Connection. Communication. Collaboration.
Who is talking to our children, listening to them, understanding them, and most importantly supporting them? Who is talking to their parents, listening to them, understanding them, and most importantly supporting them? Providing social and emotional support for children and insight and guidance for parents, I am dedicated to supporting children and their families. Through understanding each child's overall development, the process begins with identifying and learning how to help regulate emotions. Setting realistic expectations, I then provide strategies as well as the tools for their implementation. The goal is for your child to internalize the skills necessary to build successful relationships. Different stages present different challenges and the program is tailored to address the needs of preschool through middle school aged children. With our work together the outcome will be life changing.
SPEC provides social skills development through 1:1 sessions and small group sessions to target social/emotional and behavioral challenges. As a lifelong advocate for the social and emotional development of young children, I have created SPEC because EVERY child has a voice that needs to be heard and EVERY family needs an advocate for their child.
WHO I SUPPORT
Families
Children
Parents
Teachers
Therapists
Schools
Child’s Piece
I have always believed that transparency and seeing the world from your child’s perspective are paramount. Providing a comprehensive support system both emotionally and structurally (home set up, routines, and best practices) will lay the critical foundation for your child. Children experience the world in a very different way than we, as adults, do. This may seem obvious, but it is often overlooked. Actively trying to understand what your children are experiencing and helping them to identify their feelings, is crucial to their overall emotional development. Let’s not forget...our children might be little, but they experience the same big feelings of anxiety, worry, and fear that need to be expressed and supported. Let me help you help them!
Parent’s Piece
Early, ongoing communication and good listening practices with your children, lets them know that you are always there to help and care about their well-being. Your commitment to tapping into your child’s perspective, needs, and expectations is essential. As you continue to model, remain consistent, and reinforce desired behaviors, your child will begin to internalize the skills that you have provided while feeling safe and comfortable at home and in the outside world. Each week we will review implemented strategies to assess what did/did not work and why. It has been proven that parent involvement is the key component for any child’s developmental success. Are you ready?
My Role
I am committed to and passionate about the ongoing work necessary to empower children and support parent engagement. I am often asked, “What is your approach?” and my response is simply, “I haven’t met your child”. My approach is not a one-size-fits-all and as I get to know you and your child, I develop an individualized plan to guide you through the process. My objective is to support you, the parents, so that you, in turn, can help your child develop the important skills and confidence needed to build positive relationships. We will be consistently re-evaluating and refining as the process is flexible and fluid. As your child begins to develop adaptive skills necessary to make good choices and nurture appropriate relationships, positive behavior will continue to emerge. The impact this will have on you and your family will be profound. Let’s get started!