The following are a sampling of workshops that are available. I welcome the opportunity to design a workshop on additional topics as well as create unique formats for workshop participation.
Parent Programs
Group for Parents Based on Developmental Issues: Both Topic-Oriented and Open-Ended Discussion
Kindergarten Readiness
Parenting Preschoolers: Balancing Fears and Positive Discipline
Establishing Parent Networks
Responding to Your “Rational” Teen
Supporting Family Connectedness in an Electronically Oriented World
Sex in the Suburbs
Raising Resilient Children
Grand Parenting: What is Your Role in Child Care?
Happily Ever After: Planning for Life Cycle Events
Student Programs
School Stress: Techniques for Success
Developing an Emotional Peer Bank Account
Tolerance within the Classroom: Respecting Differences
Thinking ahead to “Safe” College Years: Dating, Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol
Let’s Chat: Positive Friendships, Peer Pressure, and Cohesive Classroom Dynamics (Mini-series tailored to each grade level)
Teacher Trainings
Parent Conference: Strategies for Handling the Challenging Parent and Problematic Student Issues
Planning for Disaster: Preparation for the Unexpected
The Impact of Chronic Illness, Death and Grief on the Classroom
Childhood Stresses of the Twenty-first Century and their Impact on the Classroom: Family, Activities, Peers and Academics
Teamwork: Building Strong Teacher Teams
Workshops to address all of the stakeholders: Separate sessions for teachers, parents, and students:
Managing School-Based Moral and Ethical Behavior
Suicide Awareness
Assertiveness not Aggression: Pressing Delete for Bullies
Mental Health Professionals
Adoption: A Developmental Approach to Helping Children and Parents
Divorce: Navigating the On Going Process with Children, Parents and Couples
The Use of Self in Therapy