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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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Autism, ADHD, Aspergers, child behavior problems- behavior therapy

ADHD, Autism, PDD-NOS, Asperger Syndrome, Anxiety and children, Anger and children, aggression, sibling rivalry, video game addiction, gifted child, defiant child, adhd child, you can now get resources to help you help special needs children with behavior therapy for child behavior problems at icyouvideo.com   Save Save

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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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ADHD Child- Why is it never their fault?

It may not be as you think MetacognitionWhy is it never their fault? I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me. It was because so and so did such and such to me. One parent said their kid tripped going up the stairs and yelled down at the […]

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Transform Stress

Transform Stress Can stress be good for you? We get practically inundated with concerns about how stressful modern life is and it’s negative impact on our health. I read an article in the Summer 2014 Intelligent Optimist that says if you stop being anxious about your stress, […]

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Courage and Optimism

Courage and Optimism How much courage does it take to be pessimistic? In a world where we can allow ourselves to be bombarded with instant information about violent conflicts, human suffering, economic hardships, and commercial airliners being shot down, it’s easy to think that the world is […]

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