January 29, 2010
Good old fashioned jumping jacks are excellent exercises for our challenging children. And it all gets back to the brain. When a challenging child gets stuck in all those charming ways that challenging children have – argumentative, defiance, tantrums, and so on – you can bet that something has triggered that fight or flight response. [...]
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January 29, 2010
To understand our kids with Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) it is more than helpful to know something about the brain. The more you learn about the brain, the more you will understand your RAD child’s behavior. Here is a brief introduction to the subject. According to Bruce Perry, MD, child psychiatrist and neuroscientist who works [...]
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