Self-Injury

Self-Injury

Sometimes children intentionally hurt themselves. Childhood self-injury can present at very young ages. The most common forms of self-injury are scratching, cutting, and hitting (particularly in younger children). Parents often feel frightened, shocked, angry, sad, or...
Self-Monitoring

Self-Monitoring

Some children struggle to track their own progress. Children with these challenges may rush through tasks and may make lots of mistakes. They may also struggle with planning and completing long-term projects. You may find that your child will read a passage wrong...
Organizing Materials

Organizing Materials

Your child’s locker may look like a science experiment. You might find overdue library books, smashed old milk cartons, and broken pencils strewn about his desk or locker. She may show up to school with all the homework done but forget to turn it in to her teacher. He...
Metacognition

Metacognition

Some children struggle to organize their thoughts. They often fail to make a plan of how to solve a problem or to complete a project. When asked, ‘how should we do this,’ your child does not know. She may storm off in anger if you ask her, ‘why did you do it this...
Flexibility

Flexibility

Some children have trouble ‘shifting.’ Shifting means changing from one activity to the next, or from one approach to another. Children with these difficulties often have trouble adjusting when things change, particularly when the change is unexpected. If the child is...

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