5 Reasons To Meet People In Person

5 Reasons To Meet People In Person

Today, millions of people across the world communicate with each other electronically. This could be through emails, phones, and chats (texts or voice). And all this is well and good. However, one form of communication still trounces all these sophisticated means of communication. And that is face-to-face communication. Below, discover why sometimes it’s better to meet people in person rather than talk electronically or via letters.

1. Personal meets convey more respect and regard
When you agree to meet someone in person, or vice versa, it conveys a great deal of respect and regard for them. It shows that you are willing to pause your busy schedule and go meet them in person. This also places weight on the message being delivered. It signifies that what is to be discussed is quite important, delicate even. This is why most high-level communications, say between government officials or presidents, are carried out in person.

2. Personal contact builds closer bonds
Meeting in person also has the advantage of building closer bonds between people. When you meet someone in person, you get to learn a lot about them. For example, you could notice the bags under their eyes and learn that they haven’t been sleeping well. You could also notice the bump on their belly and learn that they are pregnant. In person meets can also teach you how they like to dress, how they take their coffee, etc. These are things that one cannot learn via the phone or emails.

3. Personal meets are faster
One might think that telephone or email communication is quick. This is true in regards to dispatching messages. However, when it comes to having an entire conversation, personal meets are the fastest. Emails could go on for weeks and phone conversations can be avoided for days. However, in person meetings put both parties in the same space and enable conversations to be started and ended within a very short timeframe.

4. Personal meets allow better delivery and clarity of information
Too many times information is misconceived or delivered incorrectly due to poor diction on emails, foreign accents over the phone or typos on text messages. However, in person, this rarely happens. When you meet someone in person, you are able to clearly deliver the message to them with the right tone and emotion. For example, one is able to convey a somber apology in person rather than through electronic means. In person, you also have more room to seek immediate clarification on matters including via non-verbal means, e.g. photos, diagrams, etc.

5. Personal meets enable you to monitor body language
And lastly, meeting someone in person allows you to utilize body language and decipher communication better. Through body language, you can tell if someone is lying to you, if there are hesitant to tell you something, if they are angry, etc. You can also utilize body language to better convey your message. For example, if you want to convey a stern warning to an employee, you can use body language during an in-person meeting to do so more effectively.

Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D. Certified
Developmental and Behavioral Specialist
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Does Your Child Have a “Bullseye” on Their Forehead?

Some reports claim that up to 49% of children in grades 4-12 reported being bullied by peers in school during a months time (teenfaab.com, 8/2017).  There are no stats available on the bullying rate for children with “special needs”, although, I believe it fair to say that prevalence would be even greater for this group of kids.

For those of us who have been bullied ourselves, as children and teens, we know how the torturous memories never really go away. As parents, we are the “protectors” of our children. We want to keep them safe, happy, and healthy, however, we can’t be with them all the time.

Being a professional clinician, I have found it more realistic to help “our children” avoid becoming victims of bullying than to help them get over the long term damage experienced from the trauma of bullying.

Have you ever tried to teach children to not bully others once they already started, I have and so have many others, sadly the results are not often very inspiring. So what can parents do? . Here are several strategies to keep kids from becoming targets — and stop bullying that has already started:

Talk about experiences you may have had or others close to you may have had, focus on the solutions? Teach your children to know what bullying really looks like from a young age.

Identify and minimize the negative attention. If your child is not fashion conscious, enjoys activities usually enjoyed by much younger children, has a physical, emotional, perceptual, or behavioral disability, address it. Don’t wait for them to “grow out of it”.

Work with school personnel to help your child “buddy-up”. If they do not have friends, works a plan to not have the child by themselves where bullies can target them including on the bus, in the bathroom, or walking the halls. 

Do not react. Teach your child to keep calm and carry on. Bullies continue their pursuit when kids react, ” don’t let them see you sweat”. 

Involve your child in physical activities, whether it be sports, martial arts, or bike riding, help them be confident in themselves “NO MATTER WHAT”.

“Bullyproof” your children by teaching them how to repel bullies by having strong “social skills”. Join therapeutic social skill groups created and facilitated by trained, educated, graduate and doctoral level counselors. Contact Dr. Nach at the Support for Students Growth Center in Boca Raton, FL, today (561) 990- 7305

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Tips for Students to Balance School and Life

Tips for Students to Balance School and Life by Dr. Eric Nach

As parents, we do not often think of our children as having jobs, but they really do. The Merriam Webster’s dictionary defines a “job” as “a specific, duty, role, or function” (2017). In school and in other facets of their young lives we want our children to learn to be successful. As I have spent nearly 25 years of my life teaching and counseling children, teens, young adults and their families I have found that success in life does not often come without a plan and hard work. That is why we created our Back to School Intensive programs for elementary, middle, and high school aged students to be conducted a couple weeks before school resumes. (See our flyer here for details)

The following are some specifics that will be addressed…

  • Keep an updated schedule

It is important to know what you need to get done, so that you can monitor if it is getting done and when. Sometimes, the balance between school and life is lacking because you do not have a clear picture of what you should be doing. Pencil in your tasks in your agenda early on. This is the time to download your calendar app if you haven’t already. Of course, it is important to know which tasks belong in your calendar and which ones aren’t important enough to warrant a mention.

  • Don’t procrastinate

Procrastinating is fun when you are doing it-until you actually have to do the task you kept pushing to the last minute. However, tempting it is to hold off until the last minute, it is best to do your tasks when they need to be done so that you can avoid the stress that comes with the eleventh hour.

  • Get enough sleep

Being well rested is a key ingredient in performing your tasks well. A good night’s sleep can never be overrated. Sometimes you might not sleep well, but always ensuring that getting enough sleep every night is a priority in your life.

  • Prioritize your work

So you have all these tasks that you need to do, but do you really have to do them today? It is important to prioritize your tasks in such a way that you have freedom to leave out certain tasks in your day. Pick three tasks that you need to complete every day. These tasks could be home or school related. After completing this, you are free to spend the rest of your time as you wish.

  • Avoid distractions

When you have a busy schedule that involves balancing school and home-life, you have to be careful not to get too distracted in your day to day life. Distractions interfere with the completion of your tasks, which means time allotted for certain tasks gets taken up by others. The end result is that you will end up with some undone tasks which will creep into the next day and the cycle will continue endlessly.

  • Learn to say no

It is called school-life balance but it is not actually a perfect balance. Like the saying goes, you can have it all but not all at once. At some point, something will have to take the back bench. Just because you get eight hours of sleep doesn’t mean everything else will require an exact eight hours. This means that sometimes you will have to say no to social events when your friends ask. Maybe when you are done with school, you can recover the lost time by going to as many birthday parties and sporting events as you can.

Dr. Eric Nach, Ph.D., M.Ed., A.S.D. Certified
Developmental and Behavioral Specialist

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Back To School 2017

back to school 2017

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Press Release: Certified Therapy Dog

Boca Raton, FL- The Support for Students Growth Center, the first facility of its type in South Florida, is pleased to announce the rewarding of the status of; CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG to DAISY “DAWG” NACH.

Daisy is an “English Teddybear Golden Doodle”. She was born on April 11, 2015 and came to live with Dr. Nach and his wife Paula on July 1, 2015. Daisy is our “junior partner” at the Support for Students Growth Center located in Boca Raton, FL. At their center Dr. Nach and his team provide social, behavioral, and academic services to children, teens, young adults and their families.

Daisy’s primary job responsibilities include; greeter, spreading love and affection as she searches out and reduces anxiety, frustration, worry, and fear in our clients and their families. She spreads her time between greeting clients, attending and participating in the many groups and camps we conduct, and being a “junior counselor” as Dr. Nach provides individual and family counseling in his and Daisy’s office.

We hope you come by and get your own “doodle hug” from Daisy.

You can contact them at:

The Support For Students Growth Center
5458 Town Center Road, Ste #7, Boca Raton, FL 33486

Telephone:
561-990-7305 (Boca office)

Email:
DrNach@SupportForStudentsGrowthCenter.com

Website:
http://www.SupportForStudentsGrowthCenter.com

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Help Your Child with ADHD Transition into Summer

Help Your Child with ADHD Transition into Summer

Our children with ADHD function best when there is routine and order in their day. As we enter the summer months the routine of the school year comes to an end. Parents and others can help our children adjust to the summer schedule by following these suggestion:

  1. Be consistent— if the clean pool towels are stored in the closet on the bottom shelf one day, they should be put there every day. If the wet towels are to be brought to the laundry room, they should ALWAYS go there. Our children need to know exactly what you expect.
  2. Assign tasks that your child is capable of doing on their own.Success builds confidence. The goal is for your child to build independence.
  3. Anticipate some delay in making a new schedule a regular habit. It takes time to transition from old habits and form new ones.
  4. Your child should be included in discussions regarding establishing rules and guidelines. It will help them understand goals and teach them to accept responsibility.
  5. Give detailed instructions.“Put the legos in the playroom, in their container and on the second shelf.”
  6. Make lists- how to perform tasks (let dog out in backyard, make sure water bowl is full, food in food bowl) post where easily visible (refrigerator, bathroom mirror).Review lists regularly with your child.
  7. Be reasonable about time.Make sure you’ve set aside enough time for the child to get dressed, clean their room, and get out the door in the morning.
  8. Praise effort — not just results.If your child put their clothes away, but forgot to put their sneakers away, acknowledge that their trying. Reward good behavior more often than you consequence for bad.
  9. Allow for free time in daily routines, we all need downtime.
  10. If your child isn’t taking to the routine, seek help from a professional who specializes in ADHD, we can help get you on track. Stay focused on the long-term goals.NEVER give up!

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How Can I Teach My Child Empathy by Dr. Eric Nach

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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COPING WITH CHANGE: ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Other “Issues”

COPING WITH CHANGE: ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and Other “Issues”

“Our children” are often identified as being “creatures of habit”, they tend to be highly regimented and rigid in their ways of thinking and acting. Virtually any type of change in environment and routine can become a massive dilemma for all children and teens, especially “our children” with “varied needs”.

Our children will have many new experiences to encounter as the school year winds down, summer vacation begins, and then the summer winds down and the school year begins again. Many parents experience either “selective forgetting” or feelings of “dread” as our children transition through these changes year after year.

So what’s a parent to do to help their child transition through times of change? Here are some suggestions based on my decades of teaching, training, and counseling children, teens, young adults and their families with special needs:

  1. Parents can and should use “modeling and role-playing” to help their child prepare for the ending or beginning of a new routine.
  2. Parents can spend time, along with siblings “training” their child how to create new routines and especially how to have some level of flexibility in these time of transitioning.
  3. Parents can develop a clear-cut timetable for the transition so their child will know what to expect and how they will still be able to have time to do preferred tasks. Even though little occurs perfectly, knowing what to expect will bring comfort to our children.
  4. Parents typically get best results by explaining Who, What, When, Where, and How factors play into the transitioning events and activities their child will experience. How this information is presented is just as important as when and where. During times of stress and turmoil is NOT the time to discuss potential changes, wait until our child and their environment are at peace to have these discussions.
  5. Parents need to have their child be part of the decision making process to establish better buy-in.
  6. Parents who create a “reward schedule” for a relatively smooth transition are most likely to see a less traumatic transition period.
  7. Parents who understand that it will take time and work for their children to get acclimated to a new routine and that they will likely experience some struggles as they go tend to be happiest. We are looking for “progress not perfection”.
  8. Parents who keep routine as times of change occur tend to be happiest. Parents who continue with light academics and various types of therapies that the child typically experiences throughout the school year tend to have a smoother time at transitioning and experience the least amount of regression of skills throughout the summer months. Social skills groups, camps, and activities where our children can experience successes lead to better social, academic, and behavioral development.

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

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Dr. Nach Online Launches New Online Innovative Learning Platform For Student Success

Dr. Nach Online Launches New Online Innovative Learning Platform For Student SuccessBoca 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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Telephone: (561) 361-3070
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Must read for Parents of Children with A.D.H.D.

Take my hand and come with me, I want to teach you about ADHD.
I need you to know, I want to explain, I have a very different brain.
Sights, sounds, and thoughts collide.
What to do first? I can’t decide.
Please understand I’m not to blame, I just can’t process things the same.

Take my hand and walk with me, Let me show you about ADHD.
I try to behave, I want to be good, But I sometimes forget to do as I should.
Walk with me and wear my shoes, You’ll see its not the way I’d choose.
I do know what I’m supposed to do, But my brain is slow getting the message through.

Take my hand and talk with me, I want to tell you about ADHD.
I rarely think before I talk, I often run when I should walk.
It’s hard to get my school work done, My thoughts are outside having fun.
I never know just where to start, I think with my feelings and see with my heart.

Take my hand and stand by me, I need you to know about ADHD.
It’s hard to explain but I want you to know, I can’t help letting my feelings show.
Sometimes I’m angry, jealous, or sad.
I feel overwhelmed, frustrated, and mad.
I can’t concentrate and I lose all my stuff.
I try really hard but it’s never enough.

Take my hand and learn with me, We need to know more about ADHD.
I worry a lot about getting things wrong, Everything I do takes twice as long.
Everyday is exhausting for me…
Looking through the fog of ADHD.
I’m often so misunderstood, I would change in a heartbeat if I could.

Take my hand and listen to me, I want to share a secret about ADHD.
I want you to know there is more to me.
I’m not defined by it, you see.
I’m sensitive, kind and lots of fun.
I’m blamed for things I haven’t done.
I’m the most loyal friend you’ll ever know, I just need a chance to let it show.

Take my hand and look at me, Just forget about the ADHD.
I have real feelings just like you.
The love in my heart is just as true.
I may have a brain that can never rest, But please understand I’m trying my best.
I want you to know, I need you to see, I’m more than the label,
I am still me!!!!

~Author Unknown

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