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We believe in the extraordinary importance of learning and teaching, both as these processes take place between our students and their tutors and as they evolve within our profession. Read on to learn more about what is happening in our tutoring sessions, in the most current education research, and in our communities—both within and beyond the Hayutin family.
Now viewing articles posted in 2025.
A Salute to Hayutin Education Alumni Authors
December 12th, 2025
In this post, we are thrilled to feature a few of our Hayutin alumni! These students and educators are published authors. We hope you will join us in honoring these talented writers… ELENA MONTES Elena Montes (Amy Hayutin Contreras’ daughter!) is a Costa ...
Posted in: Featured, Colleague SpotlightDysregulation: Tales from Parents in the Trenches
November 21st, 2025
As parents, it’s hard to know what to do in the face of our child’s emotional and behavioral dysregulation, no matter their age or how their dysregulation manifests. I recently sat down with two of our directors, Courtney and Hunja, to talk about how dysregulation manifests in our respective chi...
Posted in: Featured, Parenting TipsGuest Blog: The Cycle of Technology Addiction
October 13th, 2025
We recently sat down with our longtime colleague, Chris Mulligan, to learn more about treatment programs available through his Cyber Addiction Recovery Center. With over three decades of clinical experience, Chris’s expertise encompasses a broad range of complex developmental and psychiatric...
Saying Goodbye
September 18th, 2025
“I’m scared,” our daughter said. “Me too,” I said, knowing our reasons were different. My wife and I hugged our daughter goodbye and left her standing there alone for the first time in her freshman dorm. Then we drove our rental car back to the airport for the hardest commute we’ve...
Posted in: Featured, Parenting TipsDigital Wellness for College Students
July 1st, 2025
As parents we spend much of the 18 years that we have our kids under our roof preparing them to be independent enough to live away from home. These days, that includes teaching teens how to manage their life online and helping them to make wise choices as digital citizens.It’s true that once they ...
Summer with a Side of Learning
May 20th, 2025
Ah, summer break. That magical time of year when children run free, eat popsicles for breakfast, do cannonballs in the pool... and forget everything they learned in school. While there’s plenty of value in unstructured play and sunshine, there’s also a hidden cost to those long summer months ...
Autism Acceptance Month: Nick's Story
April 29th, 2025
Nick is one of our autistic college students who has really thrived this year. Hunja sat down with Nick and Demi, his executive function coach from Hayutin, to discuss everything from college applications, his incredible Lego collection, the connection of exercising to academics, and a few things he...Your working memory needs a vacation
April 15th, 2025
Have you ever found yourself lowering the volume in your car to concentrate on parking? Or mentally repeating a new phone number until you can write it down? These are instances where your working memory is at play, helping you focus on immediate tasks. Let’s explor...
Parenting My Young Adult Through Chronic Pain
March 9th, 2025
Amy Hayutin Contreras shares her journey of parenting her young adult child with chronic pain. She also includes resources for families dealing with chronic pain.
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