by Debbie Hopper | Jul 12, 2018 | Anxiety, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Fine Motor
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist As a parent, recognising anxiety in children at home is the first important step in being able to help them. How can I recognise anxiety in my child? Do any of these sound like your child? Clinging, crying and/or tantrums...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 20, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement, Fine Motor, Sensory Processing
At LifeSkills4Kids, we are passionate about helping young people with their social anxiety challenges. As parents, we want our kids to be happy, content and enjoying the adventure of growing into adults. In an ideal world, this would be easy for us and our kids to...
by Debbie Hopper | Jun 6, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development, Encouragement
As parents, we worry if our young people are nervous or anxious about things that happen in every day life. To begin with, it is a good idea to ask several questions: 1. How can we go about helping kids with social anxiety? 2. How can we use the benefit of our...
by Debbie Hopper | Apr 26, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Child Development
Does your child have sensory issues that impact on their home life? Helping your child who has anxiety for sensory reasons can be a challenge. As a parent, it can be really hard to cope with watching your young person struggle with sensory challenges when you...
by Debbie Hopper | Apr 12, 2018 | Anxiety, Behaviour Problems, Blog, Child Behaviour, Meltdowns and Tantrums
As an adult, finding ways to help your child with learning difficulties deal with anxiety is a vital part of enabling them to feel safe, secure and loved. Young people who have learning difficulties need help, understanding and respect to allow them to thrive in...
by Debbie Hopper | Mar 29, 2018 | Anxiety, Blog, Child Behaviour, Just Right Kids
Written By Deb Hopper, Occupational Therapist Anxiety can show up in a myriad of ways and many children slip under the radar, go untreated, and are often misunderstood by their parents, teachers and peers. Often children’s anxiety symptoms are misunderstood as...
