Laura Craighead is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include ADD and ADHD, Anxiety, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Learning Disabilities, Peer Relationships, and School Issues. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
After years of working with children and their families in both home and school settings, I am well versed in issues of parenting and behavior mangagement. Children with difficulties have an impact on the entire family. My treatment strives is to maximize the individual functioning of the family member in need, as well support the overall functioning of the family; goals are to increase insight/understanding of behavioral challenges while providing practical solutions. This includes increasing the confidence/ability of parents to meet the many challenges of parenting. My approach is empathetic and supportive, while offering practical, effective intervention strategies. My focus is young children from preschool through young adult, including those with special needs. Experience in anxiety, self-regulation, behavior management, social skill development, sleeping, eating, toilet training, autism and selective mutism. I have training and experience supporting the development of pragmatic s