Professional Development
I regularly offer services such as seminars and lectures, as well as hands on workshops at schools, businesses, and other professional agencies. The purpose of these workshops is to educate and unify the group on the topic offered. I am didactic and interactive and encourage group participation. Previous seminars and groups include but are not limited to:
SEMINARS & EDUCATIONAL LECTURES:
- Non coercive teaching
- Non coercive parenting
- Bullying
- Anger management
- Early childhood development
- Sensory development and hands on learning
- Managing homework
- Stress management
- Potty training
- Neurological development
- Montessori learning environment
- Alternatives to “behavioral“ approaches
- Motivation in learning
- Motivational enhancement in addiction recovery
- Dealing with developmental delays
- Depression and anxiety with medical disorders
- Traumatic Brain Injury and the family
- Coping with Bipolar Disorder
- Grief and loss
- Grief after Trauma: coping with survivor’s guilt
- Coping after divorce
- Child-centered teaching in a regular classroom
- Effects of video games on children and development
- Hyper-sexuality in our youth
- Coping with medical illnesses
- Independence and self esteem
- Self esteem for adolescents
- Finding your voice: for adolescents
- Coping skills for high stress for teens
CONTUNUING EDUCATION:
I have completed over 40 hours of continuing education biannually since 2001, Topics range from (but are not limited to) neuropsychology to trauma, cultural awareness and motivational enhancement.