Navigating Mental Health Services for Your Child
Do you think your child is experiencing anxiety and depression that needs to be addressed, but you don’t know where to start? Navigating mental health services can be challenging. Listen to a panel of specialists moderated by Ramsey Khasho, PsyD, Read more >>
Evaluations and IEPs: Shouldn’t They be Connected? [presentation]
Your child’s evaluation includes a bunch of scores and some recommendations. Even though your evaluator talked through all the scores with you, you’re still not sure what they mean or how to translate those into meaningful IEP goals for your Read more >>
Big Gaps in Transgender Research: A Team at UCSF Is Working to Change That
Since 2015, researchers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital clinic have been conducting a study sponsored by the National Institutes of Health that will involve nearly 300 young patients ages 8 to 18 to understand the long-term effects of transgender treatments. Read more >>
LGBT+ Teens in US, Rejected by Families, Struggling in Foster Care
LGBT+ teens in the United States are three times more likely than heterosexual teens to live in foster care, often after being rejected by their families over their sexuality, according to new research. Read more >>
Managing Transition: Developing a Strengths-Based IEP [presentation]
When a student on an IEP gets to high school age, the focus and format of the IEP should change. IEPs should become student-centered, strength-based and future-focused. How does a parent support their child in the revised process? CHC’s Chris Read more >>
The Power of Parent Vulnerability – Resources from the 2019 CHC Breakfast
Parenting is a lifelong journey filled with incredible highs, daunting lows and everything in between. As parents, we do anything necessary to be certain our kids are happy and healthy. Since there’s no universal parent handbook to “all the right Read more >>
Want to Raise Successful Kids? Let Them Fail
Much has been written about the attributes of high-achieving adults, and what makes them different from everyone else. But if you’re a parent, a more compelling question may be: “What can I do to make sure my kids succeed in Read more >>
Parenting is hard work, and parenting a child with mental health issues is exponentially harder. You’re almost certainly putting in more effort than any other mom or dad you know, yet your kid may still be at risk, struggling, or Read more >>
Life Success For Students with Learning Disabilities: A Parent’s Guide [downloadable]
LD OnLine offers a guide for parents on how to help their children succeed titled Life Success for Students with Learning Disabilities: A Parent’s Guide. It was developed by the Frostig Center and based on more than twenty years of Read more >>
How To Be An Emotionally Vulnerable Parent (And Why It’s So Important)
When you find the courage to let your kids see your humanity, you’ll see you’re not so different from one another. You find it easier to connect with people you know are authentic than people who project a caricature of Read more >>
