Many of us have read the parenting books that discuss types of parenting. Most of the time, parenting will be broken down into four distinct categories: neglectful parenting, permissive parenting, authoritative parenting, and authoritarian parenting. What if I told you that it could be simpler than this? As simple as trust and fear?

Play therapists are trained to not only assess the needs of the children we see, but to also observe their behavior, teach new skills, and support them as they communicate their worlds to us in the most comfortable way for them, which is play.

I recently completed a seminar on Autism, specifically on evaluating and managing meltdowns. I found it very interesting that far too many people, including professions interchange the terms meltdowns and tantrums. They are actually vastly different.