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Sensory Processing Issues Explained
Tantrums, clumsiness, impulsiveness. All these signs in young children could point to sensory issues that fill the brain with a 'traffic jam' of input, say some parents and experts.
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11 Simple Signs a Child May Have a Psychiatric Disorder
A new list of aims to help parents separate typical moodiness and acting out from behavior that should prompt action to get a child help.
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Pediatricians and ADHD
Most kids with ADHD are diagnosed and treated by primary care doctors. With concerns about misdiagnosis and overmedication on the rise, how to tell if your child is getting quality care.
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The Power of Mindfulness
The meditation practice that helps kids become less anxious, more focused, and more in charge of their own behavior
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Parenting 2.0: Are Kids 'Lost in Cyberspace?'
Smartphones, the Web, 'screentime.' Do kids live in a different world?
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The Facts on ADHD Medications
Researchers and clinicians agree on the effectiveness of stimulant meds, but not on whether it declines over time
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Hear Our Voices: Individuals Who Have Overcome SM
Join us for a panel of individuals who lived with SM and learn about their varied paths to overcoming it.
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Richard Engel on Finding Success With Dyslexia
The intrepid foreign correspondent discussed the emotional impact of growing up with a learning disorder: "Building confidence is everything."
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What is the best high school school environment for a student with generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety?
The key to success is not so much size as the school's willingness to put together a supportive team of adults to work with the child.
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Deaths of 3 Autistic Children Call for Better Anti-Wandering Protocols
Recent drowning tragedies have galvanized the autism community, reopening the conversation on how to solve the problem of wandering.
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Talking with Your Toddler
In this lecture, Rachel Cortese, MS Ed, MS, CCC-SLP, discusses your toddler’s language development and provides simple techniques to facilitate communication and improve their conversational skills.
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My 15-year-old daughter has been treated for OCD but still has a lot of symptoms. Would in-home sessions help her?
Sometimes kids can't transfer skills they learn in the office to the home setting because symptoms are stronger there, or only occur there.
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The Ravitz Report: 'The Squid and the Whale'
May 24, 2013 Alan Ravitz, MD, MS
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30 Years Later: Following Kids With ADHD Into Adulthood
May 20, 2013 Caroline Miller
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The Ravitz Report: Spaceballs
May 17, 2013 Alan Ravitz, MD, MS
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