Hello Brave Friends! Welcome to today's practical episode, #180. Our guest today is Dr. Jaclyn Zeccola, the clinical director of Cheerful Helpers, which is a well established therapeutic school and early intervention program dedicated to supporting children who are experiencing developmental challenges. 

As you will hear in the episode, what makes their programs successful and unique to them is their collaboration with parents, their use of narration to help investigate the reasons behind behaviors and their welcoming attitude toward BIG EMOTIONS. 

Dr. Jaclyn Zeccola is a psychologist and the clinical director of Cheerful Helpers Child and Family Study Center. Research for her doctoral dissertation focused on the parallel process of early childhood and early parenthood. She is a first 36 fellow and has spent most of her career with young people and their families. She is also the mother of a five year old, an adventure for which all of her book learning and study really didn't prepare her at all. 

I hope you learn something from this episode and enjoy my conversation with Dr. Zeccola. 

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