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Care and Support Updates
Updates on the latest clinical offerings from our centers in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area.
November 25, 2024
All kids encounter friendship challenges from time to time. Some may need guidance on dealing with day-to-day conflict or responding to bullying. Others may have underlying issues that affect their ability to make and keep friends — like anxiety, ADHD, autism, social communication disorder, or depression. These kids may benefit from some extra help learning social skills.
The Program for the Education and Enrichment of Relational Skills (PEERS®) for Teens is a 14-week evidence-based social skills intervention to help motivated teens in middle and high school learn to make and keep friends. During each group session, teens are taught essential communication skills and given the opportunity to practice with peers.
If you find that your child needs additional help or support, our doors at the Child Mind Institute are always open. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to us today.
FOR CAREGIVERS
Struggling with Perfectionism
| While self-control can be a good thing, exercising excessive self-control or “overcontrol” is associated with low social connectedness, rigidity, loneliness, and perfectionism. Many young people who are overcontrolled learn to hide their emotions to avoid feeling vulnerable.
Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT) is a state-of-the-art behavioral treatment designed to support individuals exhibiting overcontrol by targeting three core areas: building close and supportive social connections, increasing openness to new experiences, and improving flexible thinking. |
FOR EDUCATORS
Anxiety in the Classroom
| There are many different kinds of anxiety, which is one of the reasons it can be hard to detect in the classroom. Kids may worry about anything from separating from parents at drop-off to speaking up in class to feeling like their work needs to be perfect.
To make things more confusing, kids with undiagnosed learning disorders may also have a lot of anxiety if they are falling behind at school. |
FOR CLINICIANS
Nonverbal Learning Disability: Evaluation and Treatment
| Nonverbal learning disability (NVLD) is a neurodevelopmental condition characterized by deficits in processing and integrating visual-spatial information. Associated difficulties may include problems with executive functions, fine and gross motor skills, social skills, and math skills.
Individuals with NVLD may have strengths in language development and verbal abilities |
Clinical Programs
The Child Mind Institute’s clinical programs provide evidence-based services targeting specific skills in a tailored environment.
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