This guide equips sleep therapists, both seasoned and new, with insights to enhance pediatric clients' sleep health. Covering independent sleep skills, managing anxiety and nightmares, and tailoring strategies for various age groups, it emphasizes techniques like parental presence and cognitive restructuring. Thriving Minds Behavioral Health offers holistic solutions, integrating mental health expertise for overall well-being enhancement.
Read MoreDelving into the differences between school refusal and truancy is key to helping students thrive. In this article, we uncover the unique reasons behind each, understand their subtleties, and discover how to best help students facing these challenges.
Read MoreEmpower Your Expertise: Online Workshops for Selective Mutism Specialists" by Thriving Minds emphasizes professional training over mere continuing education for treating Selective Mutism (SM). These workshops provide in-depth knowledge, practical strategies, and insights into SM's history, origins, misdiagnoses, severity spectrum, evaluation tools, interventions, and collaborative approaches for effective treatment.
Read MoreThriving Minds provides specialized training for pediatric specialists in addressing difficult and disordered sleep in children. Our approach focuses on comprehensive evaluation techniques, personalized treatment plans tailored to each child's unique needs, and a holistic view of their overall well-being. We emphasize the importance of understanding nighttime behaviors, emotional states, and daytime activities to ensure effective and sustainable outcomes in sleep therapy. Join us at Thriving Minds to become an expert in pediatric sleep therapy, where we go beyond the night to nurture the complete health of every child.
Read MoreSelective mutism (SM) poses challenges for pediatric clients, impacting social, academic, and emotional facets. Our advanced strategies aim to treat SM, improve life quality, and address the profound impacts of speech absence. Join us to explore effective interventions for this complex condition.
Read MoreWhen a child struggles with difficult or disordered sleep, it takes patience and expertise to find solutions to the problem. Read on to learn advanced strategies for diagnosing and treating sleep challenges, and discover how to assist the children in your practice
Read MoreSelective mutism (SM) is a complex anxiety disorder that is often misunderstood and presents unique challenges. For professionals looking to treat SM effectively, it’s essential to understand the disorder, recognize its impact, and practice targeted treatment strategies. Continue reading to learn more.
Read MoreAs a school or clinic-based professional, you understand the challenge of helping students who refuse school. To support these students in their reentry, it is important to develop an evidence-based strategy that takes into account the available data around school refusal behaviors. In this article, we will explore the research on this topic and share best practices for developing a personalized, data-driven reentry plan with your struggling students.
Read MoreDo you ever find yourself stuck while working with your child clients or students? Do their behaviors or slow progress ever leave you frustrated, despite your best efforts? Cognitive distortions, or “unhelpful thoughts” are like optical illusions for our thoughts, subtly changing our view of the problem. In this article, we'll delve into common unhelpful thoughts we encounter in child-focused professionals as well as strategies for addressing them.
Read MoreHow many of your child clients take melatonin to help fall asleep? Recent years have seen an increase in the number of parents turning to melatonin for help with their children's sleep problems. In this article, we'll provide updates about the latest research on melatonin use in children so you can help families make informed decisions.
Read MoreEffective and compliant supervision is a crucial part of any professional field, but do you have the necessary resources to ensure it passes that proverbial "sniff test?" In an effort to ensure your professional practice meets best practices, we're sharing 3 tips to make sure your supervision is up to par.
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