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Licia Rando, M.Ed, MSW, LICSW

Therapist for Children
& Parenting Coach

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About Licia

I have been on a lifelong learning journey to help children feel safe and loved.

I hope to help caregivers on their parenting journey through my therapy practice, blog and the Caring and Connected Parenting Guide, endorsed by pediatric and mental health leaders as well as Nobel Prize winners. My writing is informed by neuroscience and attachment theory. I hope you will join me on this journey and make the most of your caring and connected family years.

Books & Publications

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Caring & Connected Parenting

Parents who are respectful and caring while providing guidance and limits raise children who successfully manage stress, school and relationships.

We tend to parent the way we were parented, unfortunate news for some of us. We may have been raised in domination type families in which fear of punishment kept us obedient or overly permissive families without structure and limits.

Caring & Connected Parenting, based on the latest neuroscience research, helps you create a partnership family, one in which ALL members feel cared for, valued and respected.

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The Warmest Place of All

By Licia rando
Illustrated by Anne Jewett

A day of winter fun in the snow comes to an end when Sophie’s mother calls her to come inside. Sophie wants to find the perfect place that will make her feel toasty warm, but no matter where her mother suggests, the chill of winter creeps back into her bones. From the kitchen with a hot cup of cocoa to her cozy bed, Sophie just cannot seem to find the warmest place. Packed with similes, this delightful tale concludes with the discovery that true warmth and comfort is found in the abundance of family love.

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Entwined

 

Partnership Cultures: Beginning at the Beginning through Parenting.

Interdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies

Volume 3 Issue 2

Partnership cultures begin with the smallest units of society, the family. Creating partnership families requires evaluating internalized parenting scripts, discarding domination practices, and acting to nurture and form healthy relationships. Care and respect are foundational to partnership parenting, creating a safe environment in which children’s neurophysiologies flourish. Parenting practices that promote safety and calm, such as use of touch and communication that appreciates feelings, buffer children from the effects of stress. Policies and practices that support parents toward partnership -- particularly parents living with overwhelming stress, depression, addictions, and/or childhood histories of abuse and neglect -- may improve children’s lifetime physical and mental health outcomes as well as improve our society.

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Interviews with Licia

Caring and Connected Parenting. In Conversation with Licia Rando

Interview with Robyn Baker of the Center for Partnership Action

Licia joined Robyn in conversation about ways to explore more caring and connected relationships with children.

Licia discusses how to promote the wellbeing of children and the quality of connections with them throughout childhood.

Bowlby the Therapy Dog

Bowlby faces challenges and sometimes struggles, but that's OK.

Children enjoy watching him and can relate to what is happening.

Bowlby Learning Dog Tricks

Bowlby is learning tricks. Practice makes progress. Presentation for Attleboro, MA elementary schools 2021.

Bowlby Talks About Friends

When Bowlby was a puppy, Covid kept him from meeting other dogs. Here he answers questions about that.

Bowlby Cleans Up His Toys

Playing is fun but then it's time to clean up. Bowlby is learning how to do that. Sometimes it's hard.