Highly intelligent children are delightful in a great many ways, but they can also be extremely challenging to raise. As a parent to a gifted child, one is on the receiving end of not only intense curiosity, emotions, and occasional defiance, but also the side-effects of an above-average child struggling to fit in at school and within society as a ...
According to the National Institute of Mental Health, at any one time some 40 million people will suffer with an anxiety disorder that will last at least 6 months and worsen without treatment. Unfortunately people with the most prevalent mental disorders, such as anxiety, are among the least likely to seek treatment yet anxiety is a highly treatable condition and there is ...
Autism and ASD (autism spectrum disorder) are catch-all terms for a large group of brain development disorders which are characterized by difficulty in communication and social interaction, and by repetitive behavior. Disorders on the autism spectrum include autism, childhood disintegrative disorder, Asperger syndrome and Rett syndrome. ASD is commonly associated with motor issues and short attention span, and with physical ...
Anxiety disorders are found in children much more often than many people realize; ten to twenty percent of all children ...
Politics has always been a controversial topic, but rarely has our political climate been as divisive as it is right ...
You may have been approached by your child’s teacher or you may have noticed yourself that your child is ...
