If you’ve noticed your child struggling to keep up with reading or spelling, you might have heard the word "dyslexia" tossed around. For many parents, this term can feel like a heavy label, but it is actually a vital key to unlocking the right support. To truly understand what your child is experiencing, it helps to look at two "gold standard" definitions that experts use today: the DSM-5  (the clinical manual used by doctors) and the International Dyslexia Association (IDA)

When a student has both ADHD and anxiety, the combination can be especially hard. Many people think ADHD is just about attention. It’s not. ADHD affects executive functioning  — the brain’s management system. Executive functions help us start tasks, stay organized, use working memory, shift between ideas, control impulses, and monitor our behavior. You can think of executive functioning as the brain’s air traffic control system. When it works well, everything runs smoothly. W

Psycho-Educational vs Psychological vs Neuropsychological Evaluations. What does your child need?

You waited weeks for the school to evaluate your child. You sat in the meeting, listened to the school psychologist read through the test scores, and felt... unsettled. Maybe the results didn't match what you see at home. Maybe they said your child "doesn't qualify" for support, but you know they are struggling. Or perhaps they only tested for reading when you specifically asked about attention issues.

Sometimes a parent will say something to me along the lines of, “I know you say that ‘Kids do well when they can,’ and ‘He’s having a...

As a psychologist who works with children, I am often asked by parents what to do when a child is being rude, demonstrating aggressive...

From time to time, parents ask me about what to do when they have gotten into a power struggle with their child. For example, when they...

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Sometimes things get really hard. Especially as a parent, especially in a global pandemic and its aftermath. This is especially true for...

Parents often ask me what they can do at home to bring peace to the household when parenting a child who has a tendency to argue, talk...

One question I often get from parents, especially those who are parenting a child with ADHD, is about whether to continue with a...