Sleep away camp is around the corner! Parents and children are in the thick of what I call CAMP MANIA!! Every children’s store you walk into today in NYC, Long Island, Westchester, and New Jersey, has THE CAMP BUZZ going on ! Big neon signs, clothing, color war face paint, and fun accessories all pertaining
So much of a child’s world can be framed in an ongoing series of different skills. For example, some kids have the “skill of” saying hello and greeting someone for the first time. Others may have the “skill of” manners in social interactions by saying “please” and “thank you” – things like that. The skills
Each of us aspires to live a life that is fulfilled. A life blessed with joy, health, happiness and prosperity; yet so many of us are challenged daily to realize these dreams and aspirations. What is it that’s inherent for all of us in this life long struggle; why, after repeated effort to correct our
Sometimes things are not black and white. When discussing children with mental illness or autism there is the gray area. The gray area is HUGE! It is vast and it is where confusion and misinterpretation can determine outcomes. It is where we find the most confusion and difficulty in understanding and treating children and teens.
Listen to internet radio with The Coffee Klatch on BlogTalkRadio We had the honor of having Dr Temple Grandin join us for her sixth appearance on The Coffee Klatch Special Needs Talk Radio Network. Dr Grandin joined Diane Kennedy and Rebecca Bank on our Bright Not Broken Show. Listen as these three amazing women discuss
My oldest child is 11 years old. And I believe that if you do something every day for 11 years, experience alone should make one proficient. However, parenting is more of an art than a science. What works one day may not work the next, and there are many factors that contribute to the ebb
