Services

Parent coaching – sessions to help parents understand why their children might be displaying certain behaviors and to learn specific strategies to deal with those behaviors; creation of treatment plans with goals and timelines; use of positive methods to bring out the best in parents and children

Behavioral work with children –  play and problem solving sessions that support children in getting along better with parents, siblings and peers  and learning strategies to be less impulsive or emotionally deregulated;  use of programs such as Stop, Think and Decide for making better choices

School observations and collaboration with teachers – visits to determine strategies that work best in the classroom for children with difficult behaviors in the school setting

Parenting classes – Playing, Learning, and Exploring (PLE) Infant Class currently taught at the Baby Garten Studio in South Park

Resources:

Recommended books: 

  1. Your Baby and Child by Penelope Leach
  2. Touchpoints by T. Berry Brazelton, MD and Joshua D. Sparrow, MD
  3. The Attachment Connection by Ruth P. Newton
  4. How to Talk so Kids will Listen and Listen so Kids will Talk by Elaine Mazlish and Adele Faber
  5. Siblings without Rivalry by Elaine Mazlish and Adele Faber
  6. Raising your Spirited Child by Mary Sheedy Kurcinka
  7. What about the Kids? Raising your Children Before, During and After Divorce by Judith Wallerstein and Sandra Blakeslee
  8. The Hurried Child by David Elkind
  9. Parenting from the Inside Out by Daniel Siegel, MD and Mary Hartzell, M.ED.
  10. Positive Discipline by Jane Nelson

Links to other websites:

www.babygartenstudio.com

www.zerotothree.org

www.naeyc.org

www.sdkidsfirst.com