Many young children seem to go from mild to explosive in seconds. Giving them ways to analyze and understand how their emotions work will go a long way to helping them

Connecting with others, young or old, has been my strength since I was a child. I attribute this largely to participating in “heavy work” sports such as wrestling and Brazilian

My daughter is in third grade and is really struggling with reading. She also has trouble writing and often writes letters facing the wrong way. I’m starting to read up

Emerging knowledge and treatments are paving new paths for children with SPD   Sleepless nights are a parent’s rite of passage, as is feeding a finicky eater. But for parents

I still recall the psychologist’s voice as she was officially confirming Emilio’s diagnosis.  It was shaky and uncertain, her words failing her.  She paused numerous times in search of what

We love the blog Flappiness Is because writer Leigh Merryday tells the truth about what it is like to parent a child with autism. There are good days and bad days and everything in

Most children dread the start of a new school term, but for children with dyspraxia, the return to the classroom can provoke overwhelming levels of fear and anxiety. For India Carmody, 15, from

  For much of my hurried and hectic life, I searched for the secret to well-being. I read hundreds of books and studied all of the great gurus of the

A 2012 study confirmed what many parents know well: Wandering by children with autism is common, dangerous and puts tremendous stress on families. Amid a frightening number of wandering cases of children

Parenting is hard, but it is a skill that is often assumed to naturally exist in parents. Virginia Satir, one of the first social workers in the area of family