Intervention, support and consultation
with children and their parents.
When a child faces challenges in their daily life—whether it's regulating their emotions, adapting to changes, managing their attention, or interacting with others—it can manifest in behaviors that worry or exhaust those around them. Difficulty following instructions, intense reactions, marked defiance, overwhelming anxiety… These often misunderstood manifestations can affect the child's well-being as well as the family dynamic.
My role as a psychoeducator is to support children and their families in understanding these behaviors and developing the skills necessary for their adaptation. Through interventions tailored to each child, my approach aims to foster their autonomy, emotional regulation, and interactions with their environment.
Adaptation difficulties and developmental challenges
I work with children who have challenges related to:
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD): Difficulties with concentration, impulsivity, emotional regulation and organization.
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD): Oppositional behaviors, frequent outbursts, low frustration tolerance.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Development of social skills, functional communication, autonomy and behavior management.
Anxiety: Excessive fears, social anxiety, separation anxiety, performance anxiety.
A delay in overall development: Development of language, social, motor and autonomy skills.
Behavioral disorders: Crisis management, aggressive behavior, emotional regulation.
Approach and methods of intervention
My intervention is based on recognized methods adapted to the child:
Psychoeducational strategies to help the child develop coping skills.
Structured and targeted activities to promote learning and the development of executive functions.
Parental support and guidance to help families implement strategies on a daily basis.
Collaboration with schools and childcare settings to ensure consistency in interventions.
Types of interventions offered
Psychoeducational assessments and evaluations to better understand the child's strengths and challenges.
Individual interventions in offices, at home or in schools.
Support for parents to adapt educational frameworks and strategies.
Intervention groups to develop social skills and autonomy.
Support for diagnostic assessment
The rising prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) highlights the need for effective and accurate screening and diagnostic methods. Since a diagnosis is necessary to access certain services and better guide interventions, some psychoeducators, in accordance with their professional standards (OPPQ, 2010), are called upon to contribute to the screening and diagnostic process. The goal of this type of process is to determine the presence or absence of symptoms associated with the diagnostic criteria for ASD.
Having been trained in the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R) and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Scale (ADOS-2), I collaborate with the Autism Consultation, Intervention and Training Clinic ( CCIFA ) in the ASD diagnostic assessment component (children and adolescents).
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It is important to mention that your involvement in the delivery of services is essential. In order to achieve significant results, it is important that you become a collaborator in the services offered to you.
The support may take the form of direct interventions in the child's various living environments, parental coaching, or an advisory role with stakeholders in the daycare or school environment.