Infant Mental Health Toolkit
This toolkit addresses Infant Mental Health, an integral component of raising a healthy child, and provides readings and practical tips for you to better understand your child, foster a positive parent-child relationship, and exercise personal self-care. Home Toolkits What’s on This Page Why Infant Mental Health Matters Social and Emotional Development Cognitive Development Maternal Postpartum […]
Blending Family Cultures
Early signs of Autism
One in every 125 children has from autism, however, experts say that doctors often fail to track mental milestones and need to be trained to check the if a child is able to mingle and express emotions. Here’s what parents need to know. Click here to read more from timesofindia.indiatimes.com
5 ways to maintain an emotional connection with your child
What is emotional safety and why does it matter? Although emotional safety is a term commonly used in couples’ therapy, it also has a powerful impact on the social and psychological well-being of children. Emotional safety means that members in the relationship feel safe enough to be vulnerable. According to the psychologist Don Catherall, individuals in emotionally safe relationships are […]
What Every Teacher Should Know About ADHD: A Poster for School
ADHD is more complex and nuanced than most people realize. Its symptoms may be mild, moderate, or severe. More often than not, it coexists with other conditions, including learning disabilities. And many of its challenges are “invisible” or easily blamed on laziness. Though teachers may recognize that students with ADHD forget to write down assignments, […]
Tips on how to coach others
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Ways to Stop Bullying
Racial Microaggressions Perpetuate Inequity
Racial microaggressions are brief and commonplace daily statements, actions, or incidents, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative racial slights and insults toward people of color because they belong to a racial minority group (Sue, Capodilupo, Torino, Bucceri, Holder, Nadal, & Esquilin, 2007). •Everyone, including marginalized group members, harbors biases and prejudices […]
Truths that People with PTSD Wish Others Knew
Circle of Security – Video
Circle of Security Animation
What is the difference between attachment and bonding?
Attachment and bonding are both ways to describe the feelings between you and your baby, but attachment has a broader meaning than bonding. Attachment is about both you and your baby. It’s about how you build a relationship over time that helps your baby feel secure, loved, and ready to face the world. Bonding is all about […]
How To Raise ‘Creative, Curious, Healthier’ Kids, According To The AAP
The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that doctors write a prescription for kids that’s a bit out of the ordinary. In a new clinical report, the AAP stresses the importance of a “prescription for play.” The report, which is an update to one from 2007, explains the many benefits play can have in a child’s life, including […]