Supporting Kids’ Emotional Health During the Pandemic
By Lauren Showalter, MA, LPC, NCC Personally, I have been less worried about children getting behind in their academics during these lockdowns and school shut-downs than I have with them not engaging in socio-emotional learning. Children spend most of their waking hours at school, and therefore are learning social skills and how
How to Support Kids as They “Go Back to School”
By Lauren Showalter, MA, LPC, NCC Where I live, mid Summer is time to start getting ready for school to begin. Schools usually reopen in mid August, so July is the time to buy new school clothes, pick out colorful backpacks, painfully pick out the perfect notebook, try on new tennis shoes, and get excited […]