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°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Book Club: July 2019

Check out this month's new releases and free worksheets!

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Team

Looking for some summer reads and new resources? We've got you covered!

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Reclaiming Reflection in the Digital Age

Free reflection plus a mindfulness worksheet from the new book, Reflect: Awaken to the Wisdom of the Here and Now

Donald Altman, MA, LPC

Celebrate Donald Altman’s new book, Reflect: Awaken to the Wisdom of the Here and Now, with a free worksheet!

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5 Free Resources for Teachers

We're celebrating the start of a new school year by offering teachers FIVE of our best school-and teaching-related worksheets and videos...for FREE!

°ÅÀÖÊÓƵ Team

Be sure to share these free activities with all your teacher friends and family!

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Self-Regulation Strategies & Techniques for Children with Autism, ADHD, and Sensory Processing Disorder

Plus Earn 1 Free CE Hour

Teresa Garland, MOT, OTR/L

Join Teresa Garland, occupational therapist, international speaker, and author, as she shares over 35 of her most effective interventions.

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Reconnecting Couples with Solution-Focused Therapy

Solution-Focused Therapy helps clients recognize their internal resources, identify personal strengths and build on what is already working for them.

Elliott Connie, MA, LPC

Elliott Connie — Designed to complement any therapeutic framework, the Solutions Focused Therapy (SFT) approach engages and activates clients to make a change, whether they are new to therapy or have found themselves "stuck" in the therapeutic process.

The SFT approach helps your clients identify, create, and live the kind of life they've been longing for.

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Slumber Smoothie Recipe

Get your therapeutic goals back on track with this FREE Recipe

Leslie Korn, Ph.D., MPH, LMHC

Leslie Korn – When our clients aren’t sleeping well at night, it can slow or even halt the therapeutic progress. But there are safe natural and holistic approaches we can use with our clients to help get our goals back on track.Help your clients sleep throughout the night with the Cherry Smoothie Slumber recipe.

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The Silly Walk: A Mindfulness Practice for Youth and Teens

Use this exercise with your youth to help them regulate their silliness in a constructive and appropriate way.

Christopher Willard, Psy.D.

Kids don't have an on/off switch... especially those with executive function difficulties, who struggle to regulate their attention, emotions and behaviors.

Watch Dr. Christopher Willard demonstrate a fun mindfulness practice that will help kids identify and activate their different zones of regulation.

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Understanding and Integrating Ritual in your Practice

3 FREE Multicultural Worksheets

Leslie Korn, Ph.D., MPH, LMHC

Leslie Korn – Whether cultural rituals are therapeutic or harmful depends on the individual, the setting, and their purpose. It’s important to have a solid understanding of cultural rituals so we can effectively integrate their healing ability in our practices. And the best place to start is by considering our own relationship to rituals.

Download these 3 multicultural worksheets to take the first step toward multicultural awareness and competency in your practice.

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Creating Teachable Moments to Teach Social Skills

The 6 stages of social play. Plus, 5 areas of social and emotional competence.

Janine Halloran, LMHC

When we see kids who struggle with social skills, it’s hard to watch. We want to supportthem and teach them socially acceptable ways of interacting. And we can achieve this through PLAY.

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Straight Talk: Understanding Antidepressant Selection Medications for Depression

What’s important when initiating antidepressant selection

Joseph F. Wegmann, R.Ph., LCSW

By Joseph Wegmann –ÌýWith medication management playing an increasingly pivotal role in the treatment of mental health disorders, the challenges faced by clinicians are increasing.

It's more critical than ever for mental health professionals to understand how to effectively collaborate with practioners prescribing medication. Here's what you need to know...

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