Is There a Med for That?

The Behavioral Guidelines: A Social Code for Your Home

Vicki and Duncan introduce the Behavioral Guidelines, cornerstone of their work with kids at Direction and their families.  They discuss how every group / society / family has a "social code," whether or not it is made explicit.  Choosing the right social code for your family is critical in turning a parent-versus-child relationship at home into a cooperative one.  

Levels of Care: What Types of Treatments are Available for Kids

A review of so-called "Levels of Care," or different tiers of services available to struggling kids and their parents.  Dunc and Vicki cover the categories of outpatient treatment, peer-support services, group therapy, intensive outpatient programs and partial hospitalization programs, inpatient units, and residential programs.  

Model Healthy Relationship: The Problem with ”Do as I Say, Not What I Do”

The importance of role-modeling the adult you want your child to become.  Dunc and Vicki talk about three fundamental ways kids learn, and how learning through instruction is the least effective.  

Anxious Kids: General Strategies

Medication and non-medications strategies for dealing with kids who suffer from anxiety.  Dunc and Vicki talk about "anxiety" versus "fear," anxiety as a symptom versus a "disorder," how meds can help, and how doing what makes you anxious is usually the best cure.  

Taking Space: ”Empty the Dishwasher Already!”

The importance of taking space when at your wit's end with your child.  Dunc and Vicki talk about how it can help keep you sane, avoid engaging in battle with an adversary with more energy than you, and also model for your child mature ways to deal with stressful situations.  

Introduction: Who We Are

Duncan Gill, MD, and Victoria Lee, MLADC, LCMHC, explain who they are, why they made this podcast, and why you might want to listen.