Sheila shares her experience as both a parent and social worker, witnessing how antibiotics improved her children’s mental health, where traditional therapy failed.
Understand why ruling out medical causes is critical before labeling children with psychiatric diagnoses, and how embracing both sides of the treatment spectrum leads to real healing.
Discover why caregiver trauma is often hidden, misidentified, and overlooked, and why healing the parent is just as vital as healing the child. Learn how chronic stress warps perspective, affects decision-making, and how caregivers can recognize their own trauma responses and begin to recover.
Nancy O’Hara, MD, MPH, FAAP is a board-certified Pediatrician. Prior to her medical career, Dr. O’Hara taught children with autism. She graduated with highest honors from Bryn Mawr College and as a member of the...
Sheilah M. Gauch is the Principal and Clinical Director of Dearborn Academy, a therapeutic day school that services students with social/emotional and learning needs. She is also a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and educator...