A Blueprint For Parenting Children 0 to 7: A Foundation for Good Mental Health

Course overview

This multimedia presentation is for counselors, psychologists, teachers, and marriage and family therapists who want to increase the success of their clients in raising emotionally and mentally stable children, ages zero to seven. This is an informative and engaging course that is research-based and provides real-life examples. You will learn how to teach your clients how to have an easier and less stressful parenting experience. This course is appropriate for mental health professionals at all levels. Four expert speakers address the following topics: Secure parent-child attachment and bonding for emotional well-being, resilience, and vital brain development Different attachment styles that affect adult relationships later in life An easy-to-use discipline method A proven way to emotionally coach a child Understanding relationship problems that are caused by men and women experiencing the world differently, and how to resolve these problems Incorporating balance into lifestyles Ways technology affect a childs brain and how to utilize healthy strategies around technology Speaker Bios: Michelle Jensen Michelle Jensen has a diverse background encompassing a variety of experience teaching, creating, and implementing programs from 1975 to 1978 for two Girls Clubs in Santa Barbara, CA, including serving as the Teen Director of the Goleta Valley Girls club. She was also the creator of the first Career Development program for teen girls at that club. She has worked extensively with communities to establish rapport and working relationships with service and business agencies who complement one another. After her son was born in 1990, she produced and published a workbook on self-esteem called “Evolution of the Self,” by psychologist Dr. Clarise Blanchard. Through games and exercises, new parents and teachers can help to bring fresh consciousness to the childs spirit as they have much to teach us. Michelle also co-authored with Charlaine Froide “The Effective Guide to Parenting.” After receiving her Masters Degree in Psychology with an emphasis on Parenting, she has worked extensively with parents in many areas, including Child Development, Grief/Loss, and Single Parenting issues. Through her experience and extensive research, she has determined that prevention is the key to helping many people. Michelle started The Parent Resource Center, LLC in 2004 and has been counseling, creating parent programs, and helping parents with their personal growth issues ever since. The latest Parent Training is called “A Blueprint for Parenting Children ages 0 to 7”. This 2018 video is for parents as well as for counselors, marriage and family therapists, parent educators, and group facilitators. Dennis Morrow As a Licensed Professional Counselor for over 30 years and Executive Director for Janus Youth Programs, Inc. since 1980, Dennis has developed many counselor and training programs, including: Basic Counseling Skills; Advanced Counseling Skills; Parents-In-Charge; Adult Odyssey (impact of race and gender on the therapeutic relationship); Relationships and Addiction; Men and Addiction; Boys will be Men; Male Gender Specific Treatment for Boys. In 2012 he released the Male Box DVD: A Journey into a Deeper Understanding of Boys and Men, a DVD designed for use in training counselors/teachers/mentors working with teenage boys and adult males as well as a male gender-specific group curriculum. His most recent DVD of parenting is included in the Parent Resource Center LLC training “A Blueprint for Parenting Children from 0 to 7.” In 2009, Dennis was recognized by the University of Portlands Pamplin School of Business for Outstanding Contributions to the Division of Public Administration. As a working manager and a parent of eight adopted children, Dennis tends to focus on concrete strategies and techniques which can be directly applied for even the most complex organizational/human dynamics. David Bones David Bones is a Parenting Educa