We live in an extremely competitive world, one that poses challenges and problems for not just adults, but also for children. From the moment a child is born, he or she is subject to a host of expectations, first from their parents and then from the rest of the world. As long as they are [...]

Why This Therapeutic Intervention Works
By Caryn Sabes Hacker, ACSW, DCSW

A soft blanket is tucked under a petite chin while a child snuggles into a parental hug.  Larger hands open a smaller book and the bedtime ritual begins.  An adult voice reads aloud: “Once upon a time…”     Even now as a grown-up, these words trigger a [...]

by Margarita Tartakovsky
 
“Stress is part of every parent’s life. But the experience of stress for parents who have a child on the autism spectrum is more frequent and more enduring than that of many other parents, “says Sandra L. Harris, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus and founder of the
Douglass Developmental Disabilities Center at Rutgers University, whose research [...]

Parents of children diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder experience disappointments, sadness, loneliness, exhaustion and tremendous amounts of stress. I felt all of this as I watched the words come out of my doctor’s mouth. I watched his lips move as I strained to hear him through the screaming alarms going off in my head. Tears [...]