by Debbie Hopper | Apr 1, 2019 | Podcast
. . In Episode 3 of Life Skills 4 Kids, Lisa Hughes, Founder, Director and one of the Senior Clinicians of Occupation Therapy Helping Children joins me today as we chat about afternoon routines with kids, especially those that are in or just starting school, the...
by Debbie Hopper | Apr 1, 2019 | Blog, Podcast
. . In Episode 2 of Life Skills 4 Kids, join my interesting conversation with Cathy Love on how to make mornings easier and smoother for your family. In a recent survey we conducted, over half of the parents had a goal to make mornings easier, smoother and less...
by Debbie Hopper | Apr 1, 2019 | Podcast
. . In Episode 1 of Life Skills 4 Kids, I will share with you the top 10 things that kids say that may indicate that they are anxious. As parents, we need to be detectives, listen closely and become aware of what our kids are saying to tell if they are feeling...
by Debbie Hopper | Mar 26, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog, Occupational Therapy
Trichotillomania has always been a secretive thing, leading health professionals to believe for many years that it was extremely rare. But in recent years, researchers have discovered that it’s actually a common problem that affects up to 2% of the...
by Debbie Hopper | Mar 18, 2019 | Anxiety, Blog
Once upon a time, health professionals considered the hair-pulling habit of trichotillomania to be a rare disorder. A person’s urge to pull out their own hair was thought to be a psychiatric condition that affected a miniscule portion of the population. As a result of...
