bully proof your child

Children, teens and adolescents who have weaknesses in their “social skills” and “soft skills” are walking around with a proverbial “bullseye” on their foreheads. Those children who are “different” from their peers tend to make easy targets for the bullies of the world. But do not give up hope, there is much we can do […]

The Miami-Dade-Monroe Chapter Of the Florida Psychological Association Invites You to Attend a Workshop What Psychologists Need to Know About the Deficits in “Soft Skills” Development Experienced by Individuals with an Autism Spectrum Disorder Presented by: Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed. Location: Michael Ann Russell JCC, 18900 NE 25th Avenue North Miami Beach, FL 33180 […]

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People with ADD and ADHD have differences in their attention, and not deficits. This is an important distinction which helps with the understanding that there are gifts in ADD/ADHD. The term for the diagnosis of ADD/ADHD has changed multiple times. In 1980, the term ‘Attention Deficit Disorder’ came to be. It has changed slightly since […]

Mini-White Paper on the Compared Value of “Therapeutic Social Skills Program” to Public School Offered “Social Skills” Classes Problem: Parents may be responding to no-charge, school-based social skills services as though they should be the only social skills training/therapy their children receive. What do schools really provide as “social skills services”? Classes can be as […]

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Important Life Social Skills – Friendship, Self-Control and Problem Solving Learning Self-Control The ability to regulate ones emotions is an important but hard skill for some children to develop. However this skill’s is essential if children are to develop friendships and to be accepted by others. Other children tend to steer clear of peers who […]

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