Special Needs

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ADHD Part 2

Listen in to Blog Talk Radio interview with Jill Emmerich, Behavior Specialist, regarding the topic of ADHD.  Jill is Monarch Therapy, LLC's behavior specialist turned laughter yoga teacher offering laughter yoga for all ages, including corporate de-stress workshops in Naples, Florida and surrounding areas. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/doctorsoftheusa/2012/02/24/adhd-discussion-with-behavior-consultant-jill-emmerich … [Read more...]

ADHD Part 1

Jill

Listen in to Blog Talk Radio interview with Jill Emmerich, Behavior Specialist, regarding the topic of ADHD.  Jill is Monarch Therapy, LLC's behavior specialist turned Certified Laughter Yoga facilitator offering laughter yoga for all ages, including corporate de-stress workshops, in Naples, Florida and surrounding areas. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/doctorsoftheusa/2012/02/17/all-about-adhd--interview-with-jill-emmerich … [Read more...]

Stress and the body

brain

Stress affects all of us in different ways. We can have physical, psychological, emotional, or behavioral reactions to stress. However, the long-term effects of stress on the body are sometimes most damaging. It all begins in the brain. Our brains are hard-wired to detect possible threats. When we perceive a threat or a problem the cerebral cortex, responsible for thinking in our brain, activates the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis. The HPA axis is made up of the three parts that control our responses to stress; the hypothalamus (in the brain), the pituitary (in the brain), and the … [Read more...]