The summer doesn’t only cause children, teens, and young adults to regress academically, but socially as well. School often offers structure and an environment where they can easily socialize with others daily. However, when summer comes and that structure is no longer in place, they may start using those skills less and less until they […]

staying organized

I put it right here! Oh wait…no…I think it’s there? For Beth, staying organized was never easy for her. She would remind herself in her head all day to clean out her backpack for the next day, and when she got home to do it, she realized her room needed to be cleaned too. Instead […]

I’m just feeling so much all the time… After his son began puberty, Mr. Johnson realized he was far more emotional dysregulated than he used to be. What once never bothered his son, such as being told to pick his clothes up off the floor, became a screaming match. It now seemed as if his […]

controlling our anger

Ugh! But they just make me so mad! For Lily, controlling her anger was becoming increasingly more difficult as she got older. Now that she was in middle school, she felt as if everything everyone did, no matter how small, made her angry. When at home, if her sibling would come into her room and […]

transitioning into new school year

Wait…That’s a lot to handle…        For one young student, starting middle school was a far more of a difficult transition than he had anticipated. Learning how to navigate going from classroom to classroom, new teachers, routine, and people on top of his personal and home life was very stressful. He found he […]

ensuring our students

How am I supposed to just know that?… For one young man, socializing always made him stressed. As if reading verbal cues like tone of voice wasn’t hard enough, nonverbal cues such as body language was too much for him. He felt as if nothing he thought ever actually matched what the person was feeling. […]

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