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Effective Discipline Methods for Proactive Parenting

Dr. Tali Shenfield

So here you are. Your child has done something wrong or hasn’t done something they should have done. In some way your child has not behaved as you want them to. For many parents this signals a need for discipline. And for most of parents this more often than not means negative discipline. It means taking something away such ...

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When Aspergers Syndrome goes Undiagnosed

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Autism has been in the spotlight for many years.  In movies, television, and novels, autistic characters are portrayed to have social difficulties, repetitive movements or tics, and often nearly superhuman mental capacity. The truth is, many people who are on the autism spectrum do not have such easily noticeable symptoms and often go undiagnosed, specifically those who are high functioning. ...

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How To Tell Whether Your Child is Gifted

Dr. Denise Cummins

Sometimes classroom behavior problems signal giftedness. Brad and Karen were at their wits end. Their grade school children once again came home with stern disciplinary notes from their teachers, notes riddled with complaints of inattention, acting out, "back-talk", "bossiness", and an inability to "play well with others". The teachers had gotten together and decided to recommend that the children be ...

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Psycho-Educational Assessments: Guidelines for Parents

Dr. Tali Shenfield

You may have been approached by your child’s teacher or you may have noticed yourself that your child is not well-matched to his educational curriculum. He may be having difficulties in one or more subject areas or he may be performing well above his peers. Sometimes, problems may be noticed as early as junior or senior kindergarten. A psycho-educational ...

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How to Raise Children with Independent Views and a Critical Mind

Over the last two decades, ideological polarization has become a prominent threat to democracy, education, and society as a whole. ...

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A Primer on Child and Adolescent Anxiety

Anxiety disorders are found in children much more often than many people realize; ten to twenty percent of all children ...

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Psychological Issues Faced by Adopted Children

While most of the issues adopted children face while growing up differ little from the challenges experienced by non-adopted children, ...

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Hypersensitivity: Helping your Sensitive Child

Dr. Tali Shenfield

The human brain processes all sensory information whether or not you are fully aware of it. Most children are able to find a way to ignore extraneous information that is in their environment and focus on the information related to the activity or object of their immediate interest. Children who are hypersensitive take in all stimuli at once and at ...

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How to Choose Discipline Methods that Help Your Child Grow

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Parenting is one of the most demanding jobs one will ever have. A parent’s desire to do the right thing for their child often surpasses all other wants. Some use the traditional methods that their parents used on them as children, while others do the opposite of their parents and come up with their own parenting approach, or they ...

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