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

Parenting style matters - a lot!

Being a parent of a teenager can cure a person of narcissism.

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

Relationships matter:  change comes through forming trusting relationships. People, not programs change people.

If you (parents) tend to overreact to your child's misbehaviour - your child learns that he can't trust you. Mom, Dad, stay regulated!

"Unexpressed feeling never die. They are buried alive and come back later in ugly ways." (Stephen Covey)

Parents are the external regulator for kids who cannot regulate themselves.

"The thing that impresses me most about North America is the way parents obey their children"    (King Edward VII , 1841-1910)

The more 2 parents differ in their approaches to discipline, the more likely it leads to trouble for the child.

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Types of Anxiety Disorders

TYPES OF ANXIETY DISORDERS
1. Separation Anxiety
                                    – fear of being separated from parents
 
2. Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
                  – obsessive – intrusive, recurrent and persistent thoughts, impulses or images
                  – compulsive – behaviour the individual feels driven to perform
                                                                                          – may involve intricate rules
                                                                                          – believe the behaviour will prevent a terrible event from occuring
 
3. Social Phobia
                  – fear of “performing” in public
 
4. Generalized Anxiety Disorder
                  – uncontrollable
                  – daily
 
5. Panic Disorder
                  – episodes of intense fear
                  – start abruptly and peak within 10 minutes then fade
 
The treatment for anxiety disorders often involve the use of medications (SSRI’s) and cognitive behaviour therapy

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Workshops

+ Behaviour Management (now available online)

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

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+ Lick Your Kids

  “Lick Your Kids” (figuratively not literally) (2 hours) First […]

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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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+ Taming a Toddler

Many parents wonder what hit them when their sweet little baby turns into an unreasonable toddler – ideas for dealing with mealtime, bedtime, temper tanturms, toilet training, noncompliance, etc.

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Contact

2720 Rath Street, Putnam, Ontario
NOL 2BO

Phone: (519) 485-4678
Fax: (519) 485-0281

Email: info@rickharper.ca

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Parents' Comments

“We are foster parents who took in a 13 year old girl (going on 18!) and she ran us through the wringer. Rick helped us learn how to set limits that made the difference.”

(G.E. – Strathroy)