http://drmelrose.com Sat, 29 May 2010 18:20:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Children pick up on the energy of the adults in their life. The level of activation in our nervous system has a profound physiological effect on them. It matters that we take care of ourselves in the moment a child is struggling before us, that we ground, and breathe, and ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/05/30/healing-a-child-requires-self-care-3-more-tips/ I am so excited to announce the availability for your listening pleasure of a recent teleseminar I gave to parents and educators on the 5 Ways You Can Heal Your Child. Please check it out, as well as my monthly support group called HelpingKidsCircle.com. Ongoing news, information, and resources are at ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/05/14/teleseminar-replay-is-available/ There are 3 powerful ways to stimulate in children their own natural healing mechanism. That is, the parasympathetic branch of their autonomic nervous system that causes immediate relaxation and calm. 1. Sleep: Our children need more sleep. Sleep is what lowers the brain and body's stress hormones that have accumulated throughout ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/05/14/heal-a-child-3-more-tips/ What we do NOT do when trying to heal a child can be as important as what we do. Though we have love in our hearts and good intentions, we sometimes inadvertently do things that can make things worse, not better. Here are 3 things that you do NOT want ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/04/30/heal-a-child-today-3-things-you-do-not-want-to-do/ There are 3 important first steps for YOU to take when trying to heal a child: 1. Feel your feet on the ground. You may think I'm kidding. I'm not. The first step to take any time a child is in front of you struggling as they may be, triggering you ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/04/24/heal-a-child-today-your-first-3-steps/ After years and years of educating and promoting natural and scientifically supported strategies to heal our children, I am so excited to announce the launch of HelpingKidsCircle.com, which is an integral membership-based community for parents and teachers that provides effective, innovative, and scientifically supported strategies and resources with one common ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/04/22/announcing-helpingkidscircle-com/ WAKE UP PARENTS!!! -- Your Child is Stressed! 5 Ways You Can Heal Your Child Dear Concerned Parent and/or Guardian, On April 29th at 3pm PST/6pm EST, I will be hosting an important, ground-breaking teleclass that will give parents 5 powerful ways to heal their child. If you are a parent of ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/04/13/free-teleclass-5-ways-you-can-heal-your-child/ A concerned father contacted me recently for advice regarding his son diagnosed with ODD. From the details of the situation it was clear once again that what the neuroscience has to say on the subject is most important to understanding how to intervene (read the work of Bruce Perry, M.D., ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/04/11/oppositional-defiant-disorder-odd/ Parents and educators everywhere, please visit the website www.racetonowhere.com, find the film, see it, sign the petition, and join the movement. You will save your own children and children everywhere from a nationwide educational system that isn't working for anyone. Teachers no longer love their jobs, children no longer love ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/03/08/kids-burning-out-dropping-out-in-the-race-to-nowhere/ Parents beware. Our children look like they're holding it together in Kindergarten through 2nd grade, but there's a growing phenomenon occurring now called third-grade burnout. By the beginning of third grade, many of our children, exposed too soon to too much academic material grow weary of the system. They become ... http://drmelrose.com/2010/02/20/third-grade-burnout-whats-that/