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5 Nutrients That Can Help Kids Labeled With ADHD - Healthy Concepts with a Nutrition Bias
It's unbelievable how much power food has. Food actually has the ability to cause diseases or prevent them. If we aren't getting the essential nutrie
Resources for Teaching Mindfulness to Your Children - Left Brain Buddha
Books, websites, and tons of activities to teach mindfulness to little ones!
How to deal with autism: 21+ tools to calm an autistic meltdown
Looking for calming strategies for kids? We’ve got 21+ ideas to help children with anger management issues as a result of autism, anxiety, ADHD, and other special needs. Perfect for parents and teachers alike, these activities will help your child with self-regulation when an autism meltdown threatens to erupt. Keep these tools at home, in the classroom, and in the car so you’re always prepared and remember: while it may be difficult to learn how to deal with autism, you WILL find your way.
8 Ways to Beat ADHD (Without Medicine)
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by inattentiveness, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. Children diagnosed with ADHD often display impulsive behaviors that are interruptive and inappropriate for the setting (e.g. the classroom.) Boys are twice as likely to be diagnosed with ADHD as girls. The average age of diagnosis is around 7 years.
Therapists Reveals How Physical Touch Is Linked to Brain Development in Kids
Brain development in children depends on positive physical touch from a loving adult. This positivity often comes from the parent but can be another family member or caregiver if the child is comfortable. With positive physical contact, children can thrive and develop healthily, eventually becoming positive adults.
Child Psychologists Share 9 Symptoms of Depression in Children
If you’re like most people, then you think depression only happens to adults. Sadly, the Center for Disease Controls states that 3.7 percent of children ages 3-17 are depressed. The symptoms of depression in children are not always so apparent, and there doesn’t need to be any significant life influence for them to feel this way either.
10 Behaviors That Reveal A Child May Be Autistic
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Kids do well if they can, but lacking skills to cope with disappointment, they have meltdowns. Why punishments don’t work (hint: they don't teach problem-solving skills!)
10 Things Causing Skyrocketing Childhood Obesity in America
This topic is uncomfortable, but it is one that society must no longer ignore. We want our children to learn to make healthier choices, so this conversation is one we must have. The obesity rates in the last 20-30 years have skyrocketed, and sadly, childhood obesity is no exception.
Therapist Explains What Children Worry About, According to Their Age
Therapist Explains What Children Worry About, According to Their Age
10 Ways to fit education into your kids' Summer. Check out how my family learns over the summer. Taking three straight months off from any sort of education can be very detrimental to our children’s learning. Statistics show that on average a student’s RIT score drops 4-6 points over the Summer months. It happens, we understand! BUT! There are things you/we can do as parents to help eliminate some of those retention issues!
Research Reveals: Children Inherit Intelligence from Their Mother, Not Their Father
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