Grooming an irritable child or adolescent is like holding a hot potato, right? But you can’t quite drop it!...
Thinking and Feeling Good: Tune up with Mike and Mani podcast
admin, , Explaining Brain, adolescent, art of living, awareness, brain, child, conduct, executive function, mani pavuluri, problem solving, resilience, whole brain networks, 0Staying Connected–Using Storytelling and Other Techniques to Maintain Communication Dr. Pavuluri talks to Mike about the real-world challenges —...
Ambience at Home: Fun Begins with Action
admin, , Thinking Life, adolescent, art of living, awareness, brain, child, classical conditioning, conduct, decoration, dysphoria, emotion, home, mani pavuluri, operant conditioning, Pavlovian, peace, space, stimulus, 0# Ambience # home # classical conditioning # operant conditioning # behavioral psychology # fun # life We don’t...
Flexibility: Executive Function
admin, , Helping Parents, adolescent, art of living, awareness, bipolar disorder, brain, change, child, cognitive, conduct, domain, executive function, flexibility, forward planning, frustration tolerance, mani pavuluri, opinion, problem solving, resilience, resources, safe, sensorimotor integration, teach, 2# Flexibility # rigidity # set shifting # insistence on sameness # rolling with the punches Ability to be...
Caution Vs. Risk with Suicidal Teen: Heart of the Matter is Neither
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, break up, breakup, child, classroom, cognitive, conduct, counselling, depression, emotion, frustration tolerance, kindness, mani pavuluri, problem solving, resilience, safety, suicidal ideation, suicide, teacher training, teen, 0Well, what I want to say is it is not white and black ever when it comes to determining...
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
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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...
Projective Identification: Teacher-Child Relationship
admin, , Helping Teachers, adolescent, child, emotion, frustration tolerance, kind, kindness, mani pavuluri, Melanie Klein, Projective Identification, stress, teacher, teacher training, 0# Teacher Reactivity # Child Reactivity # Thoughtful Responses # Best Outcome One of my favorite dynamic processes to...
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...