S…L…O…W… Parenting
I can hear all the reactions to the suggestion that we slow parenting down. “I have too much to do to slow down”, “I have a job to keep”, and the “kids have to learn to cope with the way…
Whose problem is it?
One of the hardest things I had to learn as a parent was figuring out which one of us owned the problem. From day one, when my daughter cried or fussed, I believed it was my problem. And this snowball…
FREE POLYVAGAL SCIENCE WEBINAR for Youth and Young Adults
The first three webinars were so successful we are doing it again! Ripple Effect Children’s Services has welcomed two wonderful Master’s of Social Work students to the team this semester. Mathureka Manokharan and Carolyn Hudson together have created and will…
Managing School Covid Fear
We are all afraid. If you have children and they are heading off to school you are likely feeling some measure of fear about a whole host of things. The teachers are afraid, the administration, the government, the whole of…
Creative Expression and Mindfulness Youth Group
Sometimes there are just no words! After a year and a half of a worldwide pandemic, for many people there are no words left to describe what is happening inside. Thankfully, there is always the arts to express and connect…
Pandemic Parenting
Our children and youth are suffering. No one can escape the constant pressures of a worldwide pandemic. Even infants and very young children who are unable to appreciate the meaning of a pandemic are physiologically exposed to the societal stresses…
Preventing Anxiety Problems in Children and Youth
Hearing a lot about anxiety in children and youth? Wondering how to support your child to manage their emotions? These ideas can help your child develop the knowledge and skills they need before more serious problems arise. It sometimes feels…
Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Ripple
This is revealing what is understood through Internal Family Systems (IFS) as your internal system. At Ripple Effect we have been exploring ways to integrate this model into our work with great success. It makes such intuitive sense to children to thinks of themselves as having parts within them.