There is a worrying trend taking place at the moment regarding the number of children that are being diagnosed with anxiety disorders which are leading to depression. More and more children are being medicated with anti-anxiety and anti-depressive medication. In these...
Attention Deficit Disorder or ADD as it is commonly known, together with ADHD (the H is for hyperactive), are an ongoing dilemma and problem for thousands of parents and their children who have been diagnosed with this disorder. Attention Deficit Disorder or Attention...
Encopresis is the medical term for children that soil their pants when they should be potty-trained, usually after the age of 4. This condition perplexes virtually all professionals trained to assess and work with children and including paediatricians, psychiatrists,...
Divorce custody In most cases, a divorce is a life-shock event. Mothers who have been awarded custody are left with the major responsibility regarding parenting. Fathers, on the other hand, usually lose their homes, their security and comfort zone, as well as their...
Hi, my name is Dr Ken Resnick and I’m an educational psychologist who has developed and evaluated by way of a doctoral thesis a unique and very effective parenting programme which I’ve called Smartchoiceparenting and SmartchoiceTeaching. During my research, I...
While testing a group of grade R learners for 2021 admission into grade 1, I was alarmed to find a significant decrease in their level of school readiness when compared to the previous year’s group. I concluded that the main reason for this was the more than a...