The Self-Driven Child: How to Get Your Kids to Take More Control Over Their Lives

with Dr. William Stixrud

Monday, October 30th @7pm ET

Dr. William Stixrud is one of the leading experts on stress and motivation in children. Simply put? There is NO ONE doing the work that Dr. Stixrud is.

As parents or caregivers, we’re all guilty of it.  Instead of trusting our kids to make choices of their own, we insist on micromanaging EVERYTHING they do from homework to friendships to activities and everything in between. Instead, Dr. William Stixrud, leading expert on stress and motivation in children and co-author of The Self Driven Child, has a very simple solution for us.

JUST STOP.

Beginning with the philosophy that without a healthy sense of control or the ability to make meaningful choices, our kids are at a high risk of becoming anxious, angry, self-destructive, or even self-medicating. Even with all our parent involvement, our children often fail to thrive. In other words, in trying too hard to control our children, we have unwittingly become part of the problem we’re trying to solve.

In this one-hour, online masterclass, Dr. Stixrud will dive deep into why it makes good sense to give our kids more choice and control over their lives.  He’ll share his cutting-edge, research-backed approach that shows when parents take a step back, children feel less overwhelmed and stressed and are able to take charge of their own lives and find their self-drive.

Anxiety & The ADHD Student: Strategies for Parenting the "Stressed Out" Child

with Dr. Sharon Saline

Monday, December 4th @7pm ET

Dr. Sharon Saline is THE expert for understanding and managing ADHD and Mental Health issues in our children.

In the past few years, we’ve seen many more students diagnosed with anxiety than ever before. School is one of their biggest concerns and academic performance ranks high among their worries. For students with ADHD, learning disabilities, or twice-exceptionality who already struggle with school, this new, post-COVID data is especially alarming.

In this one-hour, online masterclass, Dr. Saline, veteran psychologist, and author of “What Your ADHD Child Wishes You Knew: Working Together to Empower Kids for Success in School and Life,” will discuss how to address school anxiety and what parents and professionals can do to help kids reduce their worries. After reviewing the physiology and psychology of anxiety, she’ll show us how to recognize different types of anxiety, how it contributes to overwhelm, and when to seek professional help. Dr. Saline will also explain how to help kids reduce the patterns of procrastination, perfectionism, and negative thinking that interfere with motivation, goal-directed persistence, and productivity.

 You’ll learn useful techniques to assist students in responding effectively to worries by reframing anxiety, talking back to ‘what ifs’, and doing more of what works. She’ll offer tools to assist your student to evaluate situations realistically, tolerate uncertainty, and feel more confident and calmer. You’ll walk away knowing how to foster the resilience that everybody needs in today’s complex world!

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