Classes For Parents
Brain Development & Early Learning: What You Can Do
Find out how the brain develops, what helps and hinders brain development, and what parents can do to support brain development in young children. Find out also the basics of early learning and what you should – and don’t need to do – to help your child reach full potential.
If you’ve been wondering about brain development, or worried or confused about early learning, this seminar will provide you with what you need to know. Sign up today!
When: April 17, 2010 from 9:30 am to 11:30 am Where: Mosaic Coffee House Address: 4401 Second Ave NW, Seattle, WA Cost: $10 per person; preregistration required. Reasonably well-behaved children and all infants are welcome.
The Parent Vibe Parent Development Series
Get key information and ongoing support in these convenient audio-slide seminars. Far from stuffy or dull, these presentations are conversational, interesting, and downright useful. Not only that, but you may come back to your seminars again and again and can ask questions in the forum section as questions arise. Dr. A is always ready to provide some answers or suggestions. It’s easy to enroll. Start with our free seminar on brain development. Take a look at that today.
Brain Development and Early Learning
Learn the basics of brain development and what you need to do - and what you don’t need to worry about - in developing your child’s brain to its full potential. This one-hour seminar is free. Still have questions about the brain? Ask them on the forum right on the site.
Becoming Attached
Secure attachment is the foundation for social relationships throughout life, yet most parents are confused about what attachment is and how to create secure attachment. And adoptive parents might wonder if they can develop secure attachment in their child at all. Find out everything you need to know about attachment and how to rebuild damaged attachment. Participate in the question-and-answer forum too.
Language Development
How do babies learn to talk? When should you be concerned about a language delay and how can you support vocabulary development throughout your child’s life? And what about second-language learning? Find the answers to these and other questions and put your own questions to Dr. Anderson through the on-site interactive forum.
ADHD and Autism
Many parents these days are worried about one or the other (or both!) of these high-profile brain disorders. Get solid information and strategies for coping with ADHD and autism in this informative slidecast and interview. If questions remain or come up later, you can access the question-and-answer forum right on the site to find out what you need to know.
Sleep Solutions
If bedtime or naptime spells trouble at your house, this is the course for you. You’ll find out about why sleep is so important, how you can establish go-to-bed routines, help older kids manage bedtime and waking up on time, and what to think about letting your infant "cry-it-out." Find answers to questions that are keeping the whole family up at night in this slide presentation and follow-up Q&A forum.
Discipline and Self-regulation
All children behave badly once in a while. What’s the right response? And how can you help your child to become self-regulating? How do you get her there? Find out how to guide your infant, toddler, preschooler, and older child or teen towards self-discipline, and your family toward thoughtful and responsible interactions. The questions-and-answer forum is there for help with questions as they arise.
Spontaneous Reading
Learning to read is such an important task that it’s unwise to leave it to chance. But how can you help your child learn to read, effortlessly and without any special programs or instruction? Find out what makes a kid "a reader" and how you can help your child, no matter what his age, learn to read and enjoy reading. Use the forum to get answers about your particular situation.
Choosing Childcare and Preschools
Are you considering childcare for your infant or preschool child? Do you wonder how to choose childcare or a preschool and are you worried about how your child will react? Get all the information you need to make an informed decision. And the forum can be your supportive resource for throughout your family’s childcare years.
Patricia Nan Anderson is an expert in child development and learning with over thirty years’ experience in innovative programming, public speaking and guidance of parents and teachers of young children. She earned her doctorate in Educational Psychology from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree in Education from University of Minnesota. She taught first grade for six years in St. Paul, Minnesota and developed programs for children, teens and parents at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She was a professor of Early Childhood Education at National-Louis University for 13 years, until deciding to devote her energies exclusively to the development of parents and families.
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