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Disability in Film and TV: A Parent's Guide to Media Representation and Why It Matters
...own lives. The difference between authentic and harmful representation is the difference between a tool...it. Here's how to find the good stuff, spot the harmful patterns, and turn what your child watches into...into productive conversations about disability and self-worth. What Authentic Representation Looks Like....
Medical > Psychiatry
When Behavior Becomes Self-Harm: A Parent's Guide to Managing Self-Injurious Behavior in Children with Intellectual Disabilities
...not attention-seeking. It's self-injurious behavior, and it happens...behavioral therapist, or 911. Self-injurious behavior (SIB) isn't...evaluation to crisis care. What Self-Injurious Behavior Is. SIB includes...includes head-banging, hand-biting, self-scratching, hair-pulling, eye-poking,...It's distinct from stimming (self-stimulatory behavior), which...
Medical > Gastroenterology
Demystifying Gastrointestinal Problems in Autistic Children
...communication challenges they face, leading to increased anxiety, aggression, or self-harm. A Multidimensional Approach to Diagnosis. Understanding and appropriately...communication challenges they face, leading to increased anxiety, aggression, or self-harm. A Multidimensional Approach to Diagnosis. Understanding and appropriately...
Health > Nutrition
Gluten Free/Casein Free (GFCF) Diet Cheat Sheet
...nitrites, BHA, BHT, TBHQ, preservative, MSG, and high fructose corn syrup. These ingredients can cause severe behavioral problems, sleep disorders, poor self-control, meltdowns, anxiety, aggression, hyperactivity, irritability, depression, mood swings, aches and pains and a host of other ailments and negative...
Education > K-12
How to Stand Up to Bullying at School
...to defend. *Taekwondo lessons or working with someone who can help with self-esteem, encourages children to stand tall, use good eye contact and signal...it" may or may not work. Sometimes it back fires and kids may end up being harmed worse. *It is...
Health > Mental Health
RADs and Cutting
Mom discovers daughter's self-harm and learns it's a stress coping mechanism. Looks for ways to help by reducing stress.
Education > Early Intervention
Ask the Developmental Doc
...the actual mechanics of the programs and am concerned that he'll get too self-absorbed and that the whole endeavor might do more harm than good. Your thoughts?...that he'll get too self-absorbed and that the whole endeavor might do more harm than good. Your thoughts? – Marilyn P. Silverlake, CA. Dear Marilyn, Whether...
Special Needs > Attention Deficit Disorders
ADD/HD: Can’t Fix, Not Broken
...ADD/HD individuals as broken, we can stop trying to fix them, especially quick fix them. When we can embrace working with their own natural rhythms, harmonies, and their uniqueness, then we can truly take advantage of a plethora of all natural solutions. These solutions are needed because basic incompatibilities...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Caregiver Burnout Recovery Timeline: What to Expect
Recovery from caregiver burnout takes 6-12 weeks with evidence-based interventions. What to expect at each stage.
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Micro Self-Care: One-Minute Practices for Overwhelmed Caregivers
You don't have time for self-care. That's not judgment, that's...unhelpful and insulting. But self-care doesn't require an hour...your day. The Case for Micro Self-Care. Traditional self-care...Micro self-Care. Traditional self-care advice assumes you have...of uninterrupted time. Micro self-care assumes you don't. It's...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
DBT Skills for Caregivers Managing Intense Emotions
...meltdown, your child is screaming, the insurance company just denied the third appeal, and you can feel yourself unraveling. The advice to "practice self-care" or "take deep breaths" feels like a joke when you're this far past your breaking point. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills weren't designed...
Lifestyle > Self-Care
Recognizing Caregiver Burnout vs Normal Stress
Clinical markers distinguish burnout from stress so caregivers know which state they're in and what response it requires.