Young Child

APA Resources for Coping with Mass Shootings, Understanding Gun Violence

Resources on the American Psychological Association’s website can help people with cope with stress and anxiety caused by shootings and gun violence. Read more >>

The Long-Term Effects of Childhood Trauma

Two-thirds of Americans are exposed to extreme stress in childhood, things like divorce, a death in the family or a caregiver’s substance abuse. And this early adversity, if experienced in high enough doses, “literally gets under our skin, changing people Read more >>

Strategies for Parents of Kids with ADHD [presentation]

In this Community Education session, neuropsychologist Christina Young discusses the challenges of raising and child with ADHD and offers practical strategies you use that can make a big difference for your child. Read more >>

How to Teach Frustration Tolerance to Kids

Many young children struggle with frustration tolerance. Anger and frustration are powerful emotions, and children’s reactions can be intense in the moment. As adults, we know when our anger buttons are pushed. We know what we need to do to Read more >>

The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity [web resource] [downloadable]

The Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity conducts dyslexia research, and it is a leading source of advocacy and information to better the lives of people with dyslexia. Read more >>

Empowering Kids Who Learn Differently

In Thinking Differently, David Flink, the founder and CEO of Eye to Eye—a national mentoring program for students with learning and attention issues—enlarges our understanding of the learning process and offers powerful, innovative strategies for parenting, teaching, and supporting the Read more >>

How to Help Your Anxious Young Child [presentation]

How do you know what is typical and what is not? In this class led by David Arbulú, MA, Marriage & Family Therapist, learn the signs of anxiety in young children and some strategies to help your young child manage Read more >>

Three Ways Parents Can Make Digital Media a Positive for Young Kids

Digital technologies have added a new element of anxiety to family life for many parents. A lot of kids now have access to mobile devices, which brings up parent concerns that kids aren’t learning to interact with people, spend too Read more >>

Supporting & Caring for Transgender Children [downloadable]

The American Academy of Pediatrics supports policies that are gender-affirming for children – an approach that is supported by other key professional organizations. In 2016, the AAP joined with other organizations to produce the document, Supporting & Caring for Transgender Read more >>

Tantrums, Tears and Tempers—Managing Your Young Child’ s Behavior [presentation]

In this class, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Marcela Molina and Doctoral Psychology Intern Brittany Matheson review the ABCs of behavior and provide an overview of strategies for managing behavior with your young child. Read more >>

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