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Updates on the latest clinical offerings from our centers in New York City and the San Francisco Bay Area.
September 30, 2024
Most families struggle with challenging behaviors in their kids at one time or another. When children throw tantrums, whine, or hit, it can be hard for adults to get them to stop. But it helps to use strategies devised by behavior experts.
Our Behavioral and Emotional Skills Training (BEST)℠ provides caregivers evidence-based strategies that promote positive behavior, good social-emotional development, and increased self-esteem.
In some cases, challenging behaviors, while frustrating, are completely age appropriate. In other cases, these behaviors may point to something deeper. If you are concerned about your child, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us today.
FOR CAREGIVERS
School Refusal Parent Training and Consultation
| It’s common for kids not to want to go to school every once in a while. But students experiencing what experts call “school refusal” have persistent and extreme anxiety about going to school. Your child may have school refusal if they frequently try to avoid school and get extremely upset about going.
Kids experiencing school avoidance may also feel sick a lot and regularly visit the school nurse. Our School Refusal Parent Training and Consultation program provides support for caregivers with children and teens who are refusing to go to school or exhibiting school avoidance behaviors. Participants will learn about the underlying causes that contribute to their child’s anxious thoughts and feelings around going to school. They will also learn evidence-based strategies to help their child using a gradual, supportive, and collaborative approach. |
FOR EDUCATORS
Improving Behavior in the Classroom
According to child behavior experts, the best way for teachers to manage challenging behavior in the classroom is through praise. This might not seem intuitive. After all, when we see kids acting out or doing something disruptive, it’s natural to point it out.
But research shows that paying more attention to the behaviors you do want to see — rather than the ones you don’t — is a much more effective strategy.
FOR EDUCATORS
Visiting Professor Lecture Series
| Increasing Access to Early Diagnosis and Assessment of Autism via Objective and Cost-Effective Eye-Tracking-Based Tools Friday, October 25, 2024 11:30 am – 1:00 pm ET |
Please join our clinical expert, Ami Klin, PhD, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Professor and chief of the Division of Autism and Developmental Disabilities at Emory University School of Medicine, who will present on studies validating social visual engagement — the moment-by-moment way children look at and learn about their social surroundings — as a quantitative biomarker for autism.
Clinical Programs
The Child Mind Institute’s clinical programs provide evidence-based services targeting specific skills in a tailored environment.
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