Children with attachment disorders: healing the paper cut
Abandoned children often compare their abandonment or attachment issues to a paper cut in their heart, an injury that simply never heals.
Abandoned children often compare their abandonment or attachment issues to a paper cut in their heart, an injury that simply never heals.
President Obama’s recent support concerning the importance of early childhood education and/or Head Start is at best a no-brainer. Advertisers have known for years, the sooner you reach a child’s brain, the easier it is to mold. In other words, follow the money and one way or another you will [...]
Reading is considered one of the most difficult learning tasks to master for about 30% of children, especially boys. First and foremost, reading is a relatively new act for the brain because it was not a prerequisite for our survival. In other words, we spoke before we read, and as [...]
One of the greatest challenges parents of an ADHD/ADD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/Attention Deficit Disorder) child will face is how to determine the level of their child’s success. In other words, part of the problem determining school success is the existence of so many alternatives or strategies that parents must [...]
Every child needs storytelling in his life. The personal narrative is the best of storytelling, a form of literature which seems to have gone the way of the traditional telephone. The ritual of the oral tradition, family stories, which can carry over to the personal narrative and storytelling has been [...]
Reading is considered one of the most difficult learning tasks to master for about 30% of children, especially boys. First and foremost, reading is a relatively new act for the brain because it was not a prerequisite for our survival. In other words, we spoke before we read, and as [...]
Many of the problems affecting a student’s ability to learn can be traced to today’s home environment. For example, yesterday’s home environment was quieter and some might say even boring when compared to today’s home environment. Parents and children did a great deal more talking and reading. Studies show that [...]
Counselors and psychologists must now address an unspeakable tragedy and begin the healing process with the Newtown, Conn. children. Experienced counselors and psychologists will do their best to heal but their role will be extremely difficult. One of the many problems they face will be the addressing of the different [...]
Researchers indicate that teachers (unintentionally) give more classroom attention and more self-esteem building encouragement to boys than to girls over the course of the school day.
Achievement is said to begin when the brain’s thalamus, located in the limbic system, interprets the experience or information as positive or negative. If the perception of achievement is negative, it is sent directly to the amygdala and the child responds with a fight or flight response. However, if the experience [...]