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Highly Sensitive, Highly Unique: Parenting Kids Who Feel the World Differently
Taking in a sensory experience. From an early age, we are taught about our five basic senses—taste, smell, sight, touch, and hearing....
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Unlocking Growth Through Play: How Play-Based Therapy Helps Children Thrive
As parents, we want to support our children in the best way possible, especially when they face emotional, social, or developmental...
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School Refusal: Practical Strategies to Help Kids Overcome Anxiety and Get Back to Class
If your child is refusing to go to school: Practical strategies to help your child overcome anxiety and get back to class.
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Tingles & Tranquility: Exploring ASMR as a supportive tool for ADHD, ASD and more.
By Pam Ross, & Michelle L. Guy, 2025 Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a fascinating phenomenon where certain sounds or...
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EMDR Beyond Trauma: Building Confidence and Reducing Anxiety in Twice-Exceptional (2e) and Gifted, Talented, Intense-minded (GTIm) Children
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) for twice-exceptional (2e), Giftedness, builds confidence, reduces anxiety
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Can Being Neurodiverse Actually Make You Better at Dealing with Emotions?
neurological differences like ADHD, Giftedness, Autism Spectrum, and dyslexia are simply variations of the human brain, not shortcomings.
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Body Connection Activities for Gifted, Twice-Exceptional Kids: Helping Them Tune into Their Feelings
Interoception for kids, activities to use at home to improve the body-mind connection.
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Mindfulness for Kids
Mindfulness and Meditation for Kids, The importance of modeling and practicing with our kids for better mental health.
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Gifted/2e is Neurodiversity: The Complicated Minds of the Gifted
Understanding Asynchronous development, Neurodivergence includes giftedness, twice-exceptional, 2e: Gifted & LD, ADHD, ASD or C-PTSD,
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