Dr. Sachs is a clinical psychologist in New York, specializing in ADD/ADHD and Autism in children, teens and adults.
I often get questions from parents on how to manage a child that is chronically willful, angry, sullen, difficult to calm, argumentative and basically a tyrant at home. Below is a ten step holistic approach I have developed for assessing and managing angry children. Managing Your Angry Child Take care of yourself: When the airbags are dropped in airplane […]
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Go gocart racing. Go camping Go play Laser Tag Go on Scavenger Hunt (downloaded from web) Go trail riding on a bike Go on a ghost tour Go on a fossil/arrow head dig Go give money to homeless people Go build a fort
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Abstract Despite efforts to increase racial awareness, Whites continue to display limitations in their ability to acknowledge their racist transgressions when confronted. Seemingly open-minded Whites continue to display what many authors have defined as “racial microaggressions” yet display an unwillingness to explore the antecedents to their behavior once challenged. What are the mechanisms that Whites
How to deal with a Child that refuses to go to school? “NO!” The last emphatic thing heard while your child storms up the stairs and slams the door to their room. You are left standing by the door holding a backpack and a lunchbox. You look at the time (8:00) if you don’t leave soon your
If you love them, you have to let them go. Or do you? Does this folksy wisdom hold up in a world where every kid has a cellphone with their parents on speed dial? A world where helicopter dads and tiger moms are lurking around every corner? According to a new book, How to Raise
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Everyone deserves to be treated fairly, but often that doesn’t happen. It may take a great deal of effort to insist on fair treatment. You might even be put in an uncomfortable situation by having to confront a superior, but sometimes being assertive can be as simple as expressing your needs or opinions. However, many
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The Opposite of Brain Food? New study suggests that diets high in fat and sugar can lead to cognitive impairments Diets high in sugar and fat have never exactly been the best choice for our physical health. But a new study conducted by Dr. Kathy Magnusson of the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University suggests
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Advice on surviving four years from a current college student. For a student with ADHD, college can be a minefield of distractions. Everywhere you turn there is another club, another friend, another chance to get off campus for a burger. With all the things to do it can be easy to forget that college is – at least