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Teaching Impulse Control
We know that children do well when they can, and they want to do well! Teaching children how to have impulse control is important for their safety and success in...
Teaching Impulse Control
We know that children do well when they can, and they want to do well! Teaching children how to have impulse control is important for their safety and success in...
Fidget Solutions for Anxiety
When children fidget with their hands it may result in behaviors distracting to others (such as tapping a pencil) damage to materials (such as repeatedly pulling strings from socks), or...
Fidget Solutions for Anxiety
When children fidget with their hands it may result in behaviors distracting to others (such as tapping a pencil) damage to materials (such as repeatedly pulling strings from socks), or...
Teaching Children About Fidgets
Hand fidgets can be useful self-regulation tools. A formal lesson to teach fidget use will help children understand their purpose and find the ones that work best for them.
Teaching Children About Fidgets
Hand fidgets can be useful self-regulation tools. A formal lesson to teach fidget use will help children understand their purpose and find the ones that work best for them.
How to Process Situational Anxiety
Situational anxiety is relatively normal; most people have some anxiety in unfamiliar situations. However, there are things we can do to prepare children for new situations that may cause them...
How to Process Situational Anxiety
Situational anxiety is relatively normal; most people have some anxiety in unfamiliar situations. However, there are things we can do to prepare children for new situations that may cause them...
What is the Polyvagal Theory?
The polyvagal theory describes how the body responds to stress and the role that the vagus nerve plays in that response; this goes beyond the traditional belief of a "fight...
What is the Polyvagal Theory?
The polyvagal theory describes how the body responds to stress and the role that the vagus nerve plays in that response; this goes beyond the traditional belief of a "fight...
Using Prompts that Teach Independence
Adults tend to give direct cues to children for basic routine things that they should be doing independently. There is a better way to talk to children foster autonomy.
Using Prompts that Teach Independence
Adults tend to give direct cues to children for basic routine things that they should be doing independently. There is a better way to talk to children foster autonomy.