Posts Tagged ‘Mightier’
Why Being Mightier Can Help Your Child
Mightier, a program developed out of Boston Children’s Hospital, helps kids build emotional strength through video games. It helps all kids, regardless of current emotional regulation ability. It does this because it meets them where they are, letting them take the skills they already have, and turn them into regulation skill that works for them. It let’s kids face down the challenges in their life with grace and find their best self. Why be Mightier? Kids with emotional regulation find success. They do better at school. They form better relationships.…
Read MoreUnderstanding Different Approaches for Emotional Regulation
One thing I’ve learned in my work with children and families across the globe is that no two families or children are alike. Every time I think I have the secret sauce for helping a tantrum-prone child with autism in Germany, Japan, Texas, or Ontario, I’m humbled by the reality that what works well for one family may fail miserably for another. Over many years of clinical work at Boston Children’s Hospital and in private practice, I’ve come to the conclusion that a “one size fits all” approach simply doesn’t…
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