Grade School

Pediatric Visit? Don’t Forget About Mental Health

The Clay Center is an educational and informational outlet only, and so we do not provide clinical services or referrals for treatment. However, many of our partners here at MGH do.

Music For Autism Is Music For All: Reshaping And Expanding A Disability-Friendly Space

Intro and outro music written and performed by Dr. Gene Beresin.

Stress Awareness: How Parents Can Help Their Children With Stress

How can parents help their children to increase stress awareness and manage stress? Read more, below.

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14-year-old Jacob seems to have it all.

Coping With Slow Processing Speed At Home And At School

This post is one in a multi-part series from Dr. Braaten entitled Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up.

Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up

We profile two smart young men with slow processing, a learning difference that affects their ability to manage daily tasks in a timely fashion. Dr. Ellen Braaten has expert advice for both parents and children coping with this issue.

Intro To Processing Speed

This post is the first in a multi-part Slow Processing Speed series from Dr. Braaten entitled Bright Kids Who Can’t Keep Up.

8 Young Adult Books That Will Change The Way You Think About Mental Health

The list below represents only a small sliver of the multitude of books that might help you and your teen talk about mental health issues—from the minor (anxiety about going off to college) to the major (depression and suicide).

An Encounter With The Unknown – From A Mother’s Lens

This blog post is part of a series entitled Real Lives, Real Stories: Personal Experiences With Mental Illness.

Mending A House Divided: Bringing Peace And Good Will To The Holidays

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” I believe the government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall — but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other.

Guarding Against Fake News for You and Your Child

This is a good time to talk about charisma and its relationship to the power of stories.

It’s not that the idea of charisma is new. The word itself is an old one.  It derives from the ancient Greek word “χάρισμα (khárisma)”, and it translates to something like “favor freely given” or “gift of grace.