Empathy is the ability to put oneself in another person’s shoes. It’s being able to understand and be sensitive to people’s feelings whether they are strangers, friends or family members. With empathy comes gratitude, hope and compassionate for others. Many of our children with autism spectrum disorders, ADHD, and other life challenges struggle with the concept of “Theory of Mind” which impairs their ability to identify and understand the thoughts and perceptions of others. It’s important for parents and professionals to start training our children as early as possible how to tune in to other people’s emotions. Children need to know that they can consider people’s feelings other than just their own.

If you would like to make a conscious effort to boost such positive experiences for your young one, below are a few tips to get it done:

Take notice of everyone around you

When someone is rude to the waiter when he/she brings the wrong order, understand that your child is likely to take notice. One of the best ways to teach our kids anything is by being an example. So be understanding in all these situations in the presence of our child and model the behavior we want them to replicate.

Write ‘thank-you’ notes together

It’s important for our children to learn how to show gratitude to others. Convey to our child that the recipient of that note would feel happy when they receive it. Let our child know that you are doing this to make the person feel appreciated and how this can lead to better experiences making and keeping friends.

Stay on course

Remember that kids watch your every move. We need to be consistent when it comes to displaying empathy to others. This could mean watching how you communicate as parents or professionals and apologizing in front of the kids if you say hurtful or inconsiderate things to each other.

Emotional reflection

Make it a tradition to talk and discuss together during dinner, other meals, or snacks. You can start by encouraging our child to write a daily journal discussing something good that was done for them that day. This emotional reflection can serve to empower our child to feel loved and cared for which will increase their ability to feel the same for others.

Understand our child’s needs

Sometimes our child will be a little grumpy just because she/he is angry or sleepy or hungry. It is important to show her/him that you acknowledge how they’re feeling. Don’t be quick to put off our child when she/he acts up. Be calm and show understanding of what they’re going through. Encourage them to express themselves using their verbal tools.

Volunteer with our child

(Dependent on the abilities of our child) It’s important for our child to know some of the realities of life as soon as possible. It could mean taking them to the homeless shelter to help in serving food every Christmas. Acts like this will show kids that they have been blessed and are required to help others. Children need to see that helping the needy is a responsibility and not something they can choose not to do. 

Expose them to life’s differences

(Dependent on the abilities of our child) Present kids with an opportunity to encounter people who are different. For instance, taking our kids to interact with other children who have special needs will help them to know how to handle someone who is not exactly like them even as they grow up. Children need to be shown that there are other kids with serious medical issues and need to be shown empathy. Talk to your kids regarding this before you decide to take them.

For more information about the Dr. Nach Online “Executive Functioning and Soft Skills” Courses, visit our website at: https://drnachonline.com/

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Boca Raton, FL 33486 – 2/27/2017 – The Dr. Nach Online, a leading organization offering online courses that empowers students to excel in their personal lives as well as their educational and business lives have just launched their online platform.

The platform provides self-paced online courses targeting both “Soft Skills” and “Executive Functioning Skills” with topics such as Organizational, Time Management, and Managing Anxiety skills to mention a few. These courses were developed by Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D., to prepare students for High School, College and Career success and are available to users anytime, anywhere using their own technology upon registration.
Dr. Nach Online brings a diverse combination of knowledge, experience and expertise in the fields of education, psychology, and business. The Dr. Nach Online takes great pride in its focus to provide real, life-long skills.

Addressing questions from applicants, regarding how the program works, Eric Nach commented, “Those who choose to take Dr. Nach Online’s online course stand to benefit in a number of ways. First, they will get the benefit of extensive scientific research, as it is the basis for the company’s courses along with practical application from high school, college, and university classroom experience. Secondly, they have an opportunity to analyze real case studies for every module and engage in tasks to utilize the new skills.  They will also be able to download and print the online workbook to gain superior comprehension to support generalization of different strategies for a variety of life improving topics.”

Above all, the Dr. Nach Online guarantees client’s full enjoyment of the courses as the students will find their immediate application in life once they begin implementing them in their day to day activities.

When considering the Dr. Nach Online for Innovative Learning, the founder added, “Our educational courses are unique from any competition in that we apply different strategies. We consider a distinctive combination of knowledge, familiarity and skill in education, psychology and business fields in designing our courses. Our primary focus is to instill innovative techniques and perspectives that enhance one’s capabilities and develop “real world skills” as participants further their academic and/or work life transitions.”

The Dr. Nach Online gives their students the opportunity to engage in courses that are designed to be worthwhile, interesting and relevant to the real-world. Those who enroll in Dr. Nach Online’s classes will find themselves to be ahead in life since the institution focuses more in practical experience rather than in theory. The Dr. Nach Online avails these online innovative learning benefits to not just local, but to students across the entire globe, enabling those living far from their Boca Raton Headquarters to experience them too.

About Dr. Nach Online for Innovative Learning
It is an online learning platform designed by Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., ASD Cert, Developmental and Behavioral Specialist,  using scientifically based research in addition to decades of experience in educating and working with children, teens, and young adults in diverse academic environments, Dr. Eric Nach decided to develop these  courses to target key life issues associated with “Soft-Skills” and “Executive Functioning”  development.

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Website: https://drnachonline.com
Telephone: (561) 361-3070
Fax: (561) 465-3564
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Making the transition from elementary to middle school is a colossal milestone for all children and their parents. For “our children” on the autism spectrum, with ADHD, or other developmental “abilities” this dramatic change of life is even more traumatic than for their NT (neuro-typical) peers. We have found the expectations of middle school teachers to be very different and considerably more intense than that of their elementary school counterparts. In our experience with helping incoming 6^th graders make the transition to the secondary school way of life many factors play a vital role in student success and happiness (and of course the serenity of parents).

The primary goal of the middle school teacher is to help all of their students become ready to be successful in high school and beyond. Middle school teachers expect all students to be functioning at a higher level of independence than they did in primary (elementary) school. We have found that the teachers who tend to be most successful with helping “our children” transition to middle school are very aware that our new 6^th graders are still operating on a 5^th grade elementary school level or below, emotionally, socially, and possibly academically. These students need direct instruction on how to function in a middle school campus. Issues to be considered include; organization, self-advocacy, conflict management, socialization and following new routines. Just making the transition to more classes and being with many more students and teachers will take a considerable amount of planning, dedication and effort by everyone involved, i.e., parents, teachers, administrators, support staff, and of course the children themselves. Looking ahead, the high school teachers “our children” will have are even more content driven, as they are focused on delivering content knowledge on particular subjects to help the students obtain mastery and have to adjust to many of the same transitioning issues as middle school teachers.

Many of “our children” are “visual learners” and benefit by being shown what organization looks like in a specific setting. They need to be shown how to maintain and utilize their materials, including their personal office (their backpack). Their backpacks are often affectionately referred to as “the black hole” because many times, school work and other materials that go into the backpack mysteriously disappear. “Our children” need to learn how to navigate from one class to another, how to navigate the lunch room, how to enter and exit the school campus, how to find and use the busses or parent pick-up line for those children not taking busses, how to be successful in P.E. and even the procedures for using the restrooms. They need “authentic” life training and experiences to see how to be successful. They must utilize many social, emotional, and academic skills regarding interacting with peers, teachers and others, in addition to knowing what a completed homework assignment looks like, what successful note taking, class work, and homework looks like, and how to deal with a break in routine, conflicts, and how to study for and complete tests successfully.

Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D. Cert., is a Developmental and Behavioral Specialist and the President of the Support for Students Growth Center in Boca Raton, FL