Not exact matches
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adjustment difficulty (e.g., new school) • anxiety • autism spectrum disorder * • challenging behavior (e.g., tantrums, aggression) • depression • developmental delays • expressing and regulating emotions • family changes (e.g., divorce, new sibling) • high sensitivity • learning differences • loss and trauma • routines (e.g., bedtime, mealtime) •
social skills • twice exceptional (2e) profile
We also offer access to
social workers to support your child with coping and
adjustment, as well as any financial
difficulties your family may encounter.
Family therapist Steve Williams counsels teens and children on issues such as
social skills training, anger management,
adjustment difficulties, self esteem, anxiety and depression,
adjustment to divorce and remarriage, trauma recovery, drug and alcohol abuse.
For the past 20 + years I have worked with children, adolescents, adults and families on such issues as: depression or stress management, childrens behavioral / developmental concerns and related parental stress, adolescent self - esteem / insecurities or
social difficulties, eating disorders, substance use and general
adjustment to changes within families.
Internalization symptoms can manifest as depressive mood, low self - esteem, and deficits in
social interaction, poor interpersonal relationships, behavioral
difficulties, and an overall poor
adjustment.
I am available for private counseling and consultation services related to school issues and
adjustment difficulties including
social, emotional and behavioral concerns.
Children of depressed mothers also are more likely to have insecure attachment with their mothers, experience high
social withdrawal, have poor communication and language skills, perform poorly on cognitive tasks, and show more disruptive behaviors across developmental periods.2 Particularly among low - income families, financial
difficulties and related resource scarcity increase the detrimental impacts of maternal depression on the children's
adjustment, the mother's health status, and the family's functioning as a whole.3
It can also be a challenging time for parents and carers who can have concerns around their child's
adjustment, emotional or behavioural
difficulties, academic skills,
social relationships, additional or complex needs or may have had bad experiences with school themselves.
In essence, this ten - session intervention is aimed at improving mothers» repertoire of parenting and disciplinary skills, and enhancing
social and emotional
adjustment, thereby reducing the children's behavioral and
adjustment difficulties.
Earlier research has shown that children with hyperactivity and conduct
difficulties in particular, may find it difficult to adapt to the educational and
social constraints of the classroom impacting on their
adjustment, further behaviour and later attainment.
Amy delivers cognitive behavioral therapy and other evidence - based treatments for adults, adolescents and children with a wide range of emotional, behavioral, and
adjustment difficulties, such as anxiety, depression, grief and loss, acute stress,
social adjustment, ADHD and relationship problems.
Children with hyperactivity and conduct
difficulties in particular, may find it difficult to adapt to the educational and
social constraints of the classroom impacting on their
adjustment, further behaviour and later attainment.
Play therapy is recommended for
social skills development, self esteem, self expression and to assist with psychosocial and
adjustment difficulties.
Both of these dysfunction domains were associated with impaired academic and
social development in children (poor outcomes, peer relationship
difficulties, underachievement, and poor personal
adjustment)(Hinshaw, 1992; Mash and Barkley, 1996).
Play therapy has been widely researched as an effective and developmentally appropriate method for working with children dealing with the following types of concerns, among others: depression, grief and loss,
social adjustment problems, speech
difficulties, trauma, hospitalization, reading
difficulties, selective mutism, enuresis and encopresis problems, fear and anxiety, abuse and neglect, aggression / acting out behaviors, attachment
difficulties, autism, chronic illness and disability, and parental separation or divorce.
Challenging behavior can signal
difficulty with
social and emotional
adjustment — foundational competencies that are linked to children's school readiness and later school success (Fantuzzo et al. 2007).
For children and teens who struggle with anxiety, depression,
social difficulties, learning disorders, or
adjustment issues or when faced with serious stressors such as divorce and loss, then individual therapy can be highly effective.
Finally,
social anxiety and behavioral inhibition in infancy and early childhood may contribute to
difficulties in peer relationships and
adjustment problems of an internalizing nature such as loneliness and depression.2, 3,4
Those bullied demonstrated poorer
social and emotional
adjustment, reporting greater
difficulty making friends, poorer relationships with classmates, and greater loneliness.
With regard to the longitudinal associations between aggression and other psychological
difficulties, previous research has indicated that both direct (physical) and indirect (or relational) aggression is associated with an increase in
social - psychological
adjustment problems (Cleverley et al. [2012]; Crick et al. [2006]-RRB-.
In a British population - based adolescent sample, teacher - reported externalising behaviour was associated with financial
difficulties in adult life (after 40 years).19 This association persisted after
adjustments for father's
social class, cognitive ability and depression or anxiety in adolescence.
The study explored the total, direct and indirect effects of emotion knowledge on
adjustment in preschoolers and examined whether emotion regulation mediated the relationships between emotion knowledge and
adjustment (
social competence, and behavioral
difficulties, such as anxiety — withdrawal and anger — aggression).
The results do not show higher average risk levels for psychosocial
adjustment problems, even though a minority of the cases is at risk for
social impairments (7.7 %), internalizing (23.1 %), externalizing (3.8 %) and total
difficulties (11.5 %) and for distress in the parent — child system (15 %).
As adolescence is a period marked by significant biological, cognitive, emotional, and
social changes (Holmbeck et al., 2006), researchers should attend to the implications of negative affect and
adjustment difficulties among those with diabetes for metabolic control.