Does My Family Really Need a Schedule This Summer? For many families, being out of school (which tends to be routine and schedule-driven) means not

Managing Sibling Rivalry It’s finally summer, which for many families means that the children are spending a lot more time at home together.  With increased

Too Much Stimulation or Too Little: Aiming for “Just Right” This Summer Another school year has wrapped up and here comes summer! As we hear

Grieving As a Nation Earlier this week, our country experienced the 27th school shooting in the United States this year.  Nineteen more children and two

What is Executive Functioning? Most people have heard references to “executive functioning skills” and may have been told how important they are. However, I get

Self-Care: Back to Basics In my therapy practice, I have become used to clients discussing stressful experiences and difficult times. This is hardly surprising –