Claire T. Russell

About Claire T. Russell

Claire T. Russell is the former Director of Children’s Services at Community Healthlink in Central Massachusetts and the former Director of Developmental Disabilities at Cambridge Family and Children’s Services in Cambridge Massachusetts. She is the author of Different is Not a Disorder: a Mother’s Account of Her Son’s Remarkable Journey (working title), and How Self-Directed Education Supports Children’s Mental Health. You can also visit her blog Different Is Not A Disorder.

http://www.differentisnotadisorder.com

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Not for the Faint of Heart: Tips for Parenting a Challenging Child

Just BE PracticalBy Claire T. Russell February 20, 2018

If you have a challenging child, the kind who questions just about everything you ask them to do, finds it difficult to transition from one thing to the next when necessary, has a strong will and stays up nights trying to figure out how to drive you to the brink, consider this. Arguing with a child like this only encourages them because they can’t help themselves