by GenesisAdmin | Jul 25, 2012 | Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Emotional Development, Social Development |
Young children are often caught unaware by their own feelings of anger and frustration. They don’t fully understand what came over them in their fit of rage and may feel agitated and confused (and sometimes a little guilty) by their own behaviour. Here are some...
by GenesisAdmin | Jun 18, 2012 | Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Emotional Development, Social Development |
How do you effectively discipline a toddler? Most parents will know that this is much easier said than done. How do you deal with a being that is the epitome of cuteness in one moment and then the devil himself the next? When is it okay to ignore disruptive...
by GenesisAdmin | Feb 2, 2012 | Assessments, Barriers to Learning, Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Education, Emotional Development, Social Development |
School readiness depends as much on emotional maturity as it does on scholastic ability. In order to be deemed cognitively school ready, children need to achieve a test age of 6 years 3 months on school readiness assessments. Yet, I have assessed many children who...
by GenesisAdmin | Dec 20, 2011 | Assessments, Barriers to Learning, Behavioural Difficulties, Early Childhood Development, Education, Emotional Development, Social Development, Therapy |
The difference between Clinical, Counselling, and Educational Psychology: For most parents, finding a psychologist to send their child to is a pretty daunting task. This is often complicated even further by the lack of knowledge around the different disciplines and...
by GenesisAdmin | Oct 16, 2011 | Behavioural Difficulties |
Oppositional defiant disorder is described by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) as an ongoing pattern of disobedient, hostile and defiant behavior toward authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal childhood behavior....
