It’s A Catastrophe! Helping Kids To Calm Down
As I have mentioned in earlier posts , I am really enjoying the book, “The Optimistic Child” by Martin Seligman. In it he states that children often engage in catastrophic thinking: “Sara did not sit next to me at lunch! She hates me.” According to Seligman, teaching children to decatastrophize is one of the most […]
Teaching Teachers: Praise That Doesn’t Demean, Criticism That Doesn’t Wound
Last night Courtney Evenchik and I ran our second workshop in the series based on the book, “How to Talk So Kids Can Learn” by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, for teachers at a local pre-school in Cleveland. The topic was “Praise That Does Not Demean, Criticism That Doesn’t Wound” In the first week of the workshop we […]
Teaching Girls To Survive Social Situations
In just 2 weeks A+ Solutions and Parentingsimply.com (now a member of the A+ Solution family) are hosting our most exciting webinar yet. There is a huge buzz surrounding this topic: Brochie Weinberg MS, LPCC: Surviving Social Situations: Helping Your Pre-Teen and Teen Daughters Come Out Stronger We know that the pre-teen and teen years […]