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Category Archives: Parent Tips
Liar, Liar Pants On Fire
Lying involves a speaker making a false statement with the intention to deceive the recipient (Bok, 1978; Chrisholm & Feehan, 1977; Coleman & Kay, 1981; Lee, 2000). Lies differ in type, incidence, magnitude and consequence. There are various gradations of [...]
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Parent Tip
Parents who: offer their child an accepting, caring, comforting, and protecting environment, offer consistency, structure, and regularity of daily routine do things regularly as a family like going out to dinner, playing games, etc set reasonable and firm limits encourage [...]
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Catch Them Doing It Right
How many times a day do you, as a parent, have to correct your child’s misbehavior with statements such as “stop that,” “clean up your room,” or “how many times am I going to have to ask you to put [...]
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Strategies of the request….
Foot-In-The-Door (FITD) and Door In-The-Face (DITF) are sequential request strategies used to increase behavioral compliance. The Foot-In-The-Door (FITD) theory is based on the Consistency Principle, which states once a person agrees to something they will usually stick with it. When [...]
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Parent Tip – Letter to Initiate an Assessment
This is a standard letter to initiate an assessment for an IEP process. Continue reading
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Recess and your child’s brain
Recess is an important time of day when children can run around the playground with their friends, unconcerned with anything other than moving around and having fun. Current research shows that physical activity during recess and other parts of the day [...]
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The Adolescent Brain and Substance Use
Adolescence is a time of profound brain growth and change. It has been shown that the brain of an early adolescent compared to that of a late adolescent is different in the areas of anatomy, biochemistry, and physiology. As the [...]
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Parenting Tip – Notice the Positives!
How many times a day do you, as a parent, have to correct your teen’s misbehavior with statements such as “Stop that,” “clean up your room,” or “how many times am I going to have to ask you to put [...]
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Parent Tip – Helping your child make friends.
Research shows that parents play an important role in teaching their children how to make friends. The most popular kids are pro-social and are able to demonstrate caring, sharing, and helpful traits. They also know how to control their selfish [...]
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Prescription: Exercise
Dear Petrus Psychology, Is exercise important for people who have ADHD? Significant changes take place in the brain during physical activity. Afternoon sluggishness can often be treated with a quick jog around the neighborhood. During exercise, the brain’s dopamine and [...]
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