Category: Social Development
The Importance of Play – Social Development In Children
Amy Gibson BCD, RECEFeb 18, 20182
The Importance of Play – Social Development In Children After a long day at work, you come home and make dinner, bathe the kids and...
Speaking Of Speech – Speech Therapy for Toddlers
Erin Avramidis, M.Cl.Sc. SLP, Reg. CASLPOFeb 11, 20183
Speaking Of Speech – Speech Therapy for Toddlers As parents, we watch our children grow and develop with amazement and pride....
Difficult Or Resilient Temperament? How to Foster Social Development In Children
Amy Gibson BCD, RECEFeb 10, 20183
Difficult Or Resilient Temperament? How to Foster Social Development In Children How would I define temperament? Temperament is...
Holiday Shopping with Kids – My Child Has The Gimmie’s
Amy Gibson BCD, RECEDec 17, 20176
It’s Happening – My Child Has The “Gimmie’s.” My family and I were shopping recently at toys r us for a...
Halloween For Kids – How To Minimize Fear
Tanya Cotler, PhD, CPsych (Supervised Practice)Oct 16, 20171
Halloween For Kids Should Be Fun! This time of year the streets are sweeping with decorations: cobwebs and ghosts on doorsteps and...
How to Teach Compassion to Your Kids
Dina M. Kulik, MD, FRCPC, PEMOct 10, 20176
To teach compassion to your kids is no small thing, but here’s some ways to model good behaviour from Dr. Dina that will make it a...
What Is Play Therapy And Is It Right For Your Child?
Tanya Cotler, PhD, CPsych (Supervised Practice)Oct 08, 20172
What Is Play Therapy And Is It Right For Your Child? There is a common uncertainty among parents as to what constitutes play...
Your Kid Hurt My Kid: Now What?
Alex DurrellOct 07, 20176
Seldom is there more anger than when a mama bear’s cub gets injured. Should a fellow kindergartner toss out a few typical teases,...
How Parents Can Help Kids Handle Teasing and Bullying?
Jemma Helfman, ClinPsyD., C.Psych.Aug 09, 20171
Parents Helping Kids Handle Teasing and Bullying? 75% of people report having experienced teasing and bullying. Some teasing can be...
How To Discipline A Toddler – Do Timeouts Work?
Dina M. Kulik, MD, FRCPC, PEMJul 08, 20171
How To Discipline A Toddler – Do Timeouts Work? Having to discipline children is something that every parent has to deal with....
Social Development In Children
Jemma Helfman, ClinPsyD., C.Psych.Mar 09, 20172
Social Development In Children We all know how important it is to have friendships, people we like and who like us, and people we...
Five Ways To Help Build Your Child’s Independence
Tia SlighthamFeb 09, 20171
Build Your Child’s Independence – Here’s How Some days as a parent, I find myself questioning whether or not I’m...
Bullying – Questions we Should Ask Our Kids
Amy Gibson BCD, RECEFeb 04, 20171
Bullying – Questions and Strategies Over the past several years bullying has reached new levels in terms of what it looks like....
Social Development In Children – The Tricky Transition into Child Care
Amy Gibson BCD, RECEJan 12, 20171
Social Development In Children – The Tricky Transition into Child Care Daycare is a great place to foster social development...
8 Tips to Curb Mommy itis (and Get a Moment to Yourself)
Dina M. Kulik, MD, FRCPC, PEMJul 08, 20161
8 Tips to Curb Mommy itis (and Get a Moment to Yourself) I have two toddlers, a three-year-old and an almost two-year-old. I am also...
Reducing Tension and Anxiety
Eden Dales, MSW RSWJul 03, 20162
From HALT to FUEL Steps to Reducing Tension and Anxiety in Parent-Child Interactions It’s 5:38 pm. Dinner isn’t made. You’ve...
Helping Your Child Feel Safe – Healthy Child Attachment Stategies
Tanya Cotler, PhD, CPsych (Supervised Practice)May 19, 20161
Child Attachment Strategies Helping Your Child Feel Safe Enough To Be Their Own Dora The “Explorer” We have all seen the...
How to Deal w Toddler Fears & Scaredy-Cats
Dina M. Kulik, MD, FRCPC, PEMMay 15, 20162
Is Your Toddler a Scaredy-Cat? It was storming today with tons of thunder and lightening. My kids have never been the fearful type; they...
How Does Handedness in Babies Develop and When?
Lauren Hershfield, MSC OT, OT Reg. (Ont.)Apr 29, 20161
Handedness in Babies, What Parents Need to Know While handedness in babies may begin showing by the time they begin to pick up...
Bilingualism: What You Should Know
Erin Avramidis, M.Cl.Sc. SLP, Reg. CASLPOApr 23, 20163
Bilingualism: What You Should Know About Bilingualism And Your Child’s Language Development. Your native language is Spanish,...