Living well with ADHD, Anxiety, and Autistic Stress
Advice from our Maryland Therapists for LGBTQIA+ families, neurodiverse families, and YOU
What Makes a Good Fidget?
You’ve heard of toys with “fidget” in the name. Fidget cubes. Fidget spinners. But what is a fidget? And when is it helpful?
More Tools for Online School from Our Child Therapists
In this discussion we'll demonstrate a child-friendly stress management tool for the classroom AND online school. We also answer parent questions about structuring learning time, supporting kids with social-emotional needs, and choosing the best fidget for your child.
Creating Visual Schedules for You and Your Child
Visual schedules are important tools for school aged children. They cue on-task behavior. They help your child look forward to the best parts of the day. And they appear in every elementary classroom. We’ll show you how to bring this tool home for online school. (It can help with the bedtime routine, too!)
Motivating Your Child and Increasing Independence in Online School
Ok, so you're working. And you don't have superpowers. How do you keep your child or teen engaged and on-task in the learning process without having to help every 5 minutes?
FREE Webinar: Maximizing Your Child's Independence in Online School
We gathered on Zoom this week to answer parent questions about online school. This hour long conversation is packed full of parenting help and tools to help your child meet behavioral expectations during learning time.
Making Online School Work for Your Child (and You): a Free Parent Q and A
Yes, we said FREE parenting help from licensed therapists. Many parents are worried that their child's ADHD will make it hard to focus in online school. Or that a teen's anxiety will get in the way. You're not a Child Psychologist, so how can you help them? With our help, of course!
Online School with ADHD: How to Maximize Success and Minimize Stress
Wondering how to make online school work for your child? In your family? With ADHD or executive function difficulties in the mix? We’ve got you covered. And our parenting help works for non-ADHD families too!
Coping Skills, the Musical (Frozen 2)
Disney often builds life lessons into its productions, but few are as packed with helpful content as Frozen 2. Throughout the film characters struggle to find and retain their inner strength and sense of self worth.
You Don't Have To Be Happy To Be Okay
It’s been quite a pandemic, hasn’t it? The relentless unpredictability, separation, and uncertainty lingers in the sticky, summer air. Behind our masks, we can almost smell the fear, frustration, restlessness, and agitation among both strangers and loved ones.
The Importance of Tough Conversations (in your marriage or family)
2020 has been a year of difficult conversations. In families, marriages, and with our children and teens, it’s especially important that we handle them well.
Our Plans for Reopening
It isn’t time yet, but the attached document is our detailed plan for reopening safely when the time comes…
Black Families Matter
Visibility matters. We knew this, and yet we hadn’t made it clear on our website exactly where we stand. If it isn’t immediately clear to you as a Black family reading our website that you are fully respected here, then we haven’t done a good enough job…
Our Social Justice Commitment
It’s time to be more vocal about our values. So it’s clear that families of color can be fully seen and heard here. So LGBTQIA+ families know that “healthy families” means YOUR families. These are our promises to you.
What's Really Going On? Wisdom from our Teen Therapist
With the struggle of the pandemic and a slow start to reopening, everyone keeps talking about our “new normal”. Though this describes the state of our transition, I feel we may have overdosed on the phrase. I mean, what even is normal?