A Set Up For Success
Talk to any parent and they will tell you that parenting is the hardest yet most important job in the world. No one is provided with a parenting handbook. We are constantly inundated with advice from friends, family, the internet, and social media and it becomes difficult to discern what is appropriate and what will be most beneficial in supporting you and your children.
Today presents extraordinary challenges and the anxieties, worry, and fear that children are facing are the same emotions their parents are experiencing. The question is not only who is talking to our children, listening to them, understanding them, and most importantly supporting them; but who is talking to their parents, listening to them, understanding them, and most importantly supporting them? As our focus remains on helping our children, the work needs to first begin with helping parents because children cannot learn adaptive skills on their own.
Let Me Help You Help Them
As a lifelong advocate for the social/emotional and behavioral development of young children, I started my practice because every child has a voice that needs to be heard and every family needs an advocate for their child.
Social Emotional Support for Children
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1:1 Sessions
Individualized sessions tailored to meet the needs of each child.
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Small Groups
Groups that promote prosocial behaviors and support interpersonal meaningful relationships.
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Weekend Excursions
Weekend groups targeted to integrate social awareness and generalize life skills.
Providing Strategies for Parents & Educators
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Virtual Workshops
A safe, interactive, and supportive virtual space for parents to learn more about how to make life-changing choices for both parent and child.
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Therapist Partnerships
Collaboration with outside services to ensure consistency and positive ways to support overall development both at home and in school.
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Teacher Support
Ongoing collaboration with teachers to provide an individualized plan to set child up for success in the classroom.
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School Consultant
Partnering with schools to provide professional development for teachers and support for families.
The Child
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!
The Parents
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!
