Anxious Kids? How Parents Can Help – Voices of Compassion Podcast
The share of Americans reporting symptoms of anxiety disorder, depressive disorder, or both roughly quadrupled from June 2019 to December 2020, according to a Census Bureau study released late last year. Anxiety can be sneaky, popping up in a variety Read more >>
Parenting a Child With Special Needs – Voices of Compassion Podcast
When COVID closed schools, Dr. Joaquin Burciaga and his wife, both neuropsychologists, transformed their living room into a preschool for their daughter with special needs. Over the past year, they’ve learned a thing or two about resilience, patience and the Read more >>
Ask an Expert: Teaching Self-Compassion to Kids [presentation ]
Research indicates that self-compassion is associated with greater emotional resilience, higher self-confidence, more caring behavior, and less reactive anger. Read more >>
Stress & Resilience During COVID – Voices of Compassion Podcast
In a year where every one of us has experienced the loss of normalcy, safety and independence, we are feeling the effects of psychological and physiological fatigue. Stress can manifest itself in a variety of physical, emotional and behavioral symptoms, Read more >>
Developing Young Children’s Social Skills While Socially Distanced – Voices of Compassion Podcast
How do you support your young child’s development in a pandemic, when so much of it depends on play, exploration and social interaction? Tune in as our guest, Shirit Megiddo, MS, CCC-SLP, BCS-CL, Speech-Language Pathologist at CHC and mom of Read more >>
Concerned About Your Child’s Learning? – Voices of Compassion Podcast
Teachers are usually on the front lines of our child’s well-being, noticing learning, behavioral or attention challenges, supporting them in the classroom and relaying them to us as parents. With our kids learning from home, it’s much harder for teachers Read more >>
The Power of Radical Acceptance – Voices of Compassion Podcast
Life has perhaps never felt more out of our control than it has over the past year. But refusing to accept our reality doesn’t change its outcome. Rather it increases the suffering that comes from the futility of fighting against Read more >>
To College or Not to College? – Voices of Compassion Podcast
College is a big decision, especially for those with mental health challenges and even more so during a pandemic. Thankfully, our guest on today’s podcast is an expert at getting adolescents to open up, let their guards down and feel Read more >>
Be Kind to Yourself: The Power of Self-Compassion – Voices of Compassion Podcast
Mental health is one of the biggest issues our world is collectively facing, creating a “shadow pandemic” as widespread as the virus itself. While our resilience is undeniable, we are still so hard on ourselves about our shortcomings and filled Read more >>
Setting up Distance Learning for Behavioral Success – Voices of Compassion Podcast
From creating a schedule and routine to providing ample opportunity for exercise and play, Jody Miller, MEd, BCBA shares her best advice for at-home learning success. As Head of Esther B. Clark Schools, Jody’s experience with kids who struggle in a typical classroom Read more >>
