We express and read emotions using nonverbal cues. People diagnosed with autism may use these kinds of cues slowly and deliberately and experience emotion processing as exhausting.
We express and read emotions using nonverbal cues. People diagnosed with autism may use these kinds of cues slowly and deliberately and experience emotion processing as exhausting.
Most parents strive to promote healthy internet use and limit gaming. Here are six ways of thinking about screens and devices—and seven practical recommendations—that can help.
Most parents strive to promote healthy internet use and limit gaming. Here are six ways of thinking about screens and devices—and seven practical recommendations—that can help.
Looking to promote your neurodivergent child's abilities to connect with others? Highlighting and processing positive interpersonal connection emotions can help.
Looking to promote your neurodivergent child's abilities to connect with others? Highlighting and processing positive interpersonal connection emotions can help.
Striving to respond to your child's or adolescent's behavior problems with more patience and care and less anger? Some social psychology strategies can help.
Striving to respond to your child's or adolescent's behavior problems with more patience and care and less anger? Some social psychology strategies can help.
Intense special interests, a hallmark of Autism, can be celebrated rather than pathologized and be reframed as strengths and opportunities for connection and well-being.
Intense special interests, a hallmark of Autism, can be celebrated rather than pathologized and be reframed as strengths and opportunities for connection and well-being.
The "uncanny valley" effect can help people diagnosed with autism better understand people's reactions to their atypical behaviors and what to do in response.
The "uncanny valley" effect can help people diagnosed with autism better understand people's reactions to their atypical behaviors and what to do in response.
This sports analogy can help parents make more sense of their children's neuropsychological testing results and understand the multiple intelligences model.
This sports analogy can help parents make more sense of their children's neuropsychological testing results and understand the multiple intelligences model.
One useful way of thinking about children's brain networks is to compare those involved with "bottom-up" processing versus "top-down" regulation of bottom-up processing.
One useful way of thinking about children's brain networks is to compare those involved with "bottom-up" processing versus "top-down" regulation of bottom-up processing.
Trying to sort through the various clinical therapies available to help your atypical child? Resilience research and a "resiliency mindset" offers a framework that can help.
Trying to sort through the various clinical therapies available to help your atypical child? Resilience research and a "resiliency mindset" offers a framework that can help.
Want to help your neuro-developmentally atypical child to try new things and persist when frustrated? Accessing and using their past novice-to-mastery experiences can help.
Want to help your neuro-developmentally atypical child to try new things and persist when frustrated? Accessing and using their past novice-to-mastery experiences can help.
Pulitzer prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste: The Origins of our Discontents’ can be used to teach the the power of cognitions to determine emotions and behaviors.
Pulitzer prize winner Isabel Wilkerson’s ‘Caste: The Origins of our Discontents’ can be used to teach the the power of cognitions to determine emotions and behaviors.
All children can be aggressive when frustrated. Neuro-developmentally atypical children experience more frustration than most. These observational learning strategies can help.
All children can be aggressive when frustrated. Neuro-developmentally atypical children experience more frustration than most. These observational learning strategies can help.
Many parents of atypical children report this "making left turns against traffic" analogy helps them better understand what their child's life is like and create better supports.
Many parents of atypical children report this "making left turns against traffic" analogy helps them better understand what their child's life is like and create better supports.
Could the "butterfly effect" cause a neurodevelopmental disorder? Perhaps. Understanding brain development can help you blame yourself less and accept your child more.
Could the "butterfly effect" cause a neurodevelopmental disorder? Perhaps. Understanding brain development can help you blame yourself less and accept your child more.
Just as it is vitally important for parents not to blame their children for their neurodevelopmental and psychiatric problems, it is also vitally important not to blame themselves.
Just as it is vitally important for parents not to blame their children for their neurodevelopmental and psychiatric problems, it is also vitally important not to blame themselves.
The people around us have a stronger influence on our decisions and actions than we realize. Here’s what research reveals about our networks’ gravitational force.