I am a mom who’s spent a lot of time in the trenches, parenting a strong-willed child. This parenting journey has turned me inside out at times. But it’s also been the gift of a lifetime. In fact I learned so much about parenting children with sensory integration issues, ADHD, and behavioral challenges that I went back to school to become certified as a PCI Certified Parent Coach.
I am devoted to making life easier for parents of strong willed and spirited children.
Professional Education
- PCI Certified Parent Coach. Parent Coaching Institute/Seattle Pacific University (2004)
- Bachelor degree in nursing/public health/psychology, San Francisco State University (1984) Graduated Summa Cum Laude
Specialized Areas of Interest and Expertise
- Parent Skill building/Maternal/Child Health Nurse
- Support group facilitator – parents with children with behavioral challenges.
- Parent Workshop facilitator
- Nonviolent communication training
- “Nurturing Parent” facilitator
- ADD/ADHD training workshops
- Positive discipline.
- “Words that work” workshop for working with children with special challenges.
- Studies – Spirited children, Strong willed child, Children with learning differences.
- Trainings on video games and screen effects on learning, behavior, and the brain.
- Co-created and write strategies for social support website for parents who are parenting differently – special needs/mental health/behavioral challenges www.awildride.net since inception in 2006.
- Authored personal essay on parenting published nationally in the book, When One Door Closes, in 2010.
To get to know me more, go to What I Believe or to my other website