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Tips on Developing Healthy Eating Habits in Children
Parents often wonder what they can do to help influence and develop healthy eating habits in their children. At Easter Seals Southwest Human Development, we adhere to a proven theory of feeding advice,...
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Helping You and Your Child Cope with Meltdowns and Tantrums
We have all all witnessed, at one time or another, a child (sometimes even our own) in a full-blown meltdown and the tantrum that inevitably accompanies it. Much to the shock and dismay of parents, it...
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Stop Your Toddlers Biting Phase
We recently posted a blog about tantrums. Many of the suggestions of Lorenzo Azzi, Ph D, also apply to issues with toddlers biting. Here are some additional help and support for parents of toddlers...
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Helping Children Thrive in Difficult Economic Times
Southwest Human Development helps young children build strong foundations to grow upon. Unfortunately every day we are seeing children that are feeling the physical, mental, and emotional effects of the...
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Answering the Medication Equation
The time to gear up for the cold and flu season is here once again, not to mention the the inevitable drippy, runny noses that come from holiday travel, many parents often have questions about...
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Side By Side Parent-Child Playgroup Helping Children on the Autism Spectrum
Like most parents, there was not anything Chris and Carrie, would not do to help their son, Carter. When they noticed that he was not developing and responding normally, they talked with their...
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Childrens Medication Q & A
In the recent blog, “Answering The Medication Equation,” I talked about fears and hesitations many parents may have about the very imporant decision parents make of placing a child on medication. As a...
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Helping You and Your Child Cope with Meltdowns and Tantrums Part 2
In the earlier “Helping You and Your Child Cope with Meltdowns and Tantrums” post, I spoke about the process of helping your child calm down using a two-step technique that focuses on acknowledging...
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Using Medication to Treat Autism
While currently there are not any medications that treat the core challenges of autism, however autism research centers and pharmaceutical companies are working hard on developing some. The medications...
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The Relationship with Feeding Your Children
Every parents and child brings their own different set of unique characteristics, strengths and challenges to the process of feeding. Through repeated interactions, both the parent and child develop...
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