Food hoarding, food battles, and obsessive behaviors over food! You may even have more to add to this list. The fact is, food insecurities are common amongst children with a trauma history. And issues surrounding food are so deeply seeded within our children that, at times, it seems that there's recovery, let alone, a way [...]
As caregivers, it can be hard to deal with your child’s behavior. Particularly behaviors that can wear on your nerves day after day. The constant loud noises, using your body as a battering ram, and the inability to stop themselves from moving all over the place (to name a few) can leave you exhausted and [...]
As caregivers, it’s our responsibility to support our children, and do it as well as possible. But how do you effectively do this? Our children are going to experience different seasons of life, moments of grief, and face uphill climbs that we will often find ourselves powerless to help them overcome. How do we know [...]
Do you find yourself longing for stillness? Do you hold onto hope that when you finally do get to be still, that it will be worth the effort it took to coordinate a self-care activity or opportunity for stillness? When your body does get to be still, does your mind still race? We are pleased to welcome [...]
In our latest Live Training and Q&A, Mike and Kristin share strategies and principles to help you effectively communicate and advocate for your child with the people who provide services for them. These principles work whether you are communicating to a pediatrician, teacher, therapist, coach, small group leader, or any other provider for your child. [...]
It’s perfectly normal for us, as parents, to have expectations for our children. But what happens when our children choose to carve their own path and it’s the opposite of our expectations? We must learn to adapt and change. And we have to understand that we are raising human beings who are going to think, [...]
It's the holiday season, which for many families means family, joyful gatherings, Christmas caroling and more. But this time of year can often be extremely difficult for foster and adoptive families. How do you navigate this? In our November 2021 Live Training, Mike and Kristin discuss practical steps we can take to navigate this season, [...]
Are you parenting a child with a FASD? Have you struggled to make sense of behaviors, their shift from calm and peaceful, to disrespectful and defiant, or aggressive and agitated? If so, you're not alone. In this edition of our Expert Training Videos, our good friend, and FASD educator, Jeff Noble, walks us through keys [...]
In this debut session of our newest content in Oasis, Mike and Kristin walk through Regulation Strategies that can help you navigate just about any behavioral situation you find yourself in with your child. In the broadcast they cover, What is regulation? What is dysregulation? How to help your child re-regulate The #1 goal you [...]
You know how this goes. Your child manipulates, lies, or steals with no inhibition. You’re frustrated, tired, and ready to give up. Mostly because you’ve set the boundary, you’ve asked them to stop, you’ve even attempted to discipline, to no avail. What else can you do? You wonder, “Can I actually set a healthy boundary [...]