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This blog is written by the clinicians at Jonah Green and Associates, a mental health practice based in Kensington, MD that provides quality services for children, teens, families, and adults. It is intended as a resource for families who are seeking to expand their knowledge about mental health and mental health services, and also as a resource for families who are seeking quality mental health services, especially in the mid-Atlantic region. Please feel free to post questions and comments on any of the entries as well as on any topics or articles from our companion web site www.childandfamilymentalhealth.com.

January 30, 2018 Leave a Comment

How to Identify Test Anxiety and Help Your Child Cope

Your child is sitting down to take an exam. His teacher or professor walks by, drops the test on his desk, and he immediately starts to panic. His palms are sweaty, and he cannot seem to remember any of the content he studied.  His heart is beating quickly, and he’s starting to feel light-headed.  He cannot seem to figure out why this always happens when he sits down to take a test.  Does this sound like a familiar scenario for your child? If the answer is yes, the cause might be test anxiety.

 

 

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Filed Under: Anxiety, children and schools, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety, Erin Gates, school, test anxiety, tests

October 5, 2017 Leave a Comment

Games to Teach Young Children Impulse Control and Self-Regulation

Impulse control and self-regulation are a large part of many therapies with young children who have difficulty with waiting, stopping, following directions, and accepting limits.  These skills are part of a larger set of abilities called the “executive functions,” which include emotion regulation, organization, attention, inhibiting one’s actions, and time management.  Research shows that the area of the brain responsible for these complex tasks, the pre-frontal cortex, continues to develop into one’s mid-twenties.  No wonder our little ones are still learning and growing and in these areas!  With practice and persistence, we can help our little ones gain connections and strengthen executive functions.  The games below are used to do just that.

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Filed Under: ADHD, Child Development, Managing Mood and Regulating Emotions, Parenting Tagged With: Laurie Chaikind, parenting, self-regulation

August 13, 2017 Leave a Comment

“How do I tell my child that he/she is going to a therapist?”


This is a very common and appropriate question that parents ask me when scheduling the first session for their child. They might state concerns such as “I don’t want him/her to feel like something is wrong with him/her.” While this is understandable, therapy is usually a lot more anxiety-producing for parents than it is for their child. In fact, most children who come to see me appear relieved to be in my office, and quickly understand my role in helping him/her/their family feel better about whatever it is they are struggling with. Nonetheless, at times children and teens may resist therapy, and these suggestions for how to talk to children about starting therapy can be helpful:

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Filed Under: Family Therapy, mental health, Parenting, Relationships, Therapy Tagged With: Kathy Voglmayr, Therapy, treatment child

May 22, 2017 Leave a Comment

Why Children Lie and How to Craft a Response

Many parents become undone when a child lies to them.  Projecting in the future, parents fear that deceit will become habitual and last into adulthood.  Yet kids lie for many different reasons.  Some kinds of dishonesty are developmentally normal, and call for a measured response. It helps to understand the reason a child is lying in order to come up with an appropriate way to encourage their moral development.

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Filed Under: Child Development, Parenting Tagged With: lying, parenting, Reena Bernards

March 23, 2017 Leave a Comment

From Crying to Trying: Tools for Managing Perfectionism

It’s 11 pm and the homework battle soldiers on.  You’re standing in the door frame, trying to convince your 13 year old daughter that it’s time for bed.  She has spent the last 6 hours preparing for her science test and the best thing she can do now is rest, but she won’t close the books.  Your sweet, stressed, bleary eyed girl is positive that if she sleeps all will be lost and her quarter grades will be unrecoverable. Sound familiar?

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Filed Under: Anxiety, Child Development, children and schools, Parenting Tagged With: anxiety disorders, Jonah Green and Associates, Laurie Chaikind, parenting

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