What’s Next: Discovering My Child has a Disability
By Andrea Fenwick
Being a parent is difficult, but when you discover your child might have a disability, your journey goes from difficult to extremely daunting.
February 19, 2021
Tag: children
Our Children Are Watching Us
By Debra Waranch, LCSW-C
We have faced the events of 2020 and now 2021, with our emotions. This is the message to give to your children, your family: Stay the Course … Keep going …
January 15, 2021
Connecting From Afar: How JCS Mentors are Staying on Track During the Pandemic
By Jen Rudo
In March 2020, every aspect of our Jewish Big Brother Big Sister (BBBS) program had to be re-imagined. In fact, it was more important than ever.
January 8, 2021
My Office is Empty but My Heart is Full
By Deborah Hamburger
How do you run a Toy Drive in the middle of a pandemic? We suggest you innovate and pivot.
December 28, 2020
Does My Child Need a Therapist?
What do we do as parents, when we notice that our child’s experience of this world is causing them distress? How do we know when enough is enough, and something needs to be done in order to protect and keep them socially and emotionally healthy? How do we know whether therapy might be beneficial?
December 15, 2020
This is Real Life and Kids Need Real Skills
By Myra Strassler, LCSW-C
As parents, we can use our child’s attachment, enthusiasm and interest to foster not only life skills and lessons, but also to instill them with a positive attitude towards learning.
November 3, 2020
You Matter, Too!
By Susan Kurlander, M. Ed.
Now more than ever, with children spending much of their day on their own, it’s essential that they learn to tap into internal resources to gain the coping skills necessary to help them feel good about themselves.
October 13, 2020
The Value of Choices
By Ben Barer, LCSW-C
Children need to feel in control as much as adults do and being able to make decisions at a young age can promote healthy decision making in the future.
September 22, 2020
Parents: You’ve Got This!
By Shula Levin, LCSW-C
Being a parent is hard enough. Being an employee is hard enough. Being a parent and an employee at the same time, within the same space, is a juggling act that no one signed up for.
July 28, 2020
Is Your Mask Hiding or Protecting?
By Susan Kurlander, M. Ed.
Staying physically safe and healthy needs to be our number one priority, sometimes at the expense of being able to share our emotions, at least through our facial expressions.
July 7, 2020