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Siblings Under Stress

When one child is in crisis, the other kids need monitoring and support, too When one child in a family is struggling with emotional or behavioral issues, it affects the whole family. For parents,...

What children need to survive the COVID-19 pandemic

USA TODAY spoke with experts in child development on how remote school, reduced socialization and increased screen time is affecting kids. Alia E. Dastagir and Alia Wong, USA TODAY It has been...

Animals Help Children Overcome Challenges

From dogs to horses, they're being used by innovative therapists to calm, motivate and teach kids No child relishes a trip to the dentist. But for one like Caroline, an autistic...

Relaxation Techniques for Stress Relief

To effectively combat stress, you need to activate your body’s natural relaxation response.Techniques such as deep breathing, visualization, meditation, and yoga can help. ...

How to Help Kids Deal With Embarrassment

Don't minimize their feelings, but do praise them for being resilient For most adults minor embarrassments are just a part of life — annoying, but inevitable and hardly a...

Family-Based Treatment for Eating Disorders

The parents’ role in helping children return to a healthy weight Traditional approaches to treating eating disorders in children and young adults often involve removing kids from...

My Child Is a Bully: What Should I Do?

How to find out what's behind the bullying behavior, and foster healthy friendship skills Gina, the mother of a 12-year-old boy, got a disconcerting phone call from his school. A student had...

Мозъкът и емоциите. За деца и възрастни.

Този материал с автор Ирина Атанасова и илюстратор Ирина Арменкова представя леко и разбираемо чудният свят на емоциите ни и безкрайните изненади, на които е способен мозъкът ни. Статията е публикувана в Платформата за психично здраве...

Individual art therapy of the ARTON Program

In today's session of the ARTON Program, the art therapist works with a patient in her individual hospital room, on the hospital bed. Sometimes the circumstances surrounding the treatment do not allow the...

Signs of Depression During the Pandemic

Kids who seem to be stuck in a negative mood may need help to bounce back Caroline Miller As the pandemic continues to limit our lives, one thing we need to be alert for is...

The Power of Positive Attention

How to use it (instead of negative attention) to change behavior When kids are misbehaving, it is natural for parents and educators to want to correct them, pointing out — sometimes...

Art Therapy Exercises to Make Your Mind, Body and Spirit Sing

Pablo Picasso once said, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” It’s no surprise, then, that many people around the world use art as a means to deal with stress, trauma and...

Helping Kids Face the Challenges of Reopening

Finally! What we’ve been awaiting for months is happening. As cities and regions across the country lift restrictions, we’re no longer cooped up indoors, away from friends and family. We...

Mental Health in Kids With Chronic Illness

Emotional support for children with medical conditions Juliann Garey When a child has a medical condition, families are, naturally, focused on finding and maintaining the most...

Understanding Dyslexia

Know the signs, and how to help kids with the most common learning disability Children each learn and develop at their own pace, and reading is no different from other skill building....

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