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Category Archives: Learning Disabilities and Mental Health
Explaining Learning Disabilities to Children
I’m often asked how to talk to children about their learning profile. When kids get diagnosed with a learning disability as a result of a good evaluation, parents often struggle with what to say. In my latest children’s book, “A … Continue reading
“A Light Within My Dyslexia” Available in Libraries
My new children’s book, “A Light Within My Dyslexia” is now available in the Seattle WA Public library. It’s an adventure tale of finding resilience and developing grit in the face of challenges in life and school.
Learning Disabilities, Wounds in Our Schools.
Children with learning disabilities and even mild learning differences are often under-served, mis-educated and marginalized. Rates of depression, anxiety and trauma are much higher for these children as they become teens snd young adults. In this article from The Hill … Continue reading
Exploring Life and Mental Health aspects of ADHD
Another engaging conversation with Andrew Taylor from Octagon Mentoring. Andrew Taylor is a young adult mentoring leader, working in the USA and Costa Rica.
Childhood Anxiety: The Prison of Your Mind and the Way Through
If we want to unburden and free our children of anxious thoughts and beliefs it’s crucial that we examine our own beliefs and triggers about what our children are capable of and when and how we protect. With therapy and/or training it’s vital we explore the anxious parts of our own minds and hearts, which are often triggered when our kids are struggling and in anxious distress. Continue reading
It’s Just a Kid’s Story, Right?
In fables, myth and adventure lies the power to evoke resilience in our children and our selves. Because…we’re… never…too…old…. Fables, myths, and tales of adventure have held a power to remind us of the human condition. For more than a … Continue reading
Working Together + Personal Grit= Success for Children and Struggling Teens
In this excerpt from my new book ‘A Light Within My Dyslexia’ Bear and Turtle counsel a distraught Beaver about individual “Core Gifts,” following one’s dreams, and the power of collaboration and connection. -As Beaver’s tears began to fall, Fred … Continue reading
“A Teacher and a Student.” The Story Behind the Story of My new book “A Light Within My Dyslexia”
It’s been one of the great privileges of my life to help teach and inspire kids who learn differently. When Jeff Allyn and I started the Thomas Allyn School (now The Chartwell School) for kids with dyslexia, Sean was one … Continue reading
The Myths of “Fixing” Children and Teens with Learning and Attention Struggles
Teenagers with school struggles due to Learning and Attention problems make up the largest single demographic in treatment programs for addictions, defiance, depression and anxiety. The evidence is overwhelming that kids with attention and learning disabilities are more likely to … Continue reading
What’s the Most Effective Treatment for Childhood Anxiety?
Up until recently the most studied and effective treatments for childhood anxiety have been medication and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Both of those treatments, however effective have serious shortcomings. Long-term fixes from medication especially for young children, are hampered in part … Continue reading
Autism and Trauma Meet Comedy
We understand perhaps now more than ever, that humans are wired for connection. Whether we identify as introverted or extraverted we need each other. Feeling the protection of others, our family, our tribe, and our community holds important survival benefits. … Continue reading