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Helping Your Anxious Child Prepare for School Cate Brandon, PsyD, from Kenneth A. De Luca, PhD. & Associates, Inc. |
Jonah Lakin, PsyD, OCD & Anxiety Center of Cleveland |
Dr. Molly McVoy, University Hospitals Department of Psychiatry |
How Play Therapy Helps Anxiety and Behavior Tierney Payne. The Nord Center |
Additional Resources: The Anxiety Diagnosis Resource Page provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by local experts in the field. Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the behavior category for strategies to cope with anxiety.
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Executive Function 101: Why It is Important and How You Can Help Your Child Jennifer Negrey, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation and Danielle Petrizoelle, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation and Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism |
Impulsivity in the Don Caserta, Meghan Barlow and Associates |
Strategies for Managing Hyperactivity/Impulsivity in Children Kimberly Burkhart, PhD, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital |
Don Caserta, Meghan Barlow and Associates |
Additional Resources: The Attention Issues Diagnosis Resource Page provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by local experts in the field. Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the sensory issues category and the school category.
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Ken Dix and Elyra Gonzalez, |
Executive Function 101: Why It is Important and How You Can Help Your Child Jennifer Negrey, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation and Danielle Petrizoelle, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation and Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism |
Strategies for Managing Hyperactivity/Impulsivity in Children Kimberly Burkhart, PhD, Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital |
Meghan Barlow, PhD, Meghan Barlow and Associates |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the behavior category, the sensory issues category, the social skills category, the special needs parenting category and the school category to help children with autism spectrum disorders.
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Defiant and Difficult Behavior at Home Jay Berk, PhD, |
Katie Greenleaf, Meghan Barlow and Associates |
How to Get Your Preschooler to Listen Rachel Torrance and Jennifer Pearson |
Enhancing Growth Mindset to Improve Motivation and Achievement Heather Dukes-Murray, PhD |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the sensory issues category for behavior strategies specifically related to sensory issues.
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Neysa McKenney and Kathy Nash |
How to Get Your Preschooler to Listen Rachel Torrance and Jennifer Pearson |
Help Me Talk: Strategies to Improve Communication Stefanie Peck and Deborah Finley, The Center for LifeSkills |
Positive Play with Preschoolers Jennifer Knott, Rec2Connect |
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Terri McNeely, The Child and Family Counseling Center of Westlake |
How to Stay Calm When The Kids Are Out of Control Lisa Ruman, The Child and Family Counseling Center of Westlake |
How to Meet the Needs of Typical Siblings Lisa Ruman of The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake |
Electronic Addiction: The New Epidemic Jay Berk, PhD, of Jay Berk PhD |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to
podcasts in the special needs parenting category for family topics specifically related to parenting a child with a disability.
Stepping Stones for Successful Writing Christine A. Chambers, Abilities First |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the learning disabilities category and the sensory issues category to help children with fine motor issues.
Living with Food Allergies: What You Need to Know Dr. Brian Schroer, Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital |
Additional Resources: The Food Allergies Diagnosis Resource Page
provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by
local experts in the field.
Enhancing Growth Mindset to Improve Motivation and Achievement Heather Dukes-Murray, PhD |
Supporting the Social Development of Gifted Kids Meghan Barlow, PhD, Meghan Barlow and Associates |
Emotional Intensity in Gifted Children Meghan Barlow, PhD, Meghan Barlow and Associates |
Additional Resources: The Gifted or Twice-Exceptional Diagnosis Resource Page provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by local experts in the field. Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the attention issues category and the learning disabilities category for strategies to help twice-exceptional learners.
Executive Function 101: Why It is Important and How You Can Help Your Child Jennifer Negrey, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation and Danielle Petrizoelle, Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital for Rehabilitation and Cleveland Clinic Center for Autism |
Executive Function 101: Why It is Important and How You Can Help Your Child Christine A. Chambers, Abilities First |
Tammie Sebastian, The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities |
How Visual Skills Impact Learning and Attention Dr. Alex Andrich, The Vision Development Team and Dr. Leah Steele, Madison Eye Care |
Additional Resources: The Learning Disabilities Diagnosis Resource Page provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by local experts in the field. Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the attention issues category and the school category.
Solutions for Picky Eaters and Problem Feeders Stefanie Peck and Brenda Richards, The Center for LifeSkills |
Kelly Bhatnagar, PhD, The Emily Program |
Solutions for Picky Eaters and Problem Feeders Dr. Alice McIntyre and Mary Lou Kennedy, Cleveland Clinic |
Marge Robison (part 1) and Christine A. Chambers, Abilities First (part 2) |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the sensory issues category for feeding issues related to sensory processing and the food allergies category for nutrition issues related to food allergies.
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Top 10 Tips to Help Your Child Focus at Home Christine Chambers, Abilities First, LLC |
Disabilities & Distance Learning Ivette Sarkar and Tammie Sebastian, The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities |
Tammie Sebastian, The Ohio Coalition for the Education of Children with Disabilities |
Taking the Battle Out of Homework Terri McNeely, The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake |
Additional Resources: The School Services Resource Page provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by local experts in the field. Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the attention issues category and the specific learning disabilities category for strategies to help children with learning disabilities and ADHD.
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Sensory Strategies to Build Every Child's Self Control and Competence Meghan Barlow, PhD, Meghan Barlow and Associates and Christine A. Chambers, Abilities First |
Christine A. Chambers, Abilities First |
Introducing Sensory: A Reason for Behavior Problems? Denise Attie, Mercy Rehabilitation Services |
Strategies to Deal with Challenging Behaviors in Elementary-Aged Children Sandra Curran and Pam Spinner, Support 4 Teachers and Families |
Additional Resources: The Sensory Issues Diagnosis Resource Page provides top four organizations, books and websites, as identified by local experts in the field. Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the nutrition category for feeding issues related to sensory processing and the behavior category for strategies to deal with challenging behaviors resulting from sensory overload.
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Social Skills for Preschoolers Aletta Sinoff, Daily Behavioral Health |  Positive Play with Preschoolers Jennifer Knott, Rec2Connect |
How to Help Your Elementary-Age Child Make Friends Tracy Biller, Lakeshore Speech Therapy, LLC |
How to Help Your Socially Awkward Pre-Teen Make Friends Jamie Hughes, The KIDnections Group |
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How to Apply for Grants for Children with Special Needs Representatives from Cuyahoga County Board of Developmental Disabilities and Rec2Connect Foundation and Amy Clawson, Ohio Family 2 Family |
How to Meet the Needs of Typical Siblings Lisa Ruman of The Child & Family Counseling Center of Westlake |
Gary Tonks, The Arc of Ohio |
How to Get the Most Out of Your Child's Therapy Sara Solet, Speech Spot |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the family issues category for more general family and parenting topics.
Help Me Talk: Strategies to Improve Communication Stefanie Peck and Deborah Finley, The Center for LifeSkills |
Ellen Spear, Lakeshore Speech Therapy, LLC |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to
podcasts in the behavior category for strategies to deal with challenging behavior resulting from communication issues.
How Visual Skills Impact Learning and Attention Dr. Alex Andrich, The Vision Development Team and Dr. Leah Steele, Madison Eye Care |
Additional Resources: Families may also benefit from listening to podcasts in the behavior category, the sensory issues category, the social skills category, the special needs parenting category and the school services category to help children with visual impairment. |
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