Nutrition & Exercise: Natural ways to Improve Your Mood! Everyone knows it’s important to eat right and exercise, but let’s face it, months of dealing with a pandemic can put a damper on your motivation. It’s tough to feel inspired to cook a healthy meal when food shopping feels like an ordeal. It’s hard to want to ... Click Here to Read More
Bouncing Back- Your Path to Resilience We have spent much of 2020 just trying to get ourselves and our children through a most challenging year. Hopefully, in spite of it all, we have done our best to stay well both emotionally and physically. With a new year comes a light at the end of the “pandemic tunnel”, ... Click Here to Read More
My Kid Isn’t into Virtual School! What Can I Do? If you’re struggling to keep your child interested in virtual school, you’re not alone! Many parents are having difficulty keeping their children engaged. It’s understandable if your kids are feeling “over’” virtual school and miss their classrooms, friends and the normalcy of so many months ago. It’s ... Click Here to Read More
Helpful Links For Your Toddler or Pre-K Child Out of ideas of how to keep your preschooler or kindergartener busy while inside? Click on this link to Parent Map filled with simple, inexpensive ways to keep your little ones occupied! Click Here to Learn More Looking to help build your child’s academic skills, or just want them ... Click Here to Read More
Has Your Preteen Or Teen Lost Their Motivation For School? Here Are Some Tips To Help Them Get It Back Ten months of dealing with a pandemic takes a toll on a child. Zoom fatigue, the loss of social connections, and all the challenges of virtual learning can easily dampen young people’s spirits and motivation. So, how ... Click Here to Read More
Mindfulness Exercises for Kids to Try at Home Mindfulness has wonderful benefits for the emotional health of children. Helping children to be present in the moment and self-aware helps them to understand and regulate their feelings, develop self-control, and to make good decisions for themselves. Here are a few easy activities for children to try at home ... Click Here to Read More
Free, Virtual Emotional Support Resources for Families and Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic The NJ Hope and Healing Crisis Counseling Program (CCP) at MHAEM have provided us with information about their services and resources. Please share. Funded by FEMA/SAMHSA, the CCP is for anyone who has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. There services are free, confidential, ... Click Here to Read More
Fun & Easy Holiday Crafts to Make With Kids Looking for something to do with your kids at home? Tired of seeing them on screens? Making simple crafts together is a fun way to connect, keep kids busy, and to celebrate the holidays.. Have fun making these simple crafts out of jars- you can use small jars ... Click Here to Read More
What Is Mindfulness? Parents and caretakers, you may have heard the term “mindfulness”, but what does it mean, and how can it help you? Mindfulness has many benefits and can really help us in times of stress: Karla Rivera, Psy.D What Is Mindfulness? As we continue to face these difficult times, “mindfulness” has become a buzzword, but ... Click Here to Read More
Managing Your Anxiety and Your Kid’s Too! Are you a worrier? Do you find yourself going over things in your mind, constantly wondering how things will turn out, if you’ll be okay? This is anxiety. Anxiety is our body’s way of signaling danger- it triggers our fight or flight response. Therefore, when there is danger, it serves ... Click Here to Read More