How Brain Development Informs Skill Development
It can be helpful to think of the brain as made up of two different and equally important parts. The downstairs brain includes the...
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Cynthia Yoo
- Apr 9
- 10 min
Effective Strategies For Supporting Your Child To Regulate And Ask For Help
What we know is that children need help - especially children who struggle with social, emotional, and learning differences. So why is it...
Cynthia Yoo
- Apr 9
- 7 min
Your Child Has A Neurodevelopmental Disorder - How To Process It & When To Tell Them
Parents are faced with many difficult decisions throughout the course of parenting. This is especially true for parents with children who...
Cynthia Yoo
- Apr 6
- 5 min
Types of Mental Health Support
There are different types of support available to people struggling with mental health challenges. The type of support you seek out will...
Cynthia Yoo
- Dec 27, 2022
- 2 min
ADHD & Learning Disabilities - How Counselling Can Help
Children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Learning Disabilities (LD) struggle to effectively manage themselves...
Cynthia Yoo
- Dec 24, 2022
- 3 min
ADHD & Learning Disabilities - Individualized Program Plans
What are IPPs? Children diagnosed with neurodevelopmental disorders are entitled to support for their learning differences and special...
Cynthia Yoo
- Dec 21, 2022
- 14 min
Anxiety & ADHD - The Big Overlap and How To Tell the Difference
There is an excellent article explaining how anxiety and ADHD overlap in terms of symptoms. It explains how they can look the same and...
Cynthia Yoo
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
Effective Strategies to Support Your Child with Executive-Functioning Challenges
Children who struggle with executive functioning have difficulty managing their emotions, resisting their impulses, and keeping necessary...
Cynthia Yoo
- Dec 12, 2022
- 8 min
Effective Strategies to Support Your Child with Self-Regulation Challenges
When children consistently fail to meet our expectations, it is tempting to label them as oppositional, defiant, manipulative, and/or...
Cynthia Yoo
- Dec 9, 2022
- 3 min
Self-Regulation & Executive Functioning - Definition, Meaning, and Skills
Children who can self-regulate (calm when upset) are more able to learn and implement executive functioning skills (planning and decision...
Cynthia Yoo
- Nov 30, 2022
- 4 min
Effective Strategies to Support Your Child with ADHD
There are a variety of treatment and intervention strategies available to support children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder...
Cynthia Yoo
- Nov 27, 2022
- 3 min
Girls with ADHD - Unique Challenges
The vast majority of research and literature on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) pertains to boys. In light of the growing...
Cynthia Yoo
- Nov 24, 2022
- 3 min
Girls with ADHD - Symptoms and Treatment
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a brain-based disorder that impacts up to 12% of school-aged children. There are 3...
Cynthia Yoo
- Nov 18, 2022
- 3 min
ADHD - Definition, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a brain-based disorder (also called a "neurodevelopmental disorder") that impacts up...
Cynthia Yoo
- Nov 17, 2022
- 3 min
HOW to Seek Additional Support for Your Child
Seeking a qualified professional Once you decide to seek additional support for your child, it’s important that you find someone who is...
Cynthia Yoo
- Nov 16, 2022
- 2 min
WHEN to Seek Additional Support for Your Child
Children struggle when they are expected to do something that they don’t have the skills to efficiently master on their own. When the...
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