I was recently reminded of how much I have always loved the story of Ferdinand the Bull, by Munro Leaf. In case you never have had the pleasure of reading it, it is a fable about a bull that liked to sit “just quietly” and smell the flowers. He was disrespected by all the other…
Signal-to-noise ratio is not something parents think about a lot. But it matters. The question is, how easily can my child detect what matters in this situation? Is there some kind of background noise that is blocking the signal? Sometimes the reason why a child is being unruly or ignoring instruction is because there is…
A child’s mind develops in a miraculous, but predictable sequence. The newborn swimming through a world of random sensations eventually becomes a fully rational adult. And, between those points in time, the child’s mind is a unique place. They live, up until the time of the “9 year old change” (to be discussed another day)…
As a parent, we all have those moments when our best efforts and most time-tested ideas about how to be a parent fail. Our children melt down in public (or at home). They can’t seem to get along with people. They don’t do what we ask. Some of the clients I work with ask me…
Before I say anything else, let me say that if you are the mother of a person with Autism, it is not your fault. Please remember that you made the best choices you could, given the information available at the time. Last Month, in the journal Pediatrics, a study was published that strongly links the…
It’s Autism Awareness month, and I have to admit I’m a bit conflicted about the whole thing. Don’t get me wrong, I think families affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) need all the help they can get. But I wonder if the right messages are getting out. There are awareness months for Breast Cancer and…
Hi, It’s nice to meet you! I am Colleen Fuller, the primary therapist at Creative Solutions Counselling. I am a counsellor at heart, and I am very happy to be opening my private practice. I recently completed my Master’s in Counselling Psychology. Life has taken me the long way around to meeting this long term…
Some parents have it easy, and they don't even know it. They may have a good partnership with a loving and wise co-parent, plenty of resources, a supportive family and community. They may be educated and prepared, and their child may come into the world with no disadvantages or special challenges. And even those parents…
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