Growing Minds

12/30/2025

We understand the challenges you face in raising a child who struggles with anxiety or OCD (we call it “sticky thoughts”). When a child is avoidant of situations, you’ll find yourself caught between the desire to push your child through the discomfort, to the natural tendency to accommodate your child’s (often unreasonable) requests.

The evidence-based SPACE protocol helps parents understand their child's anxiety & respond in a manner that supports their child’s confidence to confront their worries and improves their ability to effectively cope with anxious thoughts & feelings.

SPACE Therapy group might be reimbursable through your out-of-network benefits with CPT code 90853.

Join us this Winter 2026:

7 Wednesdays

🕒Beginning January 14, 2026

🕒10-11:30pm

📍Virtual

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12/23/2025

❄️ 🚽🌟TUMMY TROOPERS Winter 2026! ❄️ 🚽🌟

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A parent-child therapy group designed to support your child’s toileting journey through play! This activity-based group helps children overcome toileting challenges, develop healthy bathroom habits, and build confidence through fun, engaging activities. Tummy Troopers provides guidance for common GI challenges such as constipation, withholding, and potty-learning struggles—all in a supportive and stress-free environment. Parents will receive resources and learn strategies during and following every group meeting.

❄️Ages 3-6❄️

🗓️ Parents-only intro session:
Monday, February 2 at 7-8:00pm

🗓️ 8 Mondays: Parent-Child session 4:30-5:30pm beginning February 9

12/18/2025

🎮 🎰 🎲 🧩🃏 Calling all Gamers!!! 🎮 🎰 🎲 🧩🃏

Gaming Group Therapy to begin in January!!

This group is designed for students in 6th–8th grade who share an interest in gaming—whether that’s board games, Dungeons & Dragons, video games, or more. Led by a therapist, this therapeutic gaming group provides a safe and welcoming space to practice social skills, build confidence, and form meaningful connections. Through shared interests and engaging activities, we celebrate differences and support each participant in growing socially and emotionally.

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CHILD MEETING SCHEDULE
Thursdays 6:15-7:15pm

January 15, skip 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12

Virtual PARENT MEETING
January 8th from 6:15-7:15pm
March 19th from 6:15-7:15pm

12/17/2025

Join us this Winter 2026 for our new session of Social Emotional Early Development (SEED) classes:

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Tuesdays
🎨Art From The Heart
3:00-4:00pm- Ages 3-5
4:15-5:15pm- K-2nd grade
1395 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD

Demo/Intro Class- Tuesday, January 6 at 4:00pm! (RSVP required)

Thursdays
🛠️Builders & Makers
3:00-4:00pm- Ages 3-5
4:15-5:15pm- K-2nd grade
1395 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD

Demo/Intro Class- Thursday, January 8 at 4:00pm! (RSVP required)

11/17/2025

Join Growing Minds in our last week of our Food Drive before this upcoming holiday season! We are gathering food donations at both our Potomac and Rockville offices to support Manna Food Center and St. Camillus Food Pantry 🥫🫘

10/08/2025

🆓TOMORROW - Wednesday Oct 8 at 10:00!!
RSVP for a FREE VIRTUAL INFO SESSION

✅Take away strategies
✅Understand what is behind the behavior

🏫School avoidance
🔗Separation anxiety
🦠Germ phobias
🤔Needing things to be or feel "just right"
🥦"Picky" eating
😟General fears and worries
🫵Seeming to "need control"

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RSVP for meeting link🔗https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/TVg1zxN5Di
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The evidence-based SPACE protocol helps parents understand their child's anxiety & respond in a manner that supports their child’s confidence to confront their worries and improves their ability to effectively cope with anxious thoughts & feelings.
✨BONUS: your child will feel SO GOOD💪 and your relationship will become stronger than ever! 🥰

10/02/2025

DID YOU GUESS THEM ALL❓ ... and maybe even have more to add?

💭Comment to us if you have another phrase you hear from your child... and 📝sign up for SPACE to ✅LEARN WHAT TO DO when they say it!

🆓RSVP for the FREE INFO SESSION to learn more about the Fall SPACE parent group series.
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🔗https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/TVg1zxN5Di
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😟The evidence-based SPACE protocol helps parents understand their child's anxiety & respond in a manner that supports their child’s confidence to confront their worries and improves their ability to effectively cope with anxious thoughts & feelings.

✨BONUS: your child will feel SO GOOD💪 and your relationship will become stronger than ever! 🥰

10/02/2025

📢FREE INFO SESSION ALERT
👉 RSVP: Link in bio

We understand the challenges you face in raising a child who struggles with anxiety (we call it "BIG WORRIES"), or OCD (we call it “STICKY THOUGHTS”). When a child is avoidant of situations, you’ll find yourself caught between the desire to push your child through the discomfort, to the natural tendency to accommodate your child’s (often unreasonable) requests.

We are here to guide you! The evidence-based SPACE protocol helps parents understand their child's anxiety & respond in a manner that supports their child’s confidence to confront their worries and improves their ability to effectively cope with anxious thoughts & feelings.

10/01/2025

You'll want to see this if you are navigating your understanding of Autism!

🌟 Unpacking an Autism Diagnosis: Understanding the “Why” and Navigating What’s Next 🌟

📅 Wednesday, October 15
🕖 7:00 – 8:30 PM (ET)
💻 Virtual | Free to attend
🎧 Live Spanish interpretation available | Habrá interpretación en vivo al español

When your child or teen first receives an autism diagnosis, it can feel overwhelming. Join parent coaches and Raising Orchid Kids co-founders Jen Dryer and Gabriele Nicolet as they guide families through:

✨ What an autism diagnosis means (and doesn’t mean)
✨ How it can unlock new opportunities and supports
✨ Therapies, interventions, and school services to consider
✨ Broader factors like vision, diet, and sleep that impact well-being

You’ll leave with practical tools and a clearer path forward to best support your child or teen.

👉 Register now to reserve your spot: https://xminds.org/event-6327183

09/29/2025

Another day of cleaning 💩 from 👖?
💫THERE'S HOPE!!💫
🌟🚽Tummy Troopers is BACK!🚽🌟
💛What if instead of feeling hopeless and ashamed, your child's toileting struggles could help them feel STRONG, RESILIENT and CONNECTED?
💩If you feel like you are saying and doing all the wrong things to help your child move forward in their toileting process, you’re not alone - and you don’t have to figure it out alone either.
💖Tummy Troopers is a playful, sensory-based group where children and their caregivers explore body signals, reduce stress and shame, and build comfort, curiosity, and confidence - together.
In each session, we:
🧠 Use neuro-behavioral tools to support body awareness and regulation.
🫶 Practice gentle, body-based strategies to help reduce accidents and anxiety.
🌿 Offer holistic tips and calming routines to support toileting success at home.
🤝 Strengthen the parent–child partnership so your child doesn’t feel alone in this.
🌱With movement, games, and lots of sensory fun, your child will feel seen, supported, and safe to grow.
💬 One caregiver attends with the child.
💰Therapy group may be reimbursable through insurance
🗓️ Beginning Sept 29 parents only, Oct 6 with children
⏰ 4:30-5:20 pm
📍 11810 Falls Rd, Potomac
👇REGISTER HERE:
(one spot left - parents' virtual intro session TONIGHTat 7pm!)
https://forms.office.com/r/JeZvDs1XeX

09/29/2025

Another day of cleaning 💩 from 👖?
💫THERE'S HOPE!!💫

🌟🚽Tummy Troopers is BACK!🚽🌟

💛What if instead of feeling hopeless and ashamed, your child's toileting struggles could help them feel STRONG, RESILIENT and CONNECTED?

💩If you feel like you are saying and doing all the wrong things to help your child move forward in their toileting process, you’re not alone - and you don’t have to figure it out alone either.

💖Tummy Troopers is a playful, sensory-based group where children and their caregivers explore body signals, reduce stress and shame, and build comfort, curiosity, and confidence - together.

In each session, we:

🧠 Use neuro-behavioral tools to support body awareness and regulation.
🫶 Practice gentle, body-based strategies to help reduce accidents and anxiety.
🌿 Offer holistic tips and calming routines to support toileting success at home.
🤝 Strengthen the parent–child partnership so your child doesn’t feel alone in this.
🌱With movement, games, and lots of sensory fun, your child will feel seen, supported, and safe to grow.

💬 One caregiver attends with the child.
💰Therapy group may be reimbursable through insurance

🗓️ Beginning Sept 29 parents only, Oct 6 with children
⏰ 4:30-5:20 pm
📍 11810 Falls Rd, Potomac

👇REGISTER HERE:
(one spot left - parents' virtual intro session tomorrow at 7pm!)
https://forms.office.com/r/JeZvDs1XeX

09/26/2025

Another day of cleaning 💩 from 👖? 💫THERE'S HOPE!!💫

🌟🚽Tummy Troopers is BACK!🚽🌟

💛What if instead of feeling hopeless and ashamed, your child's toileting struggles could help them feel STRONG, RESILIENT and CONNECTED?

💩If you feel like you are saying and doing all the wrong things to help your child move forward in their toileting process, you’re not alone - and you don’t have to figure it out alone either.

💖Tummy Troopers is a playful, sensory-based group where children and their caregivers explore body signals, reduce stress and shame, and build comfort, curiosity, and confidence - together.

In each session, we:

🧠 Use neuro-behavioral tools to support body awareness and regulation.
🫶 Practice gentle, body-based strategies to help reduce accidents and anxiety.
🌿 Offer holistic tips and calming routines to support toileting success at home.
🤝 Strengthen the parent–child partnership so your child doesn’t feel alone in this.
🌱With movement, games, and lots of sensory fun, your child will feel seen, supported, and safe to grow.

💬 One caregiver attends with the child.
💰Therapy group may be reimbursable through insurance

🗓️ Beginning Sept 29 parents only, Oct 6 with children
⏰ Class options: 4:00–4:50, 5:00-5:50 pm
📍 11810 Falls Rd, Potomac

👇REGISTER HERE:
https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=ZLRlYvst9UGU-w1vkVkUkuToAoswR7ZMkKlKfNu-2kxUOFVPQjFRRjVCREpBMjZEWjVNR1pOOUkzOS4u&route=shorturl