Setting Up a 504 Plan for Depression and Anxiety (video)
In this video, we talk about: what a 504 plan is, why you would ask for a 504 plan, why you would set up a 504 plan instead of an IEP, and give examples of accommodations that could be made for students with anxiety and/or depression.
Popularity: What is it and do you need it? For kids and teens (video)
Everyone wants to be popular, but what is popularity? What does it mean to be popular? How does the concept of popularity change as you get older? Is it a good thing to be popular? And how do you become more popular in school? Transcript Hi, I’m Deborah. And…
Bullying and depression: Our stories (video)
We understand what it’s like to be bullied. Both of us were, and it had a part in triggering our depressions. In this video, we talk about our experiences with being bullied, and what you can do to help keep bullying from doing long-lasting emotional damage. Transcript: Hi I’m…
What to Do When Your Son Tells You He’s Depressed | Psychology Today
“Mom, I’m depressed.” No parent wants to hear those three words. And if they do, they may be caught off guard. Parents of teenagers I have worked with, especially parents of teenage boys, have often remarked that they did not know anything was wrong. While rates of depression are…
Rant: Hey old people – teens and kids get clinical depression too!
For teens and kids with anxiety and/or depression: finding and seeing a doctor
10 Ways to Help When Your Child is Depressed (video)
4 Reasons Depression is Hard to Spot in a Child
Most of my childhood was blighted by clinical depression. After I was diagnosed at age 27, my parents told me that they knew something was wrong but didn’t know what. Not surprising, since I grew up in the 1960s and 70s, and depression in children wasn’t even considered a…
10 Ways to Help When Your Child is Depressed
Being a parent is rewarding, but tough. One of the hardest things to deal with is your child’s pain. If your child is depressed, you probably are scared and feel helpless. Even I, with years of writing about and researching depression, have felt this way in the face of…
Bullying and Ostracizing Tied to Depression and Anxiety in Special Needs Children
Children with special needs have always been a favorite target for bullying and teasing. It’s easy to see why – they’re different. Being different is generally not seen as a good thing when you’re a child in elementary or middle school. Except for the occasional rebel, most children don’t…