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Newborn Safety, Cribs, and Consumer Information for New Parents
 Dear Readers: Did you know that despite the evidence that "crib bumpers" increase the chances of Sudden Infant Deaths these products are still f...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 2
Children, Creativity, and Education: Important Message for Parents and Educators
  Dear Readers: Many years ago I wrote an article about my experience in a classroom when children were taking "Art Class". The children were ab...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 84
Meeting for Parents of Children with Selective Mutism in February
 Parents of Children with Selective Mutism: Educational Meeting to Discuss Spring into End of Academic Year, Plans for the summer,...
Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 84
Selective Mutism: Meeting for Parents
    PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH SELECTIVE MUTISM MEETING FOR PARENTS   WHERE: DR. JOFFE’S OFFICE 10167 N.W. 31ST PLACE, SUITE 20...
Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 113
TDAH e Evidencia Cientifica: ADHD is REAL!
  TDAH e Galileo: E Ciencia, e nao Imaginacao! Queridos Leitores: Foi com muita tristeza que li no Internet que ha organizacoes no Brasil, e ...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 183
Selective Mutism and Parents" Anxiety
 Dear Readers and Parents of Children with Selective Mutism, Social Anxiety, and with other symptoms of anxiety: A very good study was just publ...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 166
Children learning Phonics: Love of Reading and Writing
 I was at an Elementary School in Miramar/Pembroke Pines in FL this month. I learned a wonderful song for young children learning phonics. The te...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 401
Tourette Syndrome: Good Information about this Condition
 Dear Readers: I recently found a short media coverage on one of the contestants for the program "American Idol" and it gives information about T...
ADHD, Aspergers, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 472
Selective Mutism in the Media Againa
 Dear Readers, please, link to the "Psychology Today" magazine on line to read an article about a child with Selective Mutism. 
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Family Life 343
Selective Mutism Meeting for Parents and Professionals
 Parents of Children with Selective Mutism: Meeting to Help Parents Prepare for the Holiday Season, and Winter Vacation, incl...
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Family Life 344
Two Weeks into School: Are the Kids Settled Yet?
 Dear Parents: School has started already for more than two weeks. Some parents area already having Conferences with teachers, and time is runnin...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 659
Parents of Children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome and Other Conditions
 I spoke at the CHADD of North Broward Chapter last night. We discussed the importance of working as a team with school, teachers, physicians, ps...
ADHD, Aspergers, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 582
CHADD of North Broward: Dr. Joffe will speak on School and Parents as Partners
    CHADD OF NORTH BROWARD PARENT MEETING   WHEN:         Tuesday  September 13, 2011...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 712
Social Skills Groups for Pre-Teens and Teens
 Social Skills Group for Pre-Teens and Teens (Girls and Boys in separate groups) When: Starting September, 2011 Where: Vera Joffe, Ph.D. , P.A....
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 686
Selective Mutism Meeting for Parents and Professionals
 Educational Meeting for Parents of Children with Selective Mutism, Professionals, and Teachers. When: September 19, 2011 Where: Vera Joffe, Ph...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 658
Parenting Group for Parents who Speak Portuguese
 Dear Parents and Parents who Speak Portuguese: I recently received a telephone call from a parent who recently moved to the U.S. and who wants t...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 739
Parenting Group for Parents who Speak Portuguese
 Dear Parents and Parents who Speak Portuguese: I recently received a telephone call from a parent who recently moved to the U.S. and who wants t...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 759
Parents and Children Share Psychiatric Disorders: Need to Treat Parents and Children as a Unit
 Dear Readers: I recently wrote an article about my training in PCIT, Parent-Child-Interaction Therapy. The model focuses on an empirically-based...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 787
Divorce, Parenting, and Mental Health: Impact on Children
 Dear Readers: This is, unfortunately, a well-known topic due to the high rates of divorce in our country. At the same time, it is always good to...
ADHD, Aspergers, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 762
Children with ADHD, Disruptive Behaviors, and Interaction with Their Parents
  Dear Readers and Parents: I wanted to inform you that I was in New York last month for an Intense Training in Parent-Child-Interaction Therapy...
ADHD, Aspergers, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 732
ADHD and Substance-Use Disorders for Young Adults
 Dear Readers: A new study by Dr. Wilens and his colleagues (Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011) just confi...
ADHD, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Family Life 470
SELECTIVE MUTISM: IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO START GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL!
 Dear Readers, and Parents of Children with Selective Mutism: Most parents and children are enjoying the summer, as it has been only about a mont...
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders 432
SCREENING FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS: ROLE OF PEDIATRICIAN
  Dear Parents: This articles follows the previous one regarding the importance of PREVENTION in regular health care, and in mental health. I ju...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 783
Preventive Measures for Children: Hearing Screening as Babies
 Dear Readers: I have been writing and presenting often in Support Groups and in Medical and Health Related Meetings about the importance of prev...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 749
Asperger Syndrome, Special Education, and Selective Mutism in Brazil
Dr. Joffe presented at the Congresso Internacional da ABENEPI, in Sao Paulo. This was a very rich conference in terms of topics, presenters from all o...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 816
ADHD in Adults: Dr. Joffe will speak at CHADD of North Broward, Florida
 Dr. Joffe will be speaking at CHADD of North Broward, Florida. Please, go to www.chadd.org for more information. Dr. Joffe will be speaking abou...
ADHD, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Family Life 759
Conference with Teachers and Schools in Brazil
 Dear Readers: I would like to inform you that I was in Sao Paulo, Brazil, last month. I was very pleased to visit two schools, and to learn from...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 931
Anxiety Disorders in Children: The Importance of Treatment as a Preventive Measure
Dear Readers: I attended a Conference in Miami last week by the Florida International University, Center for Children and Families. A general rev...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1110
Parenting Children with Asperger Syndrome and with Autism Spectrum Disorders
PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ASPERGER'S SYNDROME AND OTHER NEUROLOGICAL CONDITIONS: FEBRUARY 23, 2011 AT 5:30 P.M. PLEASE, CALL THE OFFICE TO ENROLL. This ...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1205
Parenting Children with Asperger Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders
Dear Parents of Children with Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other Neurodevelopmental Disorders, such as ADHD, Tourette Syndrome, a...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Adult ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1152
ABC'S OF PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD, AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS, ASPERGER SYNDROME, ANXIETY DISORDERS, AND OTHER CHILDHOOD DISORDERS
WE WILL BE HOLDING A PARENTING GROUP MEETING FOR PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH ADHD, ASPERGER SYNDROME, AUTISM SPECTRUM SYNDROME, ANXIETY DISORDERS, CONDUC...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1007
SOCIAL SKILLS GROUPS FOR CHILDREN WITH ASPERGER SYNDROME, ADHD, AND OTHER CONDITIONS
WE WILL BE HAVING A SOCIAL-SKILLS GROUP FOR CHILDREN WEEKLY STARTING IN THE END OF JANUARY . PLEASE, CALL THE OFFICE FOR MORE INFORMAT...
ADHD, Aspergers, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders 883
Selective Mutism: Education and sharing information with teachers and other professionals
Dear Parents of Children with Selective Mutism: We had a very fruitful and enriching meeting last week with a set of five parents of children with Sel...
Selective Mutism, Parenting 680
Holiday Vacation and Children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, and with Anxiety Disorders (Including Selective Mutism)
Dear Readers of "My Articles" of "verajoffe.com" Website. I would like to wish everyone a Happy Holiday, and a Wonderful New Year, 2011. Depend...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1436
Selective Mutism Educational Meeting for Parents, Families, and for Professionals
Educational Meeting and Presentation about Selective Mutism for Families and for Professionals Who can attend? Parents, family members, teachers, psy...
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders 872
Selective Mutism in the Media
Dear Parents and Children and Individuals with Selective Mutism: Here is another article in the Media about Selective Mutism. The more information tha...
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders 908
Dr. Joffe's book on Asperger and Selective Mutism at the "Meet the Author" at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Dr. Joffe attended the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Meeting in the end of October in New York. She chaired a Clinical Case Pres...
Aspergers, Selective Mutism 706
Asperger Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, Juvenile Bipolar Disorders: Cognitive Rigidity and how this affects Children
Dear Readers: I am very pleased to report that I will be chairing a discussion at the upcoming Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent...
ADHD, Aspergers, Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1657
SELECTIVE MUTISM :SECOND MEETING OF THE SCHOOL YEAR: HOW TO HELP MY CHILD ADJUST TO SCHOOL AND OTHER SETTINGS?
Dear Parents of Children with Selective Mutism: Dr. Joffe will be offering a meeting to discuss the preparation and adjustment for the new school yea...
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders 1093
ADHD CHILDREN: BACK TO SCHOOL WITH A POSITIVE APPROACH
            Back to School: With a great attitude! Vera Joffe, Ph.D. (vjphdcr)   Dear parents and childre...
ADHD, Parenting, Family Life 1164
Selective Mutism: A Very Good Report from Television
Dear Readers: This is a very good source of information about Selective Mutism when Dr. Shipon Blum appeared on television to educate the general publ...
Selective Mutism 774
SELECTIVE MUTISM, ANXIETY, SENSORY INTEGRATION DIFFICULTIES AND THE START OF A NEW SCHOOL YEAR
   From Vera Joffe, Ph.D. P.A. (copyright, 2010)   Dear Parents of Children with Selective Mutism   I hope you had a great su...
Selective Mutism, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Family Life 1605
CHILDREN WITH ADHD, ASPERGER SYNDROME, TOURETTE SYNDROME, AND ANXIETY DISORDERS: PREPARING FOR SCHOOL
Dear Parents of Children with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Tourette Syndrome, and with Anxiety Disorders: Welcome back from your vacations, from ...
ADHD, Aspergers, Parenting, Anxiety Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Family Life 1744
ADHD in Adolescent and Adults: Stimulants medication helps with impairment with driving skils
 Dear Readers: This is a letter Dr. Joffe wrote to the N.Y. Times and to the Sun Sentinel         ...
ADHD 823
Auditory Processing Difficulties and Learning Disabilities
Dear Readers: This article may be of interest to some of you who have children with ADHD, Asperger Syndrome, and with Learning Disabilities. You may g...
Autism Spectrum Disorders 758
PRESCHOOL BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS: IS IT ADHD? IS IT AUTISM? IS IT ODD? TOO YOUNG TO DIAGNOSE? WHAT TO DO?
Dear Readers:                  Over the last five years, there has been m...
Parenting 724
THE ABC'S OF PARENTING CHILDREN WITH ADHD, ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, AUTISM, AND NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS
      THE ABC'S OF PARENTING: FOR PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH ADHD, ANXIETY, AND WITH OTHER NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS   ...
Parenting 704
TALKING TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN ABOUT ADHD, ASPERGER'S SYNDROME, AUTISM, BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS, LEARNING DISABILITY, AND OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANCE BEHAVIORS, SENSORY INTEGRATION PROBLEMS, AND SOCIAL DIFFICULTIES
Dear Parents: I have published a couple of articles in International Journals regarding the role of the pediatrician in screening and in preventing me...
Parenting 506
Selective Mutism and Summer
Dear Parents of Children with Selective Mutism:   The End of the Academic Year is here! This means that it is time to make plans for the summe...
Selective Mutism 712
Autism Spectrum Disorders, Asperger Syndrome and their Siblings
Dear Readers: I was pleased to watch "Parenthood", a new series on NBC, on Tuesday nights. I am specifically mentioning this series due to t...
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Dr. Joffe Books: Dr. Joffe's new book on Asperger Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders was just published on Dec. 11, 2009. See details below:

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Hi, My Name Is Matt: I Have Asperger's Syndrome by Vera Joffe, Ph. D. and illustrated by Margaret Scott. Order online, at Amazon.com or pick up in bookstores in the US.

 


Sophie's Story: a Guide to Selective Mutism
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We are very happy to offer you Sophie's Story: A Guide To Selective Mutism. This book is directed to children, parents, and teachers. It also provides a guide to develop a plan for a team approach to interventions at school, and at home. Order online or pick up in bookstores in the US.

 


A Day in the Life of an Adult with ADHD
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Off the presses, A Day in the Life of an Adult with ADHD - Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Vera Joffe's new book on Adult ADHD in English and Portuguese. Order online or pick up in bookstores in the US and Brazil.