Sleep affects all aspects of our lives, so it's important to get good sleep. This is especially true for children, but they often struggle to get good quality sleep. This episode covers 7 tips to help your child fall asleep and stay asleep.

We all experience somatic symptoms to varying extents, yet it's a complicated topic. Here I briefly discuss somatic symptoms in kids, what they are and are not, and what to do about them.

Many parents try timeouts, but they aren't always effective. That's often because the timeouts aren't used in the best way. This episode summarizes the best way to use timeouts effectively based on how kids think.

Play therapy is a common component of therapy with young kids (and sometimes teens). Here, I discuss why it is beneficial for the therapy process.

Grief is difficult for children and adolescents to work through, and it can look very different from child-to-child. Here, I discuss some things to consider when working with a child or adolescent who is grieving.

Executive functions are a crucial set of skills. To help promote their development in kids, you need to have an understanding of what they are and what will help. Both things are covered in this episode.

In this episode I discuss the benefits of emotion identification, how you can help kids learn the skill, and how you can help them learn coping skills in fun ways

After attending SPPAC 2016 several weeks ago, I wanted to give my summary of the conference and include some of my general impressions.

Pediatric psychology is a specialty within child psychology which focuses on youth with medical conditions. This episode describes what pediatric psychologists research, and how we work with families.

This episode covers what graduate students in clinical child psychology learn about, and what caregivers can expect if they bring their child for psychotherapy.