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Last month I was a guest speaker at Breathing Underwater radio show at WCOM. We talked mostly about autism and social skills groups that I lead. You can hear the podcast of the show:
WCOM is a community radio station with a studio in downtown Carrboro, North Carolina, broadcasting [...]
I know that this sounds like an utterly uncontroversial bit of encouragement; surely everyone believes that parents should speak to their children about sex – providing them with information, guidance, and moral direction.
But here I’d like to bring up a somewhat trickier, more challenging proposition: talking with your son who has Aspergers Disorder or [...]
I encourage yoo to read this wonderful article published on the American Psychological Association’s web site and magazine.
Experts:
An autistic teenager learns to communicate with other people by playing the drums as part of a group. A family in therapy makes a drawing together, allowing the therapist to observe their interactions and the [...]
Even though psychotherapy is beneficial to treating depression in adolescents, more than half of the children that are taking antidepressants do not receive psychotherapy, according to Thomson Reuters research published on October 2008. For your reference, I am attaching the full report here.
I am a truly terrible artist. If I try to draw something, it ends up with no resemblance whatsoever to what I was attempting to draw. I used to work with a family with 3 children, all of whom were fabulous artists. Fairly often, I have children do drawings as part of therapy. One day, [...]
Disclamer
The statements contained in these blog entries are intended to educate and entertain. They do not represent psychotherapy, psychological assessment, or any other form of psychological intervention. They should not be used as a substitute for consultation with a licensed mental health professional. If you have questions related to the material contained in these entries, please contact me or a licensed mental health professional of your choice. Go back to Dr. Matt Mendel web site
