November, 2009 Archive Entries:
How to Help My Child Stop Cutting
This is the fifth ScottCounseling article on cutting and self-injury . This article focuses on some step-by-step approaches parents and cutters can use as strategies to put an end to the behavior of cutting. Other cutting articles by ScottCounseling include:
Cutting: Self Injury Facts & Statistics
What is Cutting & Self Injury?
Why Do People Cut or Self Injure?
Treatment For Cutting or Self Injury
Steps To Take To End Cutting & Self […]
School Nurse Recommendations For Swine Flu or H1N1
School nurses across the nation have been recommending the following parenting guides in combating the swine flu, H1N1 and seasonal flu. These recommendations come from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH).
On September 17, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced a new recommendation calling for a lengthier exclusion from school for students who are at greater risk for complications should they become ill with novel H1N1 […]
ADD/ADHD Parent Help Guide
Many parents are searching for helpful tips in parenting their attention deficit child. If your child is fidgety while doing homework, unable to concentrate, having difficulty listening, then this article will help you help your child. If your child is inattentive, off-task or has a short attention span, the following ADD parent strategies may help you when you are assisting your child at home. […]
Teen Swearing: What Parents Can Do
Psychology professor, Dr. Francis Compton, who completed numerous studies in the area of social behavior and swearing, found that 87% of children (ages 12 to 19) used curse words or foul language. When asked to make a list of words, the 855 participants in the research study classified their language as inappropriate. This study, done in 2000, concluded that sometimes harsh or graphic words […]
