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ADHD Roadblock Reframes: A Guided Activity for Mindset Shifts

September 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This guided activity helps clients with ADHD reframe self-critical thoughts through therapist-led reflection and collaborative mindset shifts. Use it to explore internalized stigma, build self-compassion, and connect real-life challenges with supportive, strengths-based language.
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Writing Life Participation Goals: Beyond the Impairment

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps therapists shift from impairment-driven goals to life participation goals that reflect what truly matters to the individual. It includes real-world goal examples and a worksheet to support writing goals that center autonomy, connection, and everyday engagement.
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Writing Goals That Reference Play (Not Just Skills)

August 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This resource helps therapists shift away from skill-only goals by showing how to write therapy goals that center meaningful, developmentally appropriate play. It includes play-based goal examples, a quick reference to types of play, and a worksheet to help reframe existing goals in a way that supports authentic engagement.
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Affirmation Posters: A Toolkit for Connection and Confidence

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This set of six affirmation posters offers fresh, meaningful messages to help kids build confidence, resilience, and self-trust. Designed for therapy spaces, these statements spark reflection and connection without feeling cheesy or forced.
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Screen Time for Babies and Toddlers

July 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This reflective handout supports parents of children ages birth to three in navigating screen time with clarity, compassion, and intention. Rather than prescribing limits, it invites meaningful awareness of how screens show up in daily life and what might be getting crowded out.
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Silly Visual Categorization Game

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This playful categorization game is perfect for sparking language, imagination, and movement in therapy sessions. With open-ended visuals and silly categories, kids get to justify their choices, explore flexible thinking, and have fun without worrying about being “right.”
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Try This Instead: Alternatives to Time-Outs

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This handout offers gentle, practical alternatives to time-outs that prioritize connection and emotional regulation, especially helpful for children who experience the world differently. It’s designed to support therapists in guiding parents through real-life scenarios with strategies that build trust, not isolation.
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Real-Life Phone Use: Tools for Teens

June 30, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
This interactive activity helps therapists support middle and high school students in reflecting on their phone use with non-shaming, real-world strategies. This resource opens the door to meaningful conversations about digital habits, emotional regulation, and self-awareness.
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Building Confidence in Kids: The Power of Letting Them Struggle

May 31, 2025 by Ashley Zhinin.
Help parents build their child’s confidence by supporting them through struggle instead of rescuing them. This handout provides practical strategies and scripts to help parents navigate those key moments when learning is hard, fostering resilience and independence in kids with disabilities.
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