Oh, yea, this is summer! All (well, lot of) parents are thinking of how to get kids to find that...
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Organization: An Executive Function
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, child, clutter, cognitive, domain, emotion, executive function, feeling, flexibility, focus, forward planning, frustration tolerance, information processing, learning, longterm memory, mani pavuluri, organization, priority, problem solving, school, thinking, time management, working memory, 0If there is one cognitive or thinking problem children face, it is organization- a spoke of executive function- to...
Motivation: Just Do It..Plus
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, child, cognitive, discipline, Dorso lateral Prefrontal Cortex, emotion, focus, frustration tolerance, learning, mani pavuluri, medial prefrontal cortex, Motivation, nucleus accumbens, Orbito frontal cortex!, resilience, reward, stress, 0# Motivation # Success # Just Do It # Inherent Rewards # Real Life # Digital Stuck? Stuck to...
Scaffolding Conversations: Verbal Comprehension and Expression
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, Auditory cortex, brain, brain function, child, executive function, learning, mani pavuluri, problem solving, Scaffolding, verbal comprehension, verbal expression, verbal language, 2# Children # Verbal Comprehension # Verbal Expression # Language Use # Parents Scaffolding # Conversation Oh well, lot...
Compartmentalization: A Word For Parsing Out ‘You’
admin, , Helping Parents, art of living, balance, checklist, cognitive, compartmentalization, mani pavuluri, organization, problem solving, resilience, stress, work life balance, 2# Parents # Balancing # Time Management # Work Ethic # Reality Check # Big Picture The word compartmentalization...
The “It” and Executive Function
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, art of living, brain, child, cognitive, conduct, discipline, domain, executive function, flexibility, forward planning, frustration tolerance, information processing, learning, mani pavuluri, problem solving, stress, 2#Flexibility#Planning#Information-Processing#Problem-Solving One summer, a graduate student from overseas came to work as an extern in my lab. She ran...
How About A Checklist for Siblings?!
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, art of living, child, compassion, leadership, mani pavuluri, parenting, problem solving, relationship, resilience, sibling rivalry, 0I just finished reading the book ‘The Checklist Manifesto’ by Atul Gawande how we can benefit by approaching any...
Story Telling: The Power of Talk
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, child, communication, conversation, executive function, language, learning, mani pavuluri, sentence construction, social skills, story telling, talking, 2Story telling is an art. Being able to communicate with the beauty of words put to good use is...
Loving Too Much: So?
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, affection, bond, boundaries, boundary, caring, child, kindness, love, mani pavuluri, parenting, Respect, 0I recall hugging, playing, dancing and kissing my toddler sons with such joy and intensity. I asked a lot...
Reactive Kid and Emotion Regulation
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, amygdala, conduct, discipline, emotion, Emotion Regulation, frustration tolerance, mani pavuluri, problem solving, 0The most important message I give to parents is there is no magic bullet. But a careful reflection and...