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Executive Functioning Support for Parents — Virtual Course Starts 4/12
The 5-week course “Executive Functioning Support: Raising an Organized Kid” with instructor Deanna Kim, M.Ed. will be available virtually. Meeting Wednesdays at 11:30 am PST starting April 12, the course will help parents struggling with planning, organization, and time management.
Deanna Kim, M.Ed., Summit Center's educational therapist and executive functioning expert, will lead participants to develop their own family roadmap for staying organized. Sessions will focus on planning through the use of a family calendar, time management, establishing routines, sustaining attention, how to work through the homework frustrations, and emotional regulation.
Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. Early bird pricing of $320 ends March 24. We expect this course to sell out, so register early to reserve your spot.
Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan: New Podcast Episodes on Dyslexic Advantages, Raising a Deaf Child, Audiobooks, and Motherhood Myths
Dr. Dan spoke with four new guests this past month, including dyslexic experts Drs. Fernette and Brock Eide, accessibility advocate Beth Leipholtz, actor Barbara Rosenblat, and opinion writer Jessica Grose.
The New Dyslexic Advantage with Dr. Brock and Dr. Fernette Eide
Dr. Dan returns to a very personal topic on this new episode: dyslexia, which has touched Dr. Dan and his family. He brings back popular podcast guests Dr. Fernette Eide and her husband Dr. Brock Eide (founders of the nonprofit Dyslexic Advantage) to talk about the updated version of their paradigm-shifting book The Dyslexic Advantage.
Drs. Fernette Eide and Brock Eide discuss the dyslexic mind, their strength-based approach to dyslexia, why dyslexia should be viewed as a learning/processing style and not a disorder, the gifts of dyslexia, new research and more. This is a must-listen, informative, and inspiring episode for educators, parents, caregivers, employers, and those who process things through a dyslexic lens.
The ABCs of Inclusion and Raising a Deaf Child with Beth Leipholtz
Dr. Dan is excited to welcome an inspiring parenting advocate, mom, and social media star to this episode: viral phenomena Beth Leipholtz joins Parent Footprint to talk about inclusion, raising a deaf son, and her new children’s book The ABCs of Inclusion. Dr. Dan also talks to Beth about her work as an accessibility advocate who believes in creating a more accepting world for our children.
As the hearing mother of a deaf child, Beth is raising her son, Coop, bilingually in both hearing and Deaf cultures. She shares her parenting journey on TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, where she has built a community of more than 1 million people around disability inclusion.
Currently, Barbara is the narrator of Winnie-the-Pooh, a new podcast from AudioFile Magazine for kids and kids at heart. Barbara brings her passion and iconic voice to this episode to discuss how this classic story empowers children. She shares what she discovered when she connected with Winnie-the-Pooh late in life (not in her own childhood) and how Winnie-the-Pooh can bring us all a bit of Zen along with lessons of resilience, conquering fear, and our shared humanity regardless of our age.
Dr. Dan and Jessica (mother of two daughters) discuss her parenting experiences, mom burnout, self-care, motherhood myths, double-standards, and more. This provocative episode pulls apart our ideas of American motherhood to explore how we can make parenting more humane for ALL parents.
Dr. Paula Wilkes offers spiritual awareness coaching for teens and adults who want to harness and use their personal energy in order to build a stronger connection between their human and divine aspects. Dr. Wilkes is an educational therapist, coach, and consultant for gifted and twice-exceptional children and adults who works with clients virtually. She can teach how to self-soothe and modulate sensitivities so individuals can effectively channel and experience their intensity and its gifts, rather than stuffing them away or trying to escape them. Some spiritually sensitive children and adults end up with depression, anxiety, and autoimmune issues from the stress of living with sensitivities they don’t understand and can’t contain. These sensitivities can lead to loneliness and self-doubt, and for this reason, Dr. Wilkes works to nourish the minds, hearts, and bodies of exquisitely sensitive people, and can help them develop a deeper spiritual connection as well.
Legendary country singer Tammy Wynette sang, “Sometimes it’s hard to be a woman…” But you know what’s really hard? Being a middle school girl. Or a high school girl. Or even an elementary school girl. And being gifted or 2e (twice exceptional; meaning being both gifted and having another exceptionality, such as ADHD, autism, dyslexia, anxiety, etc.) adds an additional level of complexity. Social dynamics, academics, relationships with family members, extracurricular activities, self-concept…there are a lot of angles for a girl to manage.
“Many of these disruptors, innovators, great creators of all time are from the dyslexic community. That doesn’t mean all, but it certainly means there are surprising numbers that are there. And just realize that you miss as a society if you are focused on the small end. You may discourage, you may cause depression or anxiety in these individuals if you don’t recognize the enormous talent that is there.”
-- Dr. Fernette Eide about the Dyslexic Advantage on the Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan Podcast
