Screen Time Struggles
Screens provide opportunities for fun and engagement – from homework help to building friendships online – but too much screen time can affect your child’s sleep habits, attention, and mood. You know it’s important to set boundaries around screen time for kids but what should they be?
Homework Helpline
Supporting the Complex Learner’s Homework Experience You know the drill. Kids don’t like homework. They want to come home and eat and play and zone-out and see friends. Homework is not on their list! But most students see homework as a necessary chore and they figure out how to get
No Hocus Pocus
The Magic of Parent-Teacher Partnerships for Complex Learners The research is clear – children whose parents are more involved in their education have higher rates of attendance, homework completion, elevated grades, and school completion. Family involvement also facilitates children’s cognitive, social, and emotional functioning and has been linked to increased
Video Games: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Parents today have a lot of new concerns facing their children’s learning and social experiences and the answers aren’t always clear. That love/hate relationship we have with video games comes from a lot of mixed messages and unclear outcomes. Are you supporting your child’s development or encouraging violence? Do feel
A Lesson In Friendship
Helping Complex Learners Foster Friendships In the movie Toy Story, cowboy doll Woody and action figure Buzz Lightyear started their relationship with plenty of misunderstandings and conflicts. But by the end of the movie, they are BFFs, having fun and being there for each other in the good times and
Surviving Social Media
3 Tips to Manage Social Media and Your Complex Learner It feels like technology changes at the speed of light. You may have just gotten used to well-known platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or YouTube when suddenly you hear about Snapchat, WhatsApp, Tumblr, and Live.me. It’s easier than ever
Snack Attack!
Managing Your Child’s Snacking Most kids (and adults too) love to snack. Afternoon meetings suddenly aren’t as tiring with the promise of snacks. Playdates and sleepovers are made memorable with special snacks. “I’m starving,” is a common outcry when your child arrives home from school and that after school snack
A Mind is a Difficult Thing to Remind
Helping Your Child Build Executive Function Skills Does your child struggle to remember the instructions you just told him? Does she have a meltdown every time things don’t go as planned? Does it look like a hurricane blew through his room no matter how many times you ask him to
Winter Olympics At Home!
This seasonal funk is what happens when Complex Learners struggle to get the sensory input that they need to stay organized, energized and relaxed enough to fall asleep at night. As a parent of a Complex Learner, you understand your child requires the sensory input that movement provides but with
Perfectly Unperfect: Realistic Resolutions for Parents of Complex Learners
You did it. You watched the ball drop (or fell asleep). You rang in the New Year with family and friends or your cat and Netflix. You took stock of the past year and wrote down New Year’s resolutions in a spreadsheet or on the back of a napkin. And
