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Does your child need extra support at school? Join us!
The start of the new school year comes with a number of questions and concerns for both students and their parents: Will my student be supported enough? What can I ask for from my school to better support my student? Does my child need an IEP/504? What's the...
Manage your Child’s Perfectionism
You want your child to succeed and feel accomplished within academics, extracurriculars, or any skill they are pursuing. However, when children strive for unattainable perfection, it is hard to know how to respond. Unhealthy perfectionism can involve a fear of...
Things to tell the teacher about your child
Do you struggle with how to describe your child to a new teacher? Do you worry they might not read the full IEP or 504 plan and want to provide a condensed 'summary' at the beginning of the year? As a special need's parent and a therapist often asked to advocate for...
Should you ask your child’s therapist to talk to their teacher?
You have seen your child's behavioral and emotional regulation improve at home with their therapist's support. With your help, your child is utilizing coping skills and more frequently communicating their needs. How can you extend this progress into the classroom?...
How to help your preschooler make friends
It is very common for younger children to have difficulties facilitating friendships. Transitioning from the home setting is no easy feat! Interacting with others that they are not familiar with can be stressful and scary for any child. This is also stressful for...
How to get the kids out the door without yelling
It’s that time of year again, when the schedules are being set, the carpooling is being arranged, new school clothes are being bought, and your kids summer morning routine needs a drastic makeover...fast. Transitions are no easy feat for many adults, let alone kids,...
3 Ways to Stay Connected with Your Child When You’re Stressed AF
Staying connected during stressful times is good for both you and your child. Studies have shown that once we form an attachment, we then form a physiological unit. This means that parents help to regulate their child’s blood pressure, heart rate,...
10 Tips For A Smooth Transition Back to School
Returning to school can be a difficult transition for children and parents alike. Sudden and unclear changes in routine, schedules, and expectations can cause this transition to be more difficult than it needs to be. Use these 10 tips to assist in making a smooth...
5 Easy Mindfulness Practices for Parents
Some may be under the impression that mindfulness is a state that solely monks or yogi’s can master, or a way of being that is only attainable after years of practice and dramatic lifestyle changes. But mindfulness can be part of the day to day for children and...
Should you tell your child their diagnosis?
Many parents wrestle with important questions after learning about their child’s diagnosis. Individual and Family Connection’s team of expert pediatric clinicians share their answers to these questions in an interview about diagnosis with the team's Clinical Director,...