ways To Help An Anxious Child. If your child is struggling with anxious feelings from separation anxiety to nighttime fears, reading this post will give you the tools to help your child. Even better, your kid will be able to manage her own stress when she’s feeling anxious or scared.
Does Social Media Increase Your Child’s Anxiety? - AT: Parenting Survival for All Ages
Social media is overwhelming to any child, but it can be debilitating for children with anxiety. Learn how social media can increase anxiety and offer tips on how to reduce the impact it has on their mental health.