What does a child with a learning disability in counseling need to build trust and develop emotional confidence?
First, a child need a safe, playful place to express and learn about feelings. Now, this is not traditional talk counseling like DBT or CBT. Also, children with learning disabilities tend to be victims of bullying and hazing. Bullying, hazing, and negative comments from peers can lead to a low self-image and low self-esteem. Furthermore, your child may learn to internalize these negative comments and shame. In school, your child may need help in different ways and need accommodations for extended testing time. Also, learning disabilities can impact social functioning as well as fine motor skills.
At Wisdom Within Counseling, we can help your child or teenager with a learning disability in counseling.
Keep reading to learn more about learning disabilities and creative, play therapy for children. Additionally, our counselor help teenagers and young adults. Plus, Katie Ziskind gives you a bonus family therapy tip at the bottom!
More on learning disabilities, social skills, ADHD, school behavior, self-esteem, and play therapy for children in East Lyme, Connecticut at Wisdom Within Counseling
Furthermore, children may have issues with reading, writing, socializing, and even making friends. For some children with learning disabilities, they have high anxiety, worry, and social anxiety. Other children, they develop a fine tuned intelligence area, and have social withdrawing behavior. For example, dysgraphia affects a person’s writing abilities. Autism impacts many areas including social and emotional learning.
On that note, children, adolescents and teenagers need options beyond just talk counseling to build trust, playfulness.
Furthermore, creative, holistic therapy helps children and teenagers express anger, anxiety, trauma, and loss. Therefore, our East Lyme, CT therapists offer art therapy, yoga, and walk and talk therapies. Lastly, children and adolescents need a therapist to develop self-esteem after being diagnosed with a learning disability. Also, children who have learning disabilities tend to be more empathetic and emotionally sensitive. Call/text 860-451-9364 for personalized child therapy for learning disabilities.
What does a child with a learning disorder experience in counseling with access to creative, art, yoga, music, and outdoor movement therapies?
Well, with art, yoga, music, play therapy, and outdoor movement therapy helps child express, verbalize, and communicate emotions. Furthermore, learning disabilities are very common. Manytimes, children are diagnosed with a learning disability in kinder garden, first grade, or elementary years. But, middle schoolers and adolescents are also diagnosed. Between 20-30% of children under age 18 in the U.S. experience school issues and feeling of low self-esteem due to a learning disability. Likewise, learning disabilities have nothing to do with how smart or intelligent a child is, but rather is showing a learning style.
Moreover, art, yoga therapy, play therapy, creative movement therapy, help children feel safe learning positive coping skills for social anxiety.
As creative therapists, we help children get along better with their peers. To do so, we offer creative, holistic therapies like painting, art, walking outdoors, and children’s yoga in East Lyme, Connecticut. Call/text 860-451-9364 for personalized child therapy for self-esteem and confidence.
Instead, a child can use play therapy to talk beyond language and communication barriers of words.
Further, a child with a learning disability make take longer to learn something. For instance, learning to mange anxiety or anger outbursts may take some time. So, everyday tasks can be more challenging. Working with a therapist can help your child or teenager learn skills for positive self talk. Also, children who have learning disabilities tend to be more sensitive to feelings and get bullied more. Sometimes children and insensitive tother people’s feelings and need help in that area. Call/text 860-451-9364 for creative, outdoor movement based child therapy for learning disabilities. In East Lyme, Connecticut, Wisdom Within Counseling is the only office bringing holistic yoga therapy, child centered play therapy and animal therapy with creative therapy together.
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Create a Soothing Before Bedtime Ritual For Helping Your Child Sleep In Their Own Bed
First, be consistent with your routines. For one, think of teaching your child to sleep in their own bed as a long-term growth process. And, make a training plan. Do note, wait to start this new routine when you know you are going to be home for a few weeks. Now, routines give your child’s mind support and a sense of reliability. The more consistent and regular your routine, the better. Overall, the more consistent, the more your little one will know what to expect at bedtime.
Our team of creative therapists in East Lyme, Connecticut help parents and children build meaningful bonds. Call/text 860-451-9364 for creative, outdoor movement based child therapy for learning disabilities.
Children with learning disabilities need routines. Set your child’s morning up for success with these simple tips.
First, lay out tomorrow’s clothes, shoes, socks. Have your child get their backpack ready for school and even say goodnight to their lunch in the fridge, ready to go. Then, brush your teeth together and read a relaxing, soothing bedtime story, with a stuffed animal.
We help children get along better with their peers using creative, holistic therapies in East Lyme, Connecticut. Call/text 860-451-9364 for a phone consult.
What If My Child Wakes Up With A Lot of Bad Dreams?
Also, if your child continually has worries, anxieties, or concerns about going to bed alone, seek child counseling. Moreover, seek family counseling and play therapy for your child will allow them to release emotions. Maybe, something traumatic has happened in their past. Play therapy can help your child communicate. Further, communication through play therapy helps children express feelings of anxiety, shame, sadness, loss, and anger. Further, work with one of the professional child therapists here. Read more about one of our specialities of child counseling, play therapy, here.
Call/text 860-451-9364 for creative, play therapy, children’s yoga, outdoor movement based child therapy for self-esteem.
How we help a child with a learning disability in counseling learn to sleep in their own bed?
In counseling, we help a child with a learning disability feel safe opening up using creative art therapies. Plus, animal therapy and outdoor child centered play therapy promotes verbalizing emotions. Also, a child with a learning disability in counseling would not be able to do traditional talk therapy. For adults, talk therapy is great. But, for anxious or depressed children with a learning disability in counseling, expressive art and painting and movement therapy outdoors promote self-esteem. Overall, our East Lyme, CT counselors help children learn that letting go of fears is healthy! Likewise, in children’s yoga and play therapy help children feel safe trying new things. Call/text 860-451-9364 for a phone consultation.
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First, heat for 30 seconds to start in the microwave for stress relief. For large body pillow size, heart for 3-4 minutes. Katie, the owner of the practice, hand makes these lavender pillows. And, you’ll find them in the lobby and in the offices for your use. To note, the lavender scent passes through your blood-brain barrier to instantly reduce stress hormones. Overall, lavender reduces cortisol soothes your soul and mind. Contact Katie for a pillow 860-451-9364.
Gentle back massages, right before bed at home, can help your child with a learning disability in counseling, learn to relax, lower anxiety, and sleep better.
- Offer a gentle foot massage with soothing body oil. As you rub their feet, guide your child in a visualization body scan meditation. Talk really, really, really slow. “Your body is resting like sand on the beach. Breathe in, your whole body is relaxed. Your face is relaxed, your lips are relaxed your mouth is relaxed, your jaw is relaxed. Now notice your nose. Breathe out, our nose is relaxed. Your eyes are relaxed. Notice your eye lids resting over your eyes. Take a deep breath…”
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The routine should be a relaxing ending to a full day, lasting about 30-45 minutes.
However, when you think about how to help your child sleep in their own bed, it takes practice. Remember, when you think about how to help your child sleep in their own bed focus on positive compliments. As a parent, it can be frustrating being kicked in the middle of the night. So, sleeping in your own beds is positive for you both. And, compliment yourself too. When you think about how to help your child sleep in their own bed, it takes resilience. So, if a hiccup happens, just get back into your routine. Also, as a team of child therapists, we offer parent support sessions. In East Lyme, Connecticut, Wisdom Within Counseling is the only office merging play therapy with animal therapy and creative therapy.
Give yourself time, so you can calmly execute the new routine. Start the bed time process 30-45 minutes before your child needs to actually be in their bed reading with you.
Talk about all the people who love your child including their grandparents, their cousins, friends, teachers, and pets. Likewise, create connection and closeness by complimenting your child. For instance, remember positive things they did during their day. Often, a child with a learning disability in counseling will need help identifying emotions. In East Lyme child counseling, we teach little ones skills for overcoming social anxiety. Therefore, call/text 860-451-9364 for a therapy session using play for your child, teen or young adult in East Lyme, Connecticut.
Share positive affirmations with your child about their great qualities. Then, remind them of how they were a good friend and how they tried something new.
- Lots of hugs and kisses. Then, rest with them in the dark in their bed for 10-15 minutes.
Regardless of whether your child has a learning disability or not, we are happy to support emotional expression and anger management skills.
Likewise, we are a marriage and family therapy practice that specializes with children, teenagers, and young adults. Therefore, if you have an East Lyme child with a learning disability needing play therapy and counseling, look no farther. Call/text 860-451-9364 to get your child with a learning disability in counseling.
Learn More About Us at Wisdom Within Counseling, Holistic Marriage and Family Therapy in Niantic, Connecticut
To contonue, Wisdom Within Counseling is in Niantic, CT. In counseling, the team provides holistic, creative mental health counseling services. Typically, counseling occurs once a week. On that note, we serve people of Southern Connecticut and the Connecticut shoreline. Towns and cities in these areas include Niantic and East Lyme. Likewise, Old Lyme, Lyme Shores, Essex, Deep River, Chester, Ivoryton, Mystic, Uncasville, Montville, Ledyard, Stonington, North Stonington, Old Saybrook, Fenwick, Westbrook, Clinton, Madison, Mason’s Island, Guilford.
To effectively help children and parents, the team of child, adolescent, and teen therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling provide creative therapy. We offer creative, holistic art, yoga, music, outdoor therapies to boost self-confidence and teach positive coping skills. Play therapy helps children communicate beyond words. Call/text 860-451-9364 for an East Lyme child therapy appointment.
About The Author, Katie Ziskind of Connecticut
Katie Ziskind, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, RTY500 provides confidence therapy in Niantic, CT. To add, Katie Ziskind, licensed marriage and family therapist is the owner of Wisdom Within Counseling. Katie Ziskind, and her team, offer TeleTherapy from any location. At Wisdom Within Counseling, the team of therapists at Wisdom Within Counseling help frustrated children and teens build confidence. Let us help your child with a learning disability in counseling, using play therapy, art, painting, children’s yoga, and outdoor confidence therapies. In East Lyme, Connecticut, there is no other creative therapy like this available. Call/text 860-451-9364 for a phone consultation for play therapy for child confidence and lifelong self-worth.
More About Confidence and Self-Esteem Skills For Children and Teenagers
Plus, Katie and her team help children, adolescents and young adults feel worthy and belong. Also, Wisdom Within Counseling integrates art, yoga, music, and animal therapy with traditional talk therapy. Overall, Wisdom Within Counseling helps teenagers create a life they LOVE! Furthermore, the animal therapy groups teach skills. For instance, children with ADHD, ODD, OCD and ADD learn self-regulation, trust, and social emotional learning. Call Katie Ziskind, holistic yoga therapist and family therapist, for a therapy. Therefore, we can help your child or teen build anxiety confidence today (860) 451-9364. For now, access tons of info and booking online at WisdomWithinCt.com
