When letters dance on the page — and what you, as a parent, can do elenapap.com | Psychology Office, Constanța "He has been struggling to read for three years, even though he knows the alphabet perfectly. Everyone told me he wasn't trying hard enough. But at home I would see him struggling for hours on a page that other children...
Comfort, presence and dignity where words never reach elenapap.com | Psychology Office, Constanța "Many have asked me why I keep talking to him, why I play music for him, why I tell him about my day. 'He doesn't understand,' they told me. Maybe. But his breathing changes when my voice is warm. That's enough for…
Communication beyond words, dignity beyond diagnosis elenapap.com | Psychology Cabinet, Constanța „She doesn't talk. She'll probably never go to the bathroom alone. But she smiles when she hears my voice from the other room, before she sees me. That tells me everything I need to know — that she recognizes me, that she's waiting for me.” Severe intellectual disability…
Sustained support, small steps and a life built to suit the child "I knew from the early years that something was different about my son. He spoke less, he had a harder time learning the things that his brothers had picked up on the fly. The diagnosis didn't surprise me — but the question that followed scared me: and now, how do I…
The child who just needs a little more time and the right support "No one had noticed anything in kindergarten. In first grade, the teacher told me that my daughter was lagging behind in almost all subjects. I didn't understand why — at home she talked, played, seemed like a normal child. It wasn't until the psychological evaluation that I understood what...
Intellectual disability (known in the past under stigmatizing names that we have now eliminated from clinical language) is one of the most misunderstood diagnoses. There is a tendency to view it as a final sentence, a wall that the child will not be able to overcome.
Dyslalia is a disorder of articulation of speech sounds: the child omits, substitutes, distorts or inverts certain sounds, although hearing and intelligence are normal. It is not a disease. It is not mental retardation. It is not laziness. It is a specific difficulty in the coordination and control of the phonoarticulatory apparatus — that is, the lips, tongue, teeth, palate and the entire speech mechanism.
Asperger syndrome, currently integrated into the broader diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is frequently incompletely understood or stereotyped.
Depression in adolescents is no longer an exception, but an increasingly common clinical reality.
Technology Addiction – If you feel like technology is affecting your personal, professional, or emotional life, don’t ignore the signs. Early intervention, including seeking help from a psychologist, can make the difference between a manageable problem and a chronic one.
Emotional climate – the basis of inner security
In a family, the child needs two fundamental things: emotional climate and structure.
The climate provides roots.
Structure provides direction.
Involving a child in daily responsibilities is often mistaken for a form of punishment or an unnecessary „burden” on childhood. From a psychological perspective, things are exactly the opposite: responsibility is one of the most important life lessons, and it is learned primarily at home. When adults constantly do everything for the child, with…