Posted in Assessment, Uncategorized on Jul 28th, 2010
When their children are referred for neuropsychological assessment, parents may not always be clear about what it is or why their child may need it. Kate Sanner, ACSW, LCSW-C interviews Dr. Vincent Culotta, President of Neurobehavioral Associates(http://nbatests.com), who gives a thorough explanation of neuropsychological assessment, why parents would pursue this assessment for their children, which specific [...]
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Posted in Parenting, Uncategorized on Jul 4th, 2010
Here’s a great message from Dr. Chuck Spezzano:
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Watch this inspiring video of Eric Duquette who was Salutatorian of the 2010 graduating class of Smithfield High School in Smithfield, Rhode Island.
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Is Play Therapy Appropriate for Every Child? Play itself is always appropriate and necessary for a child – it can serve in many capacities when working with a child of any age; however: Play Therapy best serves children between 2 ½ and 7 years old Why these ages? We see the beginning of symbolic play [...]
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Parents often ask me how will I work with their child; after all, children – especially young children – aren’t really good at talking about their feelings and thoughts. Depending on the diagnosis, a therapist will use different methods for treating your child. One of these methods is play therapy. The Association for Play Therapy [...]
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Playground Politics: Understanding the Emotional Life of Your School-Age Child by Stanley I. Greenspan, MD with Jacqueline Salmon is a classic and remains on my list of must reads for parents. No one understands and explains the social and emotional development of children better than Dr. Greenspan, one of the country’s preeminent child development authorities. This [...]
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Are any of these true for you: Do You Feel that Life Is Passing You by? Do You Look in the Mirror and Wonder Who You Are and What Happened to the Woman You Once Were? Do You Feel You No Longer Know What You Want? Do You Feel You Are Always Taking Care of [...]
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Posted in Midlife, Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2010
In Parts One and Two of this series, I wrote that Midife or Middle Adulthood is more about the developmental tasks associated with it, not about the age. You are supposed to be at the crossroads but you do not necessarily have to be in crisis. The crossroads I wrote about are based on the [...]
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Posted in Midlife, Uncategorized on Jun 11th, 2010
In Part One of this series, Midlife – or Middle Adulthood – was described as a normal developmental life stage and that it can be defined by the developmental tasks that are associated with it rather than just by chronological age. The post further went on to describe the developmental tasks of midlife as: continuing to [...]
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Posted in Midlife, Uncategorized on Jun 9th, 2010
Just what is midlife? Many people define midlife by chronological age – some say it starts at 35 and ends at 50; others say 40-60 and still others 45-65. But age alone does not accurately portray the definition of midlife. Midlife – or Middle Adulthood – is a normal developmental life stage, and as with all stages [...]
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