Sarah Schulze MSN, APRN, CPNP

Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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Sarah is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner with a specialty certification in pediatric mental health. She works at a clinic in Champaign Illinois, providing care to children and adolescents with mental health disorders. She obtained her bachelor's in nursing from Indiana State University in 2011 and completed her master's in nursing from University of Illinois at Chicago in 2014. She is passionate about helping children create a solid foundation on which they can grow into healthy adults.

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Sarah Schulze MSN, APRN, CPNP

Child Development

Does Chewing Gum Help Kids with ADD and ADHD?

Kids with ADHD often chew on something to improve their focus and self-regulate so chewing gum is an easily accessible option that draws little attention to a child. While it can be helpful for kids with ADHD, it shouldn't replace treatments such as medicine and therapy, nor should it be the only additional item in a child's toolkit.

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Child Development

10 Therapeutic Toys to Help Your Child with ADHD Improve Focus and Attention

Therapeutic toys are toys that are either designed for or can be used for therapeutic purposes. A few therapeutic toys that can help kids with ADHD are fidget toys, kinetic sand, squishy stress balls, building sets, play tents, puzzles and balance boards.

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Parenting

Teaching Math to ADHD Child: Effective Strategies and Tips for Engaging Learning

When helping your child with math, use sensory and digital tools to stimulate and engage them. Provide supplies for children to write out their work or draw illustrations or visual aids as needed. Lastly, provide student access to manipulatives and other engaging tools in your class or at home.

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Parenting

How to Teach a Child with ADHD to Tie Shoes: Tips and Strategies for Parents and Teachers

A few strategies to help children with ADHD learn to tie their shoes include, choosing the right pair of shoes, prepare a shoe-tying lesson, using visual aids and demonstrations, giving them rewards for progress, practice and consistency and incorporating movement and sensory input.

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Child Development

The Power of Mindfulness for Children with ADHD

Mindfulness is a proven technique for treating ADHD and reducing its associated symptoms. The use of mindfulness and meditation in children with ADHD reduces stress and anxiety, boosts emotional regulation and attention span, and promotes the development of executive function skills.

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Parenting

Creating an Optimal School Environment for Students With ADHD

The best school for ADHD kids has enough understanding about ADHD, they create a supportive classroom, work on compassionate behavior management, and make adjustments that promote focus that helps kids with or without ADHD succeed.

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Child Development

How to Choose the Best Probiotic Supplements for Your ADHD Child

Before giving your child a probiotic supplement, discuss the safety and any dosage information with your child's doctor to determine if your child will benefit. The ingredients, dosage, serving size, third-party testing, and available certificate of analysis need to be considered as well.

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Parenting

Finding the Right Fit: The Best Online Schools for ADHD Children

When choosing an online school for your ADHD child, it is important to consider your child's learning style, strengths and weaknesses, how the school's programs can benefit your child, and most importantly, if the teachers are qualified to teach children with ADHD.

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Parenting

ADHD And Bullying: How to Help Children Avoid This Bad Behavior

A few steps to help children with ADHD avoid bullying behaviors are educating your child on ADHD and bullying, teaching coping strategies, encouraging positive social interactions and talking to the school.

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