Los Alamos Public Schools: Understanding Behavior Improves Ability To Support Children’s Mental Health
LAPS News:
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. A better understanding of the stages of development and child behavior can greatly improve our ability to support children’s mental health.
It can also lead to stronger parent-child relationships which is the number one protective 333factor as children grow and face life’s inevitable challenges.
In order to support this learning, the LAPS Prevention Program offers a series of Peaceful Parent groups where parents and caregivers can learn practical tools for understanding and regulating child behavior and make connections with other parents in the community.
By Alexa Rodriguez
Apr 21, 2021
As a developmental psychologist who helps parents and children learn best practices for maintaining caring relationships, Lele Diamond thinks a lot about what adults should and shouldn’t say to kids. And yet, when her nephew loomed over her niece with a lightsaber, she heard herself say: “Oh, no, thank you!”
“That is absolutely not what you want to be saying when you’re warning somebody off of physical violence,” she says.
Don’t get her wrong it’s a
good thing that parents these days recognize the need to be positive and warm in their communication with their kids. What’s not so great are the verbal tics we’ve developed to take the edge off when trying to correct undesirable behaviour and be effusive in
By Alexa Rodriguez
Apr 21, 2021
As a developmental psychologist who helps parents and children learn best practices for maintaining caring relationships, Lele Diamond thinks a lot about what adults should and shouldn’t say to kids. And yet, when her nephew loomed over her niece with a lightsaber, she heard herself say: “Oh, no, thank you!”
“That is absolutely not what you want to be saying when you’re warning somebody off of physical violence,” she says.
Don’t get her wrong it’s a
good thing that parents these days recognize the need to be positive and warm in their communication with their kids. What’s not so great are the verbal tics we’ve developed to take the edge off when trying to correct undesirable behaviour and be effusive in
By Alexa Rodriguez
Apr 21, 2021
As a developmental psychologist who helps parents and children learn best practices for maintaining caring relationships, Lele Diamond thinks a lot about what adults should and shouldn’t say to kids. And yet, when her nephew loomed over her niece with a lightsaber, she heard herself say: “Oh, no, thank you!”
“That is absolutely not what you want to be saying when you’re warning somebody off of physical violence,” she says.
Don’t get her wrong it’s a
good thing that parents these days recognize the need to be positive and warm in their communication with their kids. What’s not so great are the verbal tics we’ve developed to take the edge off when trying to correct undesirable behaviour and be effusive in
By Alexa Rodriguez
Apr 21, 2021
As a developmental psychologist who helps parents and children learn best practices for maintaining caring relationships, Lele Diamond thinks a lot about what adults should and shouldn’t say to kids. And yet, when her nephew loomed over her niece with a lightsaber, she heard herself say: “Oh, no, thank you!”
“That is absolutely not what you want to be saying when you’re warning somebody off of physical violence,” she says.
Don’t get her wrong it’s a
good thing that parents these days recognize the need to be positive and warm in their communication with their kids. What’s not so great are the verbal tics we’ve developed to take the edge off when trying to correct undesirable behaviour and be effusive in