Grounding Techniques for Children: Practical Strategies to Reduce Anxiety
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Laura Waller
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Trauma-Informed Practices for the Classroom and Beyond
Trauma-Informed Practice: Find the right strategies and tools to support students who experience trauma. Studies show that 46-75% of...
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Starting Group Therapy? Explaining individual and group therapy to your child
When a child is getting ready to start individual or group counseling sessions, parents often wonder how best to introduce the topic to...
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Laura Waller
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Fall Group Options at KS Services
KS Services is excited to host fall groups for children, teens, and adults starting mid-September. Groups provide a unique opportunity...
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Laura Waller
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Stuck in a Stress Tunnel?
Often, time in a therapy session is spent working on the goal of emotion identification. Clinicians work with clients to help them name...
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Laura Waller
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Protecting Progress in the Summer Months
As the school year comes to a close, kids and teens are excited to enter into summer vacation. Summer can mean relaxed days, more...
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Laura Waller
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Why Your Thoughts Matter
This blog has to start with a bit of neuroscience, a focus on the brain. The key term that must be understood is neuroplasticity - a term...
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Laura Waller
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New Group Forming at KS Services
KS Services is excited to offer our four week virtual Lunch and Learn: Support Group for Parents of Children and Teens with ADHD. One...
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Laura Waller
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Recommended ADHD Resources for Families
The final post in our series on ADHD and its impact on executive functioning skills is designed to provide you with a quick list of...
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Laura Waller
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ADHD: Things to Love about YOUR Brain
ADHD can come with negative connotations in our society. Words such as “lazy, distracted, or unmotivated” may be used to describe those...
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Laura Waller
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ADHD: Now What?
In our series on ADHD, we have worked to understand ADHD as a disorder of regulation, a skill that stems from executive functioning. This...
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ADHD - Not an Excuse but an Explanation
As previously outlined in the first post in our ADHD series, ADHD is not a disorder of attention but a disorder of regulation; a skill...
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Laura Waller
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ADHD - A New Perspective for Understanding
Over the next few weeks, KS Services is excited to share a blog series with a focus on ADHD. The goal of this series is to provide a...
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Laura Waller
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Why Group Therapy Works
As a clinician working alongside adolescents, repetitive themes emerge in session including feelings of isolation, loneliness, and...
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Sondra Horst
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How Well Are YOU Listening: Active Listening in Relationships
Do your kids or your spouse ever ask you “Are You Listening to Me?” If we are truly honest with one another, we have all heard this...
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Laura Waller
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Grounding Techniques for Children: Practical Strategies to Reduce Anxiety
Grounding techniques for children are strategies that all ages can use to address anxiety and distress. The goal behind a grounding...
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Amy Zacaroli
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Reduce Anxiety by Letting Go
Reduce Anxiety by Letting Go: Pause, Breathe, and Focus on What You Can Control When life gets overwhelming and we find ourselves anxious...
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