Three ways lagging executive functioning skills affect your child (and 6 ways you can help)
Three ways executive functioning deficits might present in our children, but are often seen as misbehavior instead. And 6 ways you can help.
Helping Our Children Navigate Friendships
A deeper look at why so many of our children face challenges with making and keeping friends.
When We Fall Short
I had an experience with my daughter this weekend that I want to share. It’s not one that I’m proud of.
Supporting Siblings in a Chaotic Space
How we support the siblings in our family begins with the lens through which we view our child with challenging behaviors.
The Neurobehavioral Model
A brain-based approach to parenting kids with brain-based differences I vividly remember a time in my life that I now refer to as the...
Finding the Time
The impact of caregiver trauma on our emotional, spiritual and physical health has serious consequences if not taken seriously. But how do y
Cultivating Empathy
'Putting yourself in someone else’s shoes' is actually a cognitively complex skill, and for that reason, many children with brain-ba
"You Ruin Everything."
Most parents of children with neurobehavioral challenges have experienced the well-intentioned event that spins, unforgettably, into...
Managing the Toll of Caregiver Trauma
A few months ago, a client who is the mother of a child with significant behavioral challenges came to meet with me. We’d been meeting...
The Brain as Organizing Principle
If we can move away from a specific diagnosis, seeing the brain as the organizing principle and the source of all behaviors, we can begin to
