~~ Dr. Elliot is Head, Child Development and Family Processes Research, Bricklin Associates, the Vice Chair of the Professional Academy of Custody Evaluators and a psychologist in private practice. She has served as a consultant to public and private schools and coordinated multidisciplinary treatment...
Around 2002, I received custody of my children. DFACS made the boys see a psychologist, and they were diagnosed as ADHD. Our case worker said that this would mean they could get childs’ SSI to help with their special needs. With her determination and care for children, Kathleen obtained ...
In a newspaper article, a leading Danish psychologist claimed that “pedophiles are everywhere” and “quickly find their way to preschool institutions,” and warned against naïvely hiring men at childcare facilities [41] (p. 24). Other articles reported that worried parents were uneasy about ...
You might also want to seek out and pay for a consultation with a professional in private practice, such as an educational psychologist, to get an assessment and map out a tutoring plan—important if free, in-school help isn't available to your child. Though hiring a private tutor can be...
European Psychologist, 23(1), 44–56. https://doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000312. Article Google Scholar Schmitt, M. T., Branscombe, N. R., Postmes, T., & Garcia, A. (2014). The consequences of perceived discrimination for psychological well-being: A meta-analytic review. ...
“Letting your child know that his or her opinion is essential will help him or her feel heard and validated,” says Martha Horta-Granados, a teacher, psychologist and consultant. “Considering their options will let them know that they are being made part of an important process in their li...
Your toddler may not cry, even if you do. "Young children don't attach the same level of emotion as adults because they don't fully grasp the concept of death," says psychologistEileen Kennedy-Moore, PhD. Remember that your child may show different reactions over time, such as when the...
I would say nothing, nothing different from having the services, having the possibility of a psychologist and they [ex-combatants] say that they do not need psychologists. But having the services does not mean that you have the option of the service, because one thing is to have the possib...
At the same time, the German psychologist Erik Erikson insisted that there are meaningful stages of adult psychology that have to be considered in addition to child development. Psychologists also began to consider the processes that underlie the development of behaviour in the total person from ...