Free Seminar – Taking A Stand: Learn Solutions to Hurtful Words and Bullying

Join Hank Skulstad, M.A. at the Woodland Hills Branch Library, Friday, April 5th at 4:30pm for this FREE presentation. If you are looking to learn more about bullying, this event is for you! Participants of this event will learn… Principles to prevent bullying How to recognize warning signs that a child is being bullied Strategies [...]

Free Seminar – Parent Tips for Developing Social Skills

Learning Dynamics and Family Focus Resource Center are hosting a FREE Social Skills Seminar/Workshop next Thursday, December 6th from 10am-12pm at our location in Woodland Hills. This seminar is for caregivers of children….typically developing and those with special needs!  Come learn techniques to help your children make and keep friends including how to: Join in [...]

Fostering Communication in Your Child

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) frequently struggle with interpreting and producing verbal and nonverbal communication. These struggles often include eye contact, facial expressions, body postures, gestures, social rules, prosody, and figures of speech. However, there are several ways that parents can increase their child’s communication skills. As you experiment with different activities, keep in [...]

Play Time: Superheroes?

My little boy is enthusiastic about everything, but has recently expressed a lot of enthusiasm for superhero play. He wants to fly around the house. He wants to use light sabers and swords. He thinks superheroes do karate, so lately, he wants to do karate. Some of this enthusiasm comes from his father’s love of [...]

Character: Sow and Reap

You just won one million dollars! What would you do with it? When we were younger, my dad would periodically ask my brother and I that question, and all too often to my immature mind.  For me, steps one through five would rarely change – church gift, bills, gifts, savings/investing, something special for myself. More [...]

Celebrating Fatherhood: The Sweetest Moments

I came across this excerpt celebrating fatherhood from Max Lucado’s The Applause of Heaven. As I aspire to consistently respond in this way, it surely captured my heart’s expression of how, as a parent, I hope to be more times than not. In honor of Father’s Day…enjoy! My child’s feelings are hurt.  I tell her [...]

Maximizing the Opportunity to Learn II

You might be surprised to learn that, occasionally, parents ask teachers for additional homework or more challenging homework for their children. More homework is rarely the appropriate prescription for young learners. When a student is experiencing challenges at school, the best solution is to engage in practice, one on one with a patient adult. Such [...]

Priorities: What, Who, and When?

I like to start one of my classes by introducing my students to The Three Questions by Jon J. Muth. Since I teach adults, I do not read them the story, but I do present them with its central questions. They are: What is the most important thing to do? Who is the most important [...]

Car Seat Regulations & Recommendations II – Toddler Booster Seats

Are you in need of a booster seat, but unsure of where to begin? The goal of a booster seat is to position the seatbelt in the most optimal position to protect your child.  When a seatbelt is not properly positioned, children are at risk for internal injuries that can be fatal. The National Highway [...]

Car Seat Regulations & Recommendations I – Infant Car Seats

The American Academy of Pediatrics has updated its recommendations to parents regarding infants and car seats. It is now recommended that children stay in the rear facing position until they are 2 years old or outgrow their rear facing car seat. The AAP asserts that this recommendation is not new, it is a clarification of [...]