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Group Therapy Opportunities at KS Services in 2025
Explore group therapy opportunities at KS Services in 2025. Connect, reduce isolation, and find support for children, teens, and parents.
Laura Waller
Jan 152 min read
Emotion Regulation Strategies for Children with ADHD
Learn emotion regulation strategies for children with ADHD, including proactive support, situational planning, and attention redirection.
Laura Waller
Dec 13, 20243 min read
Grounding Techniques for Children: Practical Strategies to Reduce Anxiety
Grounding techniques for children are strategies that all ages can use to address anxiety and distress. The goal behind a grounding...
Laura Waller
Sep 26, 20244 min read
Trauma-Informed Practices for the Classroom and Beyond
Trauma-Informed Practice: Find the right strategies and tools to support students who experience trauma. Studies show that 46-75% of...
Laura Waller
Jul 1, 20242 min read
Starting Group Therapy? Explaining individual and group therapy to your child
When a child is getting ready to start individual or group counseling sessions, parents often wonder how best to introduce the topic to...
Laura Waller
Sep 12, 20233 min read
Fall Group Options at KS Services
KS Services is excited to host fall groups for children, teens, and adults starting mid-September. Groups provide a unique opportunity...
Laura Waller
Aug 28, 20232 min read
Stuck in a Stress Tunnel?
Often, time in a therapy session is spent working on the goal of emotion identification. Clinicians work with clients to help them name...
Laura Waller
Jun 28, 20233 min read
Protecting Progress in the Summer Months
As the school year comes to a close, kids and teens are excited to enter into summer vacation. Summer can mean relaxed days, more...
Laura Waller
Jun 7, 20232 min read
Community Connect: A virtual group for parents of children and teens with ADHD
KS Services is pleased to announce an ongoing Community Connect group. This virtual group will meet the first Friday of each month...
Laura Waller
May 26, 20231 min read
Why Your Thoughts Matter
This blog has to start with a bit of neuroscience, a focus on the brain. The key term that must be understood is neuroplasticity - a term...
Laura Waller
Apr 21, 20232 min read
New Group Forming at KS Services
KS Services is excited to offer our four week virtual Lunch and Learn: Support Group for Parents of Children and Teens with ADHD. One...
Laura Waller
Mar 23, 20232 min read
Recommended ADHD Resources for Families
The final post in our series on ADHD and its impact on executive functioning skills is designed to provide you with a quick list of...
Laura Waller
Mar 22, 20233 min read
ADHD: Things to Love about YOUR Brain
ADHD can come with negative connotations in our society. Words such as “lazy, distracted, or unmotivated” may be used to describe those...
Laura Waller
Mar 15, 20232 min read
ADHD: Now What?
In our series on ADHD, we have worked to understand ADHD as a disorder of regulation, a skill that stems from executive functioning. This...
Laura Waller
Feb 27, 20232 min read
ADHD - Not an Excuse but an Explanation
As previously outlined in the first post in our ADHD series, ADHD is not a disorder of attention but a disorder of regulation; a skill...
Laura Waller
Feb 1, 20234 min read
ADHD - A New Perspective for Understanding
Over the next few weeks, KS Services is excited to share a blog series with a focus on ADHD. The goal of this series is to provide a...
Laura Waller
Jan 18, 20232 min read
Using Sensory Toys to Help with Emotional Dysregulation
Emotional dysregulation is defined as an emotional response that is poorly regulated and does not fall within the traditionally accepted...
Laura Waller
Sep 11, 20222 min read
What to Expect in Group Therapy
Group therapy typically involves one or two clinicians with a small group of clients ranging anywhere from five to ten participants. Most...
Laura Waller
Aug 31, 20222 min read
Why Group Therapy Works
As a clinician working alongside adolescents, repetitive themes emerge in session including feelings of isolation, loneliness, and...
Laura Waller
Aug 22, 20222 min read
Emotional Support Animals: Why are they in your therapy office?
To understand the role of an Emotional Support Animal (or ESA), it is necessary to differentiate between a service dog and an ESA. A...
Laura Waller
Jun 20, 20223 min read
How Big Is Your Child's Fear?
A lot of children are anxious these days. In fact, anxiety is the most common mental health diagnosis in the United States for children...
Amy Zacaroli
Sep 282 min read
When Is It Time to Talk to a Therapist? How to Recognize When Distress Goes Beyond “Normal”
Is your distress lasting too long or interfering with daily life? Learn when it’s time to seek therapy for yourself or a teen loved one.
Lauran Thomas
Aug 252 min read
Helping Teens (and Ourselves) Focus on What We Get a Vote In
Help your teen build emotional resilience by focusing on what they get a vote in. Download a free visual and start a conversation that matters.
Lauran Thomas
Jul 222 min read
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