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Your Therapeutic Furry Friend

Dr. Tali Shenfield

In recent years, doctors started recommending to their patients the use of animal-assisted therapy (also called "pet therapy") in order to augment medical treatment of various diseases. This type of therapy is based on the therapeutic contact between animals and human beings. The interaction with animals helps to speed up the rehabilitation process. People have known for ages the therapeutic ...

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How To Improve Working Memory And Attention

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Working memory allows us to temporarily hold and manipulate information to accomplish daily tasks like following instructions, remembering phone numbers, and shopping. It develops gradually through childhood and relies on key skills like attention, auditory memory, and visual-spatial skills working together. Working memory capacity varies by individual and naturally declines with age, but can be improved through targeted training. Those ...

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How to choose a career path that is right for You

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Selecting a career path that is both effective and satisfying is one of the most important decisions a person makes in their entire life. However, young people are facing this choice at a time when their self-understanding and awareness of the world of work is very meagre. In the best-case scenario, adolescents discuss these issues with their parents who can ...

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How To Avoid Children’s Meltdowns

Dr. Tali Shenfield

"If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves." C.G. Jung, Integration of the Personality, 1939 The following is a true story, these incidents happened within minutes of each other. I am doing shopping at the supermarket. Down ...

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Warning Signs of Autism in Babies and Toddlers

Every child differs in his/her developmental capacity and pace. Some children learn to speak earlier than others. Some learn ...

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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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Hypersensitivity: Helping your Sensitive Child

The human brain processes all sensory information whether or not you are fully aware of it. Most children are able ...

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On Giftedness and Creativity

Dr. Tali Shenfield

Many parents come to us to conduct giftedness assessments (IQ test) for their children. Statistically, only a small percentage of children undergoing gifted testing qualify for placement in gifted programs, yet many others show very good results that position them quite high in terms of creativity potential. We provide all parents with personalized recommendations on extracurricular and enrichment choices in ...

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Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Crises and Disasters

Dr. Tali Shenfield

It's hard to keep disturbing news away from your child. With environmental dangers like hurricanes and earthquakes, human dangers like terrorism and the news media faithfully following the old adage "If it bleeds it leads" there's bad news everywhere. While some children tend to react anxiously to disturbing news, others keep it in. They don't seem to react but fixate ...

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