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Mentally preparing to go off to college
During the summer time many students are enjoying the break from school. The freedom of not having daily assignments and weekly quizzes can be so exciting. However, for older kids that have just graduated from high school the summer time is like a ticking clock to the...
Curing Those Summer Time Blues
Kids wait all school year for that glorious 10 to 12 week break known as the summer time, but for a lot of kids, after just a few weeks in they experience the summer time blues. The summer time blues can mean different things for different kids, but for the most part...
Congrats to Stephanie Doudounis and Ashley Tirado
A special congratulations to Stephanie Doudounis, M.A. and Ashley Tirado, M.A. for helping to present at the Early Childhood Council conference in June 2015. We are so proud that they helped to educate the community about postpartum depression and its effects on...
Keeping your Kid’s Minds Working This Summer
School may be out for the summer, but that doesn’t mean your kids should stop learning. In fact, taking a long break is a quick way to forget all that they worked so hard to learn all throughout the school year. The question then is, how can you keep your kid’s minds...
What to Expect at your First Visit with Us
Here at Hammond Psychology & Associates, P.A., we understand that many people have anxiety about the idea of visiting a psychologist for the first time. It often helps to know what to expect at that first appointment to put your mind at ease. First and foremost,...
Does your child have ADHD?
Nobody likes to think that their child could have any kind of disorder be it learning, behavior or some other disorder. Still, disorders do exist and one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders of childhood is Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)....
5 Tips to Improve Your Well-Being
Recently, we posted on our blog about the importance of encouraging our kids to be healthy. This week, we thought it would be a good idea to talk about why you need to improve your own health and well being too! Only you can take care of you – When it comes to our...
Encouraging our kids to be healthy
May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Because of this we thought it was the perfect time to talk about starting a wellness plan to encourage your kids to be healthy! Here are some simple things you can do to create an attitude of physical fitness and...
Let’s Talk to our Kids About Sex
For many parents the title of this post immediately turned them off, but ignoring a subject like this won’t make it go away. Like we said in our recent post on talking with your kids about drugs, the smartest thing you can do is be open and honest with your kids about...
Dr. Hammond wins a 2015 Early Career Achievement Award
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May, 8, 2015 Local Psychologist Wins a 2015 APA Early Career Achievement Award Brandon, Fla. - Dr. Nekeshia Hammond was one of just 25 recipients of the 2015 APA Early Career Achievement Awards by The Committee on Early Career Psychologists. The...