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We should not medicate the boys so they fit the school; we should change the school to fit the boy. (Leonard Sax, M.D. Ph.D)

Children fare better when expectations on them are clear and firm.

Children today are under enormous pressures rarely experienced by their parents or grandparents. Many of today's children are being enticed to grow up too quickly and are encountering challenges for which they are totally unprepared.

If there is no relationship - nothing else matters !

Simple rules adhered to when children are young can prevent more serious problems later.

The challenge of adolescence is to balance the right of the parents to feel they are in charge with the need of the adolescent to gain independence.

Many clinicians find it easier to tell parents their child has a brain-based disorder than suggest parenting changes. Jennifer Harris (psychiatrist)

The mistake that Sharon and I both made is we never set any boundaries.  (Ozzy Osbourne)

Some hope their children will be like sponges soaking up the truth and wisdom imparted by their parents. However appealing this philosophy might be, it seldom seems to catch on with their children.

Criticism is not a motivator.

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Depression – What It Is & What It Is Not

Depression is not:
  1. – a sign of weakness
  2. – a punishment for past wrongs
  3. – a flaw in a person’s character or  personality
  4. – the young person’s fault


 
 
 

It is an illness that results in:

  1. – emotional changes
  2. – physical changes
  3. – cognitive changes
  4. – behavioural changes


 
 
 
 
HOW COMMON IS IT ?
– between 5-15% of all older children &  teens
– a high school with 1000 students is likely to have 100 kids suffer depression in a year
– equal number of boys and girls in younger  years
– more girls in adolescence
– often associated with other emotional & behavioural problems

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Workshops

+ Behaviour Management (now available online)

This full day or 2 evening workshop will introduce you […]

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+ A Parent’s Guide to the Teenage Brain

  A teenager’s brain is not just an adult brain […]

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+ Reading Rescue

A program for children with reading problems

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+ A Guided Tour of ADHD (now available online)

This workshop will present the facts, myths, misconceptions, controversy and […]

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