We have all watched our students and children strive to cope during and after the impact of the pandemic. Lakeside has had to substantially increase our In-School Counseling staff, who work in area schools providing extra support, due to the overwhelming needs that students are experiencing in our post-COVID world. Middle Schoolers are at the […]
When Kids Refuse to Go to School
Lakeside has a history of dealing with students who have faced many life difficulties. Often, they have had school experiences that have been negative and choose not to go to school because of their fear or for other reasons such as bullying. Formerly we labelled this as truancy and sometimes there were legal consequences to […]
Preventing Selfie Dysmorphia
We have become a society possessed by the selfie. We see people taking photos of themselves in certain environments as part of their social media presence and communication to others. Some of it is just pure fun but one consequence, particularly for young audiences, is that it can create a fixation about how they look. […]
Prioritizing Mental Health in Schools
At Lakeside we design therapeutic environments within our schools because of the types of students that are referred to us. In their lives there are a lot of pressures, stressors, trauma, adversity, and some personal and educational struggles. It is expected that Lakeside would have environments that are based on healthy relationships with our staff, […]
Keeping Delicate Conversations Safe
With the increased stress that most of us have been feeling for over a year and a half, you may have noticed that people have very short fuses whenever they have conversations around anything potentially controversial. Sometimes fights erupt around the most minor issues: where to put the milk in the refrigerator, whose turn is it to put away the […]
The Impact of Toxic Shame
We have all had experiences where we have been ashamed of something we have done or a habit that we have. It could be something like being overweight or addicted while maintaining a coping intervention that is unhealthy or even chronically hurting others in our family. Regardless of what we are dealing with the impact […]
The Importance of Patience as Things Open Up
For most of us these last 18 months of living in isolation and having to avoid going into public places has seemed endless. Most of us have experienced high degrees of anxiety, stress, loneliness, fear and at times a desperation to return to normal. As things begin to open up, even if we never get back to the way things used to be, we […]
Blame or Explain – Two Perspectives on Adversity
Often, I have the experience of talking to individuals that have faced a great deal of adversity and/or trauma. Their life narratives can be shattered. They can have flashbacks, panic, intense fear, anxiety, depression and a number of related problems. Also, some individuals have been so dysregulated that they used experimental drugs, became addicted, acted […]
Why Substance Use is so Risky for Kids with Emotional or Behavioral Challenges
At Lakeside we deal with teenagers who have a number of emotional and behavioral challenges. Often, we find that substance abuse is part of their coping strategies. We know that this is not healthy and recent research also suggests that it is extremely risky. In a recent article on the Child Mind Institute website, Caroline […]
Mental Health Action Day
Thursday, May 20 is Mental Health Action Day. In the aftermath of COVID-19 millions of Americans have uncovered mental health struggles and conditions that should be attended to in order to recover and begin the healing process. The theme of Mental Health Action Day is a proactive approach to dealing with the issues that have […]
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