School is ..just around the corner

School resumes soon. Or for some, it may be the first time their little one heads out the door to start on their adventure in education. It is very important to start out with the right attitude, the right approach to creating success for our children. There have been mounting pressures on most teachers, especially those in the public schools, and inadvertently there has been a rise in the idea that children need more rules, more punishments, and consquences. Learning has suffered at both the academic and equally importantly- the social-emotional levels. IT has been shown again and again that there are direct connections between the social emotional atmosphere of a class and the learning that takes place there. There are practical effective strategies that you can use to move your child toward success and that can easily be shared with teachers, thus fostering a collaborative rather than adversarial relationship. I'd like to hear from you and share this approach.

Creating Positivity with you children

Everyone knows they do not want to go negative with their kids . They do not want to "feed the negativivity." It just gives you more of what you do not want. !!! But, what to do? How do you create responsible behavior and not go reactive? There is a way. There are strategies and they do work. I am a family therapist who works with the most difficult and challenging kid in the county school system AND in you home!! I will share with you ways to bring these method into your home, share with your childrens's theachers, and create an atomosphere of positivity that creates amazing kids who use there energies to be absolutely awesome kids!!!