Building Confidence in Kids Do you remember yourself as a child? Were you a confident outgoing kid or the quiet one always in the background? Do you feel you could have prospered more had you been more confident? Do you sometimes fear that your child can lose out on opportunities? Therefore, building confidence in kids …
Emotional Needs of Children According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, human beings have certain needs that need to get fulfilled in order to be functional. These needs range from basic to more complex. As adults, we can identify and communicate regarding our needs. We can even identify the needs of our children like when they …
Dance Movement Therapy for Children Dance Movement Therapy or DMT works on the mind-body. Further, it works on mental health and physical health. Furthermore, body and mind are interconnected. In other words, a change in one will impact the other. Also, DMT helps in social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth. Hence, this is by using …
The Importance of Getting Bored As a parent in today’s world, we can get easily overwhelmed. This blog is on the Importance of Getting Bored. So, what is the importance of getting bored?. Further, with a dearth of activities around us. Usually, it is easy to get carried away. Additionally, in between all the activity …
Fostering your child’s mental health Mental health in children Mental health is as important as physical health and we all have come to realize the importance of mental health during this tough time. As adults, we can cope up and take care of our mental health needs but our children may need our guidance in …
Grief in children Grief in children Pandemic has brought our lives to stand still in many ways and yet we are expected to carry on and adapt to these changes. One particular population that has silently been suffering is our dear children who saw an extreme change in their lives and put up a brave face. …
Top 20 tips for parents Encourage creativity Listen more than you talk, talk more than you preach , To encourage your kids to talk, make sure you listen to them and respond appropriately. Instead of lecturing or preaching, try to take a friendlier route to teach things. Think before you act/speak Your kids learn from …
ABA for Autism This blog is about ABA for Autism. What is ABA for Autism? Applied Behavior Analysis helps to modify behaviors with specific methods. It improves social skills, speech skills, and self-care in Autistics. Helps them in dealing with anger, better attention, and have better life skills. Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) works on two …
Role of a Psychologist When a person hears the word “Psychologist” their internal alarms go off!! Everyone draws their own interference from this word. But what really is a Psychologist? The psychological approach focuses on personal experience, cognition, emotions and behaviour, personal strengths and support needs. This allows for the setting of positive goals, rather …
How is Sleep Related to Development? Sleep Related to speech Development, Sleep is vital to health for everyone but most importantly for children in who are constantly growing and developing. It is estimated that children should sleep for approximately 50% of the day. This is essential to the development of a child as their behavior, …