Positive Parenting: Building Healthy Relationships with Your Kids
Parents have an important job. Raising kids is both rewarding and challenging. You’re likely to get a lot of advice along the way, from doctors, family, friends, and even strangers. But every parent and child is unique. Being sensitive and Read more >>
A Parent’s Guide to Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) [presentation]
DBT is a modified form of cognitive behavioral therapy that utilizes both acceptance and change strategies. This type of therapy is particularly effective in addressing symptoms of emotional dysregulation and related behaviors. Learn more about DBT and DBT strategies that Read more >>
What Does Climate Change Have to Do With Your Child’s Mental Health?
What does climate change have to do with mental health? Climate change, driven by our reliance on fossil fuels, is leading to more frequent and intense natural disasters, which may increase a child’s risk of having depression, anxiety, or post-traumatic Read more >>
Keep Your Teen Moving to Reduce Risk of Depression
Science shows moderate to vigorous aerobic exercise is good for us — it improves sleep; lowers blood pressure; protects against heart disease, diabetes and cancer; reduces stress; boosts mood; and fights anxiety and depression. It’s especially important in adolescence, where Read more >>
How Strengthening Relationships with Boys Can Help Them Learn
To support boys in our classrooms, Michael Reichert, a clinical psychologist and author of “How to Raise a Boy: The Power of Connection to Build Good Men” points to one robust, consistent finding from his 30 years of research: boys Read more >>
The ADHD/LD, Stress, Anxiety Connection [presentation]
In this session presented by Chris Harris, MEd, Chief Schools Officer at CHC, you will learn more about the interrelatedness of ADHD, LD and anxiety and how you can support your child. Read more >>
Helping Kids by Texting Their Parents? Here’s What Experts Say About This Exploding Strategy
Texting programs aimed at parents of young children have proliferated over the last several years as smart phones have become ubiquitous and health and education groups look for new ways to get kids on track early. Read more >>
An Evening with Dr. Edward Hallowell Rethinking ADHD: A New Approach
Learn about a new strengths-based model approach toward ADHD. Discover cutting-edge interventions based on this approach that can change the lives of people of all ages. Read more >>
Teen Suicide: Understanding the Risk and Getting Help
Teenagers have their whole lives ahead of them, they’re often told. The idea that a teen could be thinking about ending that life might be hard for their friends, families, or other people in their community to believe. But the Read more >>
Parenting Teens: Guiding Kids Through Turbulent Years
The teenage years are filled with change. Body, mind, and feelings are maturing quickly. Teens are also learning about who they are and who they want to become. To do that, they need to try new things. But that means Read more >>
