The 1-2-3 Magic Program offers caregivers a simple and gentle-but-firm approach to managing the behavior of 2 to 12-year-olds, whether they are average kids or special-needs children. Check out the book of the same name by Thomas Pelham, available through the 1-2-3 Magic website.
ADDitude is the world’s most trusted resource for families and adults living with ADHD and related conditions, and for the professionals who work with them.
Play Therapy resources for parents and providers. **Please note: Play Therapy should only be provided by licensed clinical mental health professionals with appropriate licensure.**
Over the last 55 years, the Autism Society has grown from a handful of parents into the leading source of information, research, reference, and support on the Autism experience. The Autism Society is the oldest and largest grassroots Autism organization and nationally serves over half a million people per year.…
Activities and supplies for hands-on play and at-home learning, plus tips and advice to support parents and caregivers in their journey.
The Center on the Developing Child is a multidisciplinary team committed to driving science-based innovation in policy and practice.
The child must feel very secure with an adult in order to let own guard down and become less rigidly defended against shame.
CHADD is the leading resource on attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), providing support, training, education, and advocacy for children and adults living with ADHD, their families, educators, and healthcare professionals.
Reviews for all types of media (movies, TV, books, games etc.) your kids are into, before they get into it.
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
This book explores the varied forms ADHD takes, from hyperactivity to daydreaming, dispels common myths, offers helpful coping tools, and gives an overview of treatment options.
Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain.
Remember happiness doesn’t depend upon who you are or what you have, it depends solely on what you think
Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.
NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with mental illnesses and their families. For over 40 years, NAMI Minnesota has worked to promote the development of community mental health programs and services, change public attitudes about mental…
Parent Child Help offers parents support as they build lifelong relationships with their children. The website belongs to Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, internationally recognized parent educator, and best-selling author of “Raising Your Spirited Child” and many other books.
Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning.
Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children, play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.
The roots of resilience and the capacity to withstand emotionally adverse situations…are to be found in the sense of being understood by and existing in the mind and heart of a loving, attuned and self possessed other.
From leading psychologist Dr. Kristin Neff comes a step-by-step guide explaining how to be more self-compassionate and achieve your dreams in life.
From birth onward, a child’s brain develops in amazing ways. This complete, cradle-to-college guide to parenting shows you how to make the most of the latest breakthroughs in brain science and psychology as you parent through every stage of your child’s development.
Southern Sandtray Institute offers therapists resources to learn the basics of sandtray, but also the nitty-gritty neuroscience behind sandtray therapy. The institute offers training both online and offline to promote and support all things sandtray therapy across therapy disciplines and populations.
Resources from the American Academy of Pediatrics for the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.
A groundbreaking, research-based approach to understanding and parenting children who frequently exhibit severe fits of temper and other challenging behaviors.
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and “What Happened to You?” provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.
Zensational Kids was founded with the belief that every child has unlimited potential, no matter what circumstances have crossed their path or diagnosis they have been given. We help educational communities unlock that potential.
The first three years of life are the most important for lifelong mental health and well-being. Zero to Three helps translate the science of early childhood development into real impact.
