Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Coping Skills for Teens Who Are Angry

Has your child hit their teenage years and puberty has started? Have you noticed their emotions are changing? What about their most extreme emotions? Do you find that your teenager can feel really angry at times?

In today’s episode, Janine unpacks some strategies to help you as parents support your teenager and how to develop that connection between yourself as the parent and them. 

Here’s what Janine discusses in today’s episode:

Coping Skills for Teens Who Are Angry
Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Books to Help Kids with OCD: An Interview with ...

OCD can manifest itself in different ways with different obsessions and focus that are going on in your life. Children’s author, Marin Canaday describes OCD feeling like a monster devouring your emotions and feelings, where you could get to the point where you feel out of control and you begin to believe the lies the OCD obsessions tell you about yourself…

Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Seven Coping Skills to Use at an Elementary ...

A child at Elementary School will be learning and figuring out what emotions are and what’s going on in their bodies when their ‘big feelings’ appear. They’ll be learning to put names to their emotions and trying figuring out why they’re feeling what they are. 

In the moments when they feel upset, overwhelmed and unable to put words to their emotions, there are some straightforward strategies we can have in our toolkit ready to use and support this age group with. 

Here are some some of the strategies discussed in today’s episode:

Seven Coping Skills to Use at an Elementary School
Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Create a Coping Skills Toolkit to Use On The Go

It’s wonderful having a home set up where you have a reset or safe space where your kids can use strategies and process their emotions. But what happens when we go out? Having coping strategies ready is just as important. Whether that’s at school, traveling, out with friends, before a medical appointment or at parties knowing what you can do outside of the comfort of your own home is really helpful. 

The topics I cover in this episode are:

Create a Coping Skills Toolkit to Use On The Go
Coping Skills, Podcast
Janine Halloran
Getting Kids and Teens Back on Track with Dr. ...

When you’re expecting a baby or experiencing the first year of their life, there are books which tell you all the key development growth points to be looking out for and what comes next. We don’t talk about these as well as we could as our children go through childhood and adolescents. What emotions should they be feeling at what point? Is this behavior or outburst normal? 

As they grow and develop, one of the questions that gets asked is, “What does a healthy brain look like?” Our brain reacts to different pathways and it can affect our mood and responses. If we can understand the brain we can understand why we teach our children different skills and functions at key life stages and certain ages. Rebecca shares how if we can understand the brain then we can understand how to support our children’s next steps and if needed support getting them back on track. 

The topics we cover…

Getting Kids and Teens Back on Track with Dr. Rebecca Jackson

Book Review: Understanding Your Child's Sensory Signals

Book Review: Understanding Your Child's Sensory Signals

One of my favorite resources to help families who are dealing with Sensory Processing Disorder is A Sensory Life, created by Angie Voss. I've worked with a lot of kids who have difficulties with sensory input, and this website had a wealth of information for parents whose kids struggle with sensory issues.

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An Organized Way to Explore a Child’s Coping Skills

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An Organized Way to Explore a Child’s Coping Skills

Inside: An organized, simple, and effective way to explore a child’s coping skills. This checklist can work one on one, in a small group, or even whole classrooms!

Have you ever seen those coping skills checklists that are super long? I love having a ton of strategies to work from, but it’s very hard to pick out what skills will work for kids from those overwhelming lists. To make it easier, I ended up creating the coping skills checklist. The beauty of this checklist is that it's divided into five categories: Calming, Distraction, Physical, Processing, and Sensory, which makes it easier to find a particular type of coping skill.

The Mom Conference 2018 is happening next week!

The Mom Conference 2018 is happening next week!

I love learning at conferences, but I don’t always get a chance to attend them live in person. Over the last few years, I’ve taken advantage of online conferences, like the Mom Conference. There are always some incredible speakers, and I get a chance to learn from them in my own home. Not only am I looking forward to learning from the speakers at this year’s Mom Conference, I’m so excited and honored to be a speaker myself!

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Relaxation Coping Skills - Activities to help kids calm down at home and at school

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Relaxation Coping Skills - Activities to help kids calm down at home and at school

Coping skills are activities anyone can do to help manage difficult thoughts and feelings or challenging situations. It’s important for everyone, both kids and adults, to know and use coping skills.  Not all coping skills work in every situation, so it’s good to have a variety to help manage different challenges.  

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