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Parents

Understanding 504 Plans: Benefits of Personalized Accommodations

A 504 plan serves as a comprehensive blueprint, outlining how schools provide support to students with disabilities, removing obstacles that…

Returning to the Classroom: How to Prepare Teens for a Successful Transition

Our teens are struggling. Evidence shows rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, substance use, and self-harming behavior have increased, with…

Parents

Understanding Individual Education Programs (IEPs) and Who They Benefit

School can be challenging for children with developmental delays, impairments, and disabilities. If your child faces learning difficulties, you may…

Helping Your Adolescent with ADHD

It’s normal for teens to be impulsive, forgetful, and distracted at times. Their energy levels can fluctuate as well, depending…

Suicide Ideation in Adolescence

One of the most heartbreaking losses for any parent is the death of a child. When the cause of death…

Gender Dysphoria

Gender Dysphoria in Teens

Most of us never gave much thought to our gender identity growing up. As we navigated our way through childhood…

Oppositional Defiant Disorder in Teens

Angry outbursts, acting annoyed by the seemingly smallest things, defying the rules you’ve set, being spiteful, swearing, irritability, and making…

Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD) in Teens & Children

What is DMDD? A relatively new psychiatric disorder known as disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, or DMDD for short, may be…

DBT Guide for Parents

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is gaining more and more exposure as parents and therapists are recognizing its remarkable value in…

Transgender Teens

Adolescence is a time of radical transformation. Teens develop physically, emotionally, intellectually, and socially. They form their own identities, distinct…

Mood Disorders in Children and Adolescents

What are Mood Disorders? Broadly speaking, a mood disorder is a mental health condition characterized by a significant, prolonged emotional…

Co-Occurring Disorders

What are Co-Occurring Disorders? When a person – child, adolescent, or adult – is diagnosed with a mental health disorder…

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