Category Archives: Blog

Child Abuse Prevention Starts at Home

Can we really prevent something which we do not fully understand? The definition for prevention [...]

On Adoption

Adoption is exciting to me, I suppose, because I am adopted, but what is it [...]

On Mindfulness

The other day while out in the wilderness attending training for some of our new [...]

Parents – Just Shut Up! Toolbox 23

I have to admit that parents, like children, just don’t know when to shut up. [...]

If It Doesn’t Work, Don’t Do It Louder

If It Doesn’t Work, Don’t Do It Louder! Our 17-year-old adopted son has an almost [...]

When Breaking and Entering Is The Only Option

When Breaking and Entering is the Only Option  As a youth I was a thief. [...]

ADHD Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Effects and Use of Stimulant Drugs in Native Children

By David Walker, Ph.D. Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD, 314.0) is a psychiatric diagnosis described in [...]

Alternative to Behavior Modification

Towards a New Alternative to Behavior Modification and Understanding Why Consequences is Not an Effective [...]

When Beauty becomes the Beast

Children's behaviors can be, at best, difficult to understand. Negative behaviors can be even more [...]

Education and the Child of Trauma

Schools are filled with children who are victims of recent trauma or have a life [...]