Mental health – Starlit Services – Shadow Teachers & Special Educators https://www.starlitservices.com Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:44:05 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.6 https://www.starlitservices.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-starlit-favicon-32x32.jpg Mental health – Starlit Services – Shadow Teachers & Special Educators https://www.starlitservices.com 32 32 137128984 5 Creative Ways to Use Play Therapy Techniques at Home https://www.starlitservices.com/5-creative-ways-to-use-play-therapy-techniques-at-home/ https://www.starlitservices.com/5-creative-ways-to-use-play-therapy-techniques-at-home/#respond Wed, 10 Sep 2025 07:41:22 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=8883 Play isn't just recreation - it is therapy incognito. Play is more than a way for children to pass the…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/5-creative-ways-to-use-play-therapy-techniques-at-home/feed/ 0 8883 Attention Span of Children with Special Needs: Understanding and Supporting Focus https://www.starlitservices.com/attention-span-of-children-with-special-needs-understanding-and-supporting-focus/ https://www.starlitservices.com/attention-span-of-children-with-special-needs-understanding-and-supporting-focus/#respond Wed, 16 Jul 2025 10:09:15 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=8749 In a busy classroom or therapy setting, attention acts as a bridge between learning and success. While every child has…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/attention-span-of-children-with-special-needs-understanding-and-supporting-focus/feed/ 0 8749 Your Parenting Shapes Your Child’s Self-Esteem: Be Their Safe Space https://www.starlitservices.com/your-parenting-shapes-your-childs-self-esteem-be-their-safe-space/ https://www.starlitservices.com/your-parenting-shapes-your-childs-self-esteem-be-their-safe-space/#respond Tue, 15 Jul 2025 08:57:27 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=8737 Ever wonder why some kids are so self-assured, while others are filled with self-doubt? One of the largest factors behind…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/your-parenting-shapes-your-childs-self-esteem-be-their-safe-space/feed/ 0 8737 4 Ways to Introduce New Environments to Children with Special Needs. https://www.starlitservices.com/4-ways-to-introduce-new-environments-to-children-with-special-needs/ https://www.starlitservices.com/4-ways-to-introduce-new-environments-to-children-with-special-needs/#respond Tue, 27 May 2025 06:26:50 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=8445 Introduction:  At Starlit, our shadow teachers introduce new environments to children with special needs through sensitivity, planning, and a deep…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/4-ways-to-introduce-new-environments-to-children-with-special-needs/feed/ 0 8445 6 Effective Ways to Teach Self – Regulation to Children  https://www.starlitservices.com/6-effective-ways-to-teach-self-regulation-to-children/ https://www.starlitservices.com/6-effective-ways-to-teach-self-regulation-to-children/#respond Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:26:33 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=8172 What is Self - Regulation? Self - regulation, as defined by Andrea bell is “control  (of oneself) by oneself”. (GoodTherapy.org,…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/6-effective-ways-to-teach-self-regulation-to-children/feed/ 0 8172 How to promote resilience in special needs children amid Covid 19? https://www.starlitservices.com/how-to-promote-resilience-in-special-needs-children-amid-covid-19/ https://www.starlitservices.com/how-to-promote-resilience-in-special-needs-children-amid-covid-19/#respond Wed, 05 Aug 2020 12:06:45 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=3832 “A child is embedded in interactions with friends, family, community. The way those other systems are functioning plays a huge…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/how-to-promote-resilience-in-special-needs-children-amid-covid-19/feed/ 0 3832 Special education during Covid 19 – FAQs https://www.starlitservices.com/special-education-during-covid-19/ https://www.starlitservices.com/special-education-during-covid-19/#respond Mon, 20 Jul 2020 13:28:29 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=3805 “My daughter is 7-year-old and is on the spectrum. Before the lockdown, she had a shadow teacher in school and…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/special-education-during-covid-19/feed/ 0 3805 How to get work done during the lockdown? https://www.starlitservices.com/how-to-get-work-done-during-lockdown-2/ https://www.starlitservices.com/how-to-get-work-done-during-lockdown-2/#respond Sun, 17 May 2020 16:30:40 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=3721 Many of us have had little experience of working from home. Our usual work entails face to face human interaction,…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/how-to-get-work-done-during-lockdown-2/feed/ 0 3721 Interpersonal Conflict in the face of a Crisis https://www.starlitservices.com/interpersonal-conflict-in-the-face-of-a-crisis/ https://www.starlitservices.com/interpersonal-conflict-in-the-face-of-a-crisis/#respond Thu, 30 Apr 2020 12:39:30 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=3702 (An understanding of the effective ways to manage conflict within the home during the course of the COVID- 19 breakout)…

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]]> https://www.starlitservices.com/interpersonal-conflict-in-the-face-of-a-crisis/feed/ 0 3702 Diving deeper inward to deal with the chaos outward https://www.starlitservices.com/mental-health-emotions/ https://www.starlitservices.com/mental-health-emotions/#respond Tue, 21 Apr 2020 16:02:31 +0000 https://www.starlitservices.com/?p=3669 Introspection of psychological and emotional well being in the time of crisis, the impact on our mental health and possible…

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