Jun 29, 2020 | Behavioral & Developmental, Education, Teen Issues
By Tanni Haas, Ph.D. By the time they reach high school, your kids are no longer kids but they’re not yet adults either: they occupy a unique middle ground we call the teenage years. How do you prepare your teens for all the academic and social challenges of high...
Jun 30, 2020 | Behavioral & Developmental, Family Life
By Kimberly Blaker Empathy Is Hardwired, But Few Maximize It: Help Your Child Develop Empathy to Its Full Potential Empathy is the ability to put yourself in another’s shoes. It is similar to sympathy but with an important difference. To sympathize is to care...
May 30, 2020 | Behavioral & Developmental, Education, Family Life
By Tanni Haas, Ph.D. There are few moments more exciting to kids than the first day of kindergarten: it represents the day when children officially become “big kids.” How do you prepare them for that day and all the things they’re supposed to learn in kindergarten?...
May 30, 2020 | Behavioral & Developmental, Health & Fitness, Local News, Medical, Special Needs
Phoenix resident Nicole Anderson first stepped through the doors of United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona almost four years ago, when her then 10-month-old daughter was in need of specialized care and services. After four years of intensive therapy and...
May 30, 2020 | Back Talk, Behavioral & Developmental, Health & Fitness, Medical, Teen Issues
By Kerrie McLoughlin What is the first thing you think of when you hear about obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)? Maybe you think of the TV show Monk, of someone who washes their hands over and over, of someone who loves a schedule and hates germs. It is estimated...
May 30, 2020 | Behavioral & Developmental, Education, Special Needs
By Christine Thompson, President and CEO, Expect More Arizona Special needs education funding is impacting all students. ‘We’re all working toward working ourselves out of a job,’ was something Kimberly Peaslee, a special education professional,...
