Brave Voices

Anxiety

Empowering Your Anxious Child’s Voice

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on August 22, 2023

Key strategies to help your child break the sound barrier and build communication confidence at school and in the community.

Key strategies to help your child break the sound barrier and build communication confidence at school and in the community.

Anxiety

6 Expert Tips for Dealing with Separation Fears

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on March 15, 2023

If your child's anxious resistance to separating is wreaking havoc in your life, consider these steps to support their bravery and coping skills.

If your child's anxious resistance to separating is wreaking havoc in your life, consider these steps to support their bravery and coping skills.

Education

Getting Past Obstacles to an IEP: What Parents Need to Know

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on October 26, 2022

Public schools must consider social and emotional functioning when determining the need for an IEP. Knowing the law and your rights can help you advocate.

Public schools must consider social and emotional functioning when determining the need for an IEP. Knowing the law and your rights can help you advocate.

Perfectionism

6 Tactics to Challenge Maladaptive Perfectionism in Youth

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on September 13, 2022

Maladaptive perfectionism can lead to burnout. Here are six critical strategies for parents to support healthy achievement and wellness in perfectionistic youth.

Maladaptive perfectionism can lead to burnout. Here are six critical strategies for parents to support healthy achievement and wellness in perfectionistic youth.

Perfectionism

Is Our Culture of Overachievement Exhausting Our Youth?

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on September 12, 2022

Many youths are experiencing a crisis of over-functioning and pressure to perform at the detriment of their mental and emotional health.

Many youths are experiencing a crisis of over-functioning and pressure to perform at the detriment of their mental and emotional health.

Anxiety

Addressing Child Anxiety by Reducing Accommodation

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on May 4, 2022

Accommodating a child's anxiety enables avoidance and inhibits the development of coping skills. Here's how to foster resilience, self-regulation, and mastery instead.

Accommodating a child's anxiety enables avoidance and inhibits the development of coping skills. Here's how to foster resilience, self-regulation, and mastery instead.

Anxiety

The Risks of Accommodating a Child's Anxiety

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on May 2, 2022

The more children avoid, the less they learn to cope. Is your accommodation inadvertently increasing your child's anxiety?

The more children avoid, the less they learn to cope. Is your accommodation inadvertently increasing your child's anxiety?

Health

Silent and Overlooked: Children With Selective Mutism

Veronica Raggi Ph.D. on April 3, 2022

A new report calls for investment in school-based mental health. Early identification, evidence-based care, and an integrated approach can unlock the potential of these children.

A new report calls for investment in school-based mental health. Early identification, evidence-based care, and an integrated approach can unlock the potential of these children.