Category: Learning and Growing

Executive functioning skills help individuals plan and work toward their goals successfully. Learn how you can help build and nurture your child’s executive functioning skills at home to support their organization and study.

Discover 20 books that help kids understand emotions, build coping skills, and grow confidence and strong relationships.

Art therapy engages the patient and therapist in an artistic process to improve the patient’s physical, mental and emotional well-being.

If you’re thinking about whether your child is ready for overnight summer camp, this information can help guide your family’s decision.

These highlights from the U.S. Surgeon General's Advisory Statement on Social Media and Youth Mental Health cover findings that social media has the potential to both benefit and harm children and adolescents.

It’s important to talk with your kids about changes in their body. Use these tips for starting the puberty conversation.

Summer is great for kids to relax, but keeping their minds active prevents the “summer slide.” Learn ways to engage little learners at home, outdoors, or in the community.

Kids can be nervous about going to sleepaway camp for many reasons. Here are 10 ways you can help prepare your child for summer camp.

Seven core issues of adoption can occur and reoccur throughout an adoptive family’s life. Here is a closer look at these issues and how they can affect an adoptee and their adoptive family.

When working with your high schooler on preparing for the ACT and SAT, here are helpful hints for approaching these college readiness tests.

Mental health providers include psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, social workers, therapists and more. Learn more about these various titles and roles.

Returning to school following a concussion is not straightforward. A school liaison explains 7 things to consider.

Colleges offer healthcare services to help keep students healthy at school. Ask these important healthcare questions during the college search with your high schooler.

For parents of kids with medically complex needs, it's important to think about their care after they turn 18. One of our social workers put together this handy checklist to help parents. It includes items to take care of and questions to ask as your child grows.

Good communication between parents and schools is an important part of students’ school success. As the new school year gets underway, here are 6 tips to help you open the lines of communication early with your child's school.

Daily reading to kids is incredibly important -- but can feel daunting. Learn how to fit it in and make it effective each day.

Studies show that kids who are ready to learn in kindergarten do better in school as they grow. Learn how it can help to start reading with your child from birth.

As a season of giving and being of service to others, the holidays are a great opportunity for children to learn about empathy! It is essential for forming healthy, fulfilling relationships. Learn some strategies to help children develop and build this skill, from one of our child psychologists.

This summer likely looks much different than what families had originally planned. While it’s important for kids to continue exercising their brains, they don't need to do it all at the kitchen table! Read for summer ideas to keep kids active and engaged.

As COVID-19 is persisting through the summer, families may be wondering how to continue screen-free learning at home. Read a pediatrician's suggestions to incorporate learning through everyday experiences.

We’re all facing new challenges we’ve never encountered before, including parents helping their children with remote learning while managing all of their other responsibilities. Read a teacher's suggestions that may help things run a little more smoothly during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Breastfeeding does not come easily for all women. Review this post to learn about the resources available in Hamilton county to help moms initiate and continue breastfeeding.

Hip dysplasia, which is the abnormal development of the hips, affects 1 in 1,000 infants. Learn more about the symptoms of hip dysplasia and how to prevent it.

The process of searching for a high quality and safe childcare center can be stressful - especially for parents with lower incomes and/or those with children who have special needs. Read a list of questions to help assess them, including centers that have the capability to care for kids with special needs.