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PMDD in Teenagers: When Cycle-Linked Mood Crashes Aren't Just Adolescence
How to tell PMDD from ordinary teen moodiness, why two cycles of daily tracking matter, and the treatment and safety questions to ask.
Kiesa Kelly
5 days ago13 min read
Emotional Regulation Therapy for Kids: The Models, What Sessions Look Like, and Where Parents Fit
What therapy for a child's emotional regulation involves: the models with evidence, what sessions look like, the parent's role and how progress is judged.
Kiesa Kelly
5 days ago12 min read
Handing the Systems Over: Moving From Parent-Run Supports to Teen-Run Ones
How to move the systems you run for your teen, from wake-up to appointments, into their hands one at a time, and what to do when a handover stalls.
Kiesa Kelly
6 days ago12 min read
Referring a Teen (12-17) for an ADHD or Autism Evaluation: A Guide for Pediatricians and School Counselors
For pediatricians and school counselors: when to refer a 12- to 17-year-old, why teen girls get missed, private vs school evaluations, and consent.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 2112 min read
Teen Can't Plan Ahead? Skill Gap, Effort or Something Else
Is your teen's planning problem a skill still developing, low effort, or something else? How to read the signs, and when an evaluation makes sense.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 1916 min read
Do I Need a Referral for Psychological Testing?
You often do not need a referral to book psychological testing, but your plan may need one to pay. See how plan type and your reason for testing matter.
Ryan Burns
Oct 1918 min read
Misophonia in Teens: Signs, Triggers and When to Evaluate
A parent's guide to misophonia in teenagers: early signs at home and school, how it differs from ADHD or autism, and when an evaluation helps.
Kiesa Kelly
Oct 1514 min read
Trauma Therapy for Teens: How TF-CBT Works, Step by Step
What happens in each phase of TF-CBT for teens, why skills come before the trauma story, and what parents do at every step. Nashville and telehealth.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2914 min read
Low-Demand Parenting or Accommodation? When Lowering Demands Helps, and How to Step Back Up
When does lowering demands help an anxious or demand-avoidant child, and when does it become accommodation? How to tell, and how to step back up.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2513 min read
Co-Regulation Before Self-Regulation: Why the Strategy You Handed Your Child Isn't Working Yet
Why a child may not yet be able to run the calming strategy you handed them, what the research says changes with age, and what the adult actually provides.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2216 min read
After-School Restraint Collapse: Why Kids Fall Apart at Home
Why kids hold it together at school and fall apart at home, what the pattern means, and how clinicians decide when an evaluation is warranted.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2115 min read
Parent Coaching vs Parent Training: Which Fits Your Family?
Parent coaching and parent training are not the same thing. What each term means, who delivers it, what the evidence says, and how to check first.
Ryan Burns
Sep 2114 min read
Caregiver Depletion: What Happens to Parents of Neurodivergent Kids, and What Actually Restores Capacity
Parental burnout has four measured dimensions and is distinct from depression. What depletes parents of neurodivergent kids, and what restores capacity.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 2016 min read
The Sibling Nobody Is Worried About: Supporting Brothers and Sisters of a Neurodivergent Child
The brother or sister who seems fine may still need support. What the research on sibling adjustment actually shows, and when to seek their own care.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1916 min read
When Co-Parents Disagree About How to Parent a Neurodivergent Child
Two parents rating the same child agree less than you'd think. Why disagreement about a child's diagnosis is normal, and how to work through it.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1917 min read
School Refusal in Demand-Avoidant Kids: Why Rewards Backfire
Why consequences and reward charts make school refusal worse in a demand-avoidant child, what lowers the demand load, and what an evaluation clarifies.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1813 min read
How to Prepare for an IEP or 504 Meeting in Tennessee
How to prepare for an IEP or 504 meeting in Tennessee: what to put in writing, the IEP deadlines that apply, and how to phrase an ask that lands.
ScienceWorks Team
Sep 1811 min read
Teen Trauma: Weekly Therapy or a Residential Program?
How to tell whether your teen needs weekly trauma therapy or a higher level of care in Tennessee — what clinicians ask, and what the evidence shows.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 1213 min read
Child's Calming Strategies Stopped Working? How to Rotate
The calming strategy that worked last spring does nothing now. How to tell ordinary development from a change worth evaluating, and how to rotate.
Kiesa Kelly
Sep 914 min read
Family Therapy and Insurance: Whose Name Is on the Claim
Family therapy is billed under one family member's diagnosis. How coverage works in Tennessee, what parity law does and doesn't require, and what to ask.
Ryan Burns
Sep 913 min read
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