How a Strong Parent-Teacher Partnership Helps Your Child Thrive
As parents, you know your child better than anyone else. You understand their personality, what motivates them, what overwhelms them, and the strategies that help them succeed.
Dr. Ann Weller is a Child and Adolescent Psychologist and the owner of Plum Tree Psychology, Ltd. Her education, training, and background experience has been exclusively in the treatment of young people. She’s worked in outpatient settings, community mental health, and college counseling. She was a clinical director at a psychiatric inpatient hospital. She’s worked with thousands of children with behavior issues, such as hyperactivity, impulsivity, aggression, self-injury, and suicide attempts.
Dr. Weller has diagnosed and treated children with a range of illnesses, including: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, behavior disorders, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Dr. Weller has co-authored research in conjunction with Chicago’s Loyola University Psychology Department. She’s given trainings throughout Illinois to students, teachers, mental health providers, parents, and state agencies. Topics include: Understanding IQ, Teen Suicide, Managing ADHD in the Classroom, Running Children’s Groups, and Helping Children Manage Anxiety.
Dr. Weller’s areas of focus include: Psychological Assessment, ADHD, Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, and self-injury/suicide.
As parents, you know your child better than anyone else. You understand their personality, what motivates them, what overwhelms them, and the strategies that help them succeed.
Executive functioning is a set of skills that help us plan, organize, remember information, regulate emotions, control impulses, solve problems, and adapt when life does not go as anticipated.
As parents, educators, and therapists, we often think of play as something children do simply for fun. While play certainly brings joy, it is one of the most powerful tools children have for learning to understand and regulate their emotions.
Learn how to help a child with anxiety using practical strategies like naming feelings, coping skills, and gradual exposure to build confidence and resilience.
If you have a teenager at home, you’re not just navigating new experiences; you’re entering a new stage of their psychological and social development.
Reading does more than improve academic skills. It also helps children and teens understand other people.
Adolescence is a developmental stage marked by a powerful shift: peers begin to matter more, and identity becomes increasingly tied to performance, belonging, and social status.
Social skills are not “extra” skills. They are important life skills. Research from the OECD’s study of 5-year-olds shows that early abilities such as empathy and emotional regulation are strongly linked to emotional well-being.
The good news is that there are simple, effective coping strategies children can learn and practice right at home to help them calm their bodies, express their feelings, and build emotional resilience.
Anxiety in children is more common than many parents realize. From worries about school and friendships to fears about health, safety, or change, anxiety can show up in many form and at different ages.

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