ADHD – Is Medication always the Best Solution?
Over recent years practitioners have noticed a steep increase in the number of clients presenting with a diagnosis of ADHD…
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You are Making me Unhappy
The old expression that “A parent is only as happy as their unhappiest child” rings true for anyone whose child…
Read moreNVR: Is it as Effective as it is Appealing?
Non- Violent Resistance (NVR) training for parents offers an attractive alternative to traditional parent training based on social learning principles….
Read moreIt’s Just Siblings Fighting
We learn a lot in a sibling relationship; how to share, take our place in a hierarchy, negotiate, and for…
Read moreThe Second Five Insights
Michael Gradisar, Clinical Psychologist and Head of Sleep Science at Sleep Cycle AB has posted his next five pieces of…
Read moreViolence to Parents; What Creates the conditions?
With significant and entirely appropriate focus on violence against children there are others in families who are also the focus…
Read morePhD Scholarship: Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Educational Settings
Bower Place is excited about this co-funded PhD scholarship opportunity: Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Outcomes in Educational Settings…
Read moreUnderstanding the Facts About Sleep
Sleep; when it’s working well, we barely think about it but when we, our baby, child, or partner can’t sleep…
Read moreThe Child’s Village
In contemporary education and allied health settings, the phrase “it takes a village to raise a child” has never been…
Read moreSo Many Hurt Children
In 1965 a paper entitled ‘The Battered-Child’ Syndrome in South Australia’ was published by Lois Wurfel and George M. Maxwell…
Read moreDo You Have a Sibling?
Working with families draws attention to relationships between adults across generations, and with children. However, the sibling relationship, often the…
Read moreTo Err is Human
Making mistakes is inevitable. It is how we learn by introducing new information into our system. ‘I’ll never do that…
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