Building Skills With Minecraft Building Skills With Minecraft is a home-based program that transforms playing Minecraft into an opportunity for developing executive functions and social and emotional learning skills. This [...]

Adults spend quite a bit of time and energy attempting to make the world safer for children. We have mandated that children sit in car seats until they are 80 […]

Dance is great exercise, artistic, athletic, and an opportunity for joy. It is also one of the best activities for practicing and improving executive functions. Dancers must follow a sequence […]

Our kids need to be taught social-emotional learning skills (SEL) more than ever. In a world where far too many role models display values of selfishness, dishonesty, an inability to […]

Many parents and teachers have concluded that most kids today would rather play a video game than read a book. And while data from all over the world suggest that […]

Summer reading is not what it used to be for kids. At one time, many kids relished the time off from the school year to pick up the books they […]

Kids with ADHD and executive functioning problems can find it difficult to fit into their world, “bumping” into others physically, socially, and emotionally. They may behave impulsively or do something […]

Kids affected by high functioning, or Level 1, autism have some difficulty with “soft skills,” including social skills, communication, and adaptive behaviors. They may also have problems with sustained attention […]

Riding a bike is one of the simplest, most popular activities children enjoy. From what I have observed in my clinical work, it may be the third most common preferred […]

Skateboarding, Surfing, and Snowboarding can improve executive functions and social emotional learning skills (SEL)! Sports that require balance and body awareness are easy to learn for some kids, but often […]