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By Emily Kavanagh, M.S. Limited Licensed Psychologist Director, McCaskill Family Services Assistive Technology Center Assistive Technology (AT) refers to: “Any item, any piece of equipment or any system that helps an individual bypass,...

By Dr. Amanda Klingensmith, Ph.D. Many families have a hard time finding resources for their children with tics. With medications, some patients experience awful side effects, and some find that medications do not affect tic frequency or...

By Dr. Fred Upton, Ph.D. I am a person who always wants to have more data. I love step-trackers, heart rate monitors, spread sheets and functional analyses of behavior. If I can graph a behavior, I feel like I can control it. This is not...

By Truc Nguyen Taking care of yourself first and making your mental and physical well-being a priority sounds easy enough, right? However, as easy as it sounds, it can also sound kind of selfish at times. Well, I’m here to help...

By Jaclyn Hamlin People tend to think they need help from a mental health professional the moment they catch themselves having conversations in their own head. A little bit of friendly banter with yourself at night, talking yourself through...

By Hannah Burgol Ever since I was young I knew I wanted to work in a setting that was helping people in some way. Throughout my childhood leading into adulthood, the healthcare field was where I felt I belonged given the time I had spent...