Thursday, August 22, 2019

Therapeutic Educational Consulting

If you are considering a therapeutic boarding school, please reach out to me, an Educational Consultant. I have been helping families for fifteen years, and the most heartbreaking times are when families have placed their own children without assistance and need to make a change because it wasn’t a good fit. What is right for one teen, may not be right for another. There are multiple variables to consider. Mistakes can be costly emotionally and financially. Educational Consultants may seem expensive, but I travel to visit programs (at my own cost), attend conferences, stay up to date with recent educational and therapeutic modalities. Considering the very expensive cost of residential therapeutic treatment, the consultant is a small portion of the expense to have peace of mind.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

Trauma in the Body

Memory is stored in two ways- explicit (facts and figures) and implicit (emotions). They form one complete memory. But, under stress your memories are not coded properly. And that is why certain situations can be a trigger to someone with trauma. The physical response needs to be addressed in trauma treatment. Sometimes trauma victims don’t even recall a certain episode, but their body remembers. Please read more here- https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/workings-well-being/201708/heal-trauma-work-the-body

Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Drug Use by Teens Declines

Most 8th, 10thand 12thgraders are using less drugs than in the past. 6.1% of 8thgraders, 9.6% of 10thgraders, and 12.4% of 12thgraders have used illicit drugs in 2018. So, not everyone is using drugs. But vaping has increased significantly which does have health implications for teen populations. https://www.drugabuse.gov/publications/drugfacts/monitoring-future-survey-high-school-youth-trends

Eight things to know about Child Development

From Harvard’s Center for the Developing Child-  1. Even infants/young children are significantly affected by stress.  2. Life outcomes are ...