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Families, Insights

Tackling Toilet Training

If you were to poll hundreds of parents, results would likely show that toilet training kids is one of their least favorite parental responsibilities. Add in a child with developmental delays, and...

Families, Insights

The Silver Lining of Sibling Rivalry and Tips to Reduce It

Whenever your children spend more time together—especially on school breaks and vacations—it increases the odds of tension and full-scale fights regarding anything and everything. As a parent, the...

Families, School Psychologists, Insights

How To Use Visual Checklists

You can never overestimate the power of a plan and structure for all kids, but especially for those that have challenges with executive functioning.

Families, Insights

Are You Or Your Child Struggling? You Name It, ABA Can Improve It

April is Autism Awareness Month! As a way to promote autism awareness and inclusion, the Autism Society declared April National Autism Awareness Month to help every individual with Autism Spectrum...

Families, Insights

Tap Into Your Child’s Creative Brain With Great Activities

Whether it’s summer break, just a day off of school in the middle of February or a rainy day, some low-key fun that taps into your child’s creative brain is always a great idea. Since the logical,...

Families, Insights

5 Ways You Might Be Causing Anxiety In Children

There’s no doubt we want to give our kids all that we can—opportunity, experience, values, and more. But there’s one thing we often see well-meaning parents give their children unintentionally:...

Families, Insights

Parenting is the most important job you have; and while it is extremely fulfilling, it can also be very challenging. Wouldn’t it be nice if your son or daughter came with an instruction manual on the...

Families, Insights

How To Get The Most From An IEP Meeting

IEP meetings can be anxiety-provoking for parents and school staff alike, especially if there are known differences of opinion ahead of time. On top of that, parents may feel overwhelmed by the sheer...

School Psychologists, Insights

The Journey from Referral to Assessment

Let’s take the case of Susie, a fictional student, a third-grader who is still struggling to read fluently. She also has difficulty sitting still and paying attention for more than ten minutes while...

Insights, Administrators

504 or IEP? Which one is the right one?

In order to qualify for an IEP or 504 plan, a student must have a disability or condition that prevents him or her from making expected progress in the general education classroom. Both require some...

Families, Insights

Smart Use of Smart Devices

Although technology can certainly make our lives easier, we are learning more about its downside. The overuse of passive screen time has been linked to childhood obesity, sleep disturbances, mood...

School Psychologists, Insights

Surfing the Digital Age Wave

In the swift current of today’s rapidly advancing technology, the ‘high-tech’ equipment of the not so distant past—just twenty or thirty years ago—seem ancient. Just a decade ago, psychologists were...

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School Psychology Awareness Week – November 13-17, 2017

The Multi-Talented School Psychologist “What would you like to do when you grow up?”

Families, School Psychologists, Insights, Administrators

5 Ways to Support Students with Executive Function Issues

We’ve been getting a lot of questions from teachers and Bay Area parents about how to help kids with executive functioning. Weaknesses in executive functioning are often found in both ADHD and...

Families, Insights

5 Myths About Testing for Learning Disabilities

October is National Attention-Deficit/Hyper Activity Disorder and Learning Disabilities month. How do you know if your child needs an evaluation for learning disorders?

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Psyched Services Launches in Northern CA

Burlingame, Ca. (Sept.25, 2017) – Psyched Services, a psychoeducational assessment and telecoaching practice, has opened in Northern California providing schools and parents with comprehensive and...

Learn.Do Bulletin

Tackling Toilet Training

The Silver Lining of Sibling Rivalry and Tips to Reduce It

How To Use Visual Checklists

Are You Or Your Child Struggling? You Name It, ABA Can Improve It

Tap Into Your Child’s Creative Brain With Great Activities

5 Ways You Might Be Causing Anxiety In Children

Revolutionize Your Parenting

How To Get The Most From An IEP Meeting

The Journey from Referral to Assessment

504 or IEP? Which one is the right one?

Smart Use of Smart Devices

Surfing the Digital Age Wave

School Psychology Awareness Week – November 13-17, 2017

5 Ways to Support Students with Executive Function Issues

5 Myths About Testing for Learning Disabilities

Psyched Services Launches in Northern CA