The thief of happiness: Helping your child cope with Anxiety. Anxiety is an emotion characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil. It is the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events. Anxiety is not the same as fear, which is a response to a real or perceived immediate threat. Anxiety is the expectation
At Brain Learning we conduct Independent Educational Evaluations (IEE) for individuals with known or suspected disabilities. The original purpose of the legal requirement was to encourage more parental participation. “Consideration of such outside information also ensures that a program is individualized and provides a check on the judgments being made by school officials regarding the child." Community
Today, the Centers for Disease and Control (CDC) report that 11 percent of American children, ages 4-17 have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a mental disorder that most often occurs in children. 6.4 million American children ages 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD. Males are almost three times more likely to be diagnosed
I became a school psychologist to work with children. I loved to be around kids, simple. Why not help kids as a medical doctor? Nope not for me, too much pain and suffering in hospitals. Too much blood. Child psychologist help kids and no blood. That was 20 years ago. Today, (yes, just now) I realized that
In 2006 I remember walking past 2 teenage girls at the high school where I worked. As I walked by I noticed them sitting next to each other on their "smart phones." I stopped and asked them what they were doing and one of them told me that they were texted each other. I walked
It was 41 years ago that special education came to life. Yet, still today we often don't think of a child in special education as being "smart." It's no surprise that as I write this, there are laws being changed to better address how we define and discuss disabilities. With the grass roots help of
Yes, it's true that 8 out of 10 children with ADHD respond positively to pharmacological treatment. More than Pills But, pills alone don't fix the problems associated with organization and memory problems. It's not enough to simply send a child away with pills. Today there are so many different researched based therapies for
At Brain Learning Psychological Corporation, we provide a variety of educational services to parents and schools. Learn why one such service called an IEE can serve a crucial role in a child’s education. What is an IEE? IEE stands for independent educational evaluation and is a service provided by the public school system, allowing parents
The makers of the GemIIni program (https://gemiini.org) have something special to share. This program is getting a lot of attention, and for good reason. There have been a great deal of studies on "video modeling" over the years, but this program has promise. Many children with autism spectrum disorders become so distracted with the sensory world around them, that they
Every year September brings about the opportunity for yet another transition in life. It’s our chance to take our kids (and ourselves) through another learning experience. With vacation ending and school beginning there comes the excitement of returning to school to experience a new teacher and to see friends. Our children love this idea. They
