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IEP Behavioral and Counseling Goal Menu

IEP Behavioral and Counseling Goal Menu Aggression _________ will demonstrate being mad the right way ___% of observed trials. _________ will use appropriate strategies to calm themselves with prompts ___% of observed trials. _________ will allow themselves to be mad or frustrated without hurting 90% of    observed                   […]

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How does cognitive-behavioral therapy work

How does cognitive-behavioral therapy work? Your thoughts are so powerful they create your reality. Where do your feelings come from? What happens, or how you think about what happens? For example, it could start raining, and I could think, “Oh no- this is going to ruin everything, […]

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Why are smart, capable kids giving up on school work?

Creating a Sense of Purpose Why are smart, capable kids giving up on school work? While there is no one universally true answer to this question, I have some ideas. One is the digital media and games that are intentionally created to be addictive by stimulating the […]

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Video Game Addiction?

Video Game Addiction How can you monitor and manage your children’s use of the internet? Do you think it’s a good idea to let them have connection in their room or should they be in a family common area where their use can be supervised and monitored? […]

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Video Games and Websites for Brainy Kids

Brainy Kids websites and video games Google earth- www.earth.google.com view maps, satellite photos, galaxies, canyons in the oceans BBC Human Body and Mind- www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody Build a skeleton, arrange organs, take psychological tests to learn about your memory and personality Extra for Students- www.pbs.org/newshour/extra Browse current world events, […]

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Tools for Keeping Your Kids Safe Online

Tools for Keeping Kids Safe Online Web Watcher- www.webwatcherkids.com Allows parents to block websites and record on and offline activity, including keystrokes, IM, and email messages; used by government and law enforcement agencies. Guardian Family Monitor- www.guardiansoftware.com Let’s families track all online activity. Creates a log and […]

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Signs of an Overindulged Child

When kids have too much done for them by well-meaning and hardworking parents, they may fail to learn the connections between their behavior and the consequences the experience. They may neglect chores and homework thinking that rules don’t apply to them and then when their grades are […]

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Best way to Love a Child

Best way to Love a Child Limitless Love 8/29/2013 Want to love and be loved? Want love without limits? Limitless love is love that is eternal. Eternity is not just a long time, it simply is. In the same way love is. You don’?’t have to perform […]

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Skills for Success

Make this year your best ever! Skills of a Successful Person/ Skills for Success Ingredients What skills does your child need to be successful? Many parents would like it if their child used please and thank-you, did as they were told, went to bed on time, got […]

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Autism and Asperger Syndrome Sensitivity Training

Sensitivity Training I found this on the Autism Speaks group in Linkedin; This will be my second year doing various “Autism Units” during the month of April focused on raising Autism Awareness but also to open the discussion about how similar we are compared to focusing on […]

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