Do you find yourself being negative often with your child?
Do you feel like your kids are seen as the "difficult children"?
Have you tried other parenting approaches that haven't worked?
Join us on a journey of discovering greatness in
you and your children through
Nurtured Heart Parenting Classes
In working with children, instead of "putting out fires" and waiting for the next "acting out" to begin - we deal only with problem solving. This approach, created by Howard Glasser, allows parents to give energy to children when things are going RIGHT and when THINGS ARE NOT GOING WRONG. When things are not going right with a child, we learn to withdraw our energy, giving the child a reset that is brief and not energized. Children want our positive energy and begin to seek success. Negative behaviors become less exciting. This approach works well with very young children up through adolescence. All children thrive in discovering their own greatness! (Adults benefit as well!)
Classes are scheduled on an on-going basis. Please call for dates and times. Cost is $120 (or $180 for co-parents).
To register or to get further information: Call 359-6104 or email at susan@CUsocialwork.com. The course is co-taught by Advanced Nurtured Heart Trainers, Heidi Grove, MSW and myself.
Nurtured Heart Approach for Parents
Thursday, February 12 from 7 - 9 pm at the Champaign Public Library there will be a Parent Workshop based on the Nurtured Heart Approach. Parents lead their children to success and recognition of their greatness and inner wealth through 1) relentless positivity, 2) strict rules, 3) not leaking negativity. Join us.
NEW SPACE
January 8, 2009
We finally got into the new offices! I am at 116 North Chestnut, Suite 243 which is the old train station downtown. A big thanks to Sam and Jim for moving me in! Give me a call if you want to visit (the coffee pot is usually on) 359-6104
We finally got into the new offices! I am at 116 North Chestnut, Suite 243 which is the old train station downtown. A big thanks to Sam and Jim for moving me in! Give me a call if you want to visit (the coffee pot is usually on) 359-6104
CALLING ALL PARENTS!
January 12, 2009
Do you find yourself being negative often with your child?
Do you feel like your kids are seen as the "difficult children"?
Have you tried other parenting approaches that haven't worked?
Join us on a journey of discovering greatness in
you and your children through
Nurtured Heart Parenting Classes
In working with children, instead of "putting out fires" and waiting for the next "acting out" to begin - we deal only with problem solving. This approach, created by Howard Glasser, allows parents to give energy to children when things are going RIGHT and when THINGS ARE NOT GOING WRONG. When things are not going right with a child, we learn to withdraw our energy, giving the child a reset that is brief and not energized. Children want our positive energy and begin to seek success. Negative behaviors become less exciting. This approach works well with very young children up through adolescence. All children thrive in discovering their own greatness! (Adults benefit as well!)
This is a 4 week program - February 26, March 12 and 19 and April 2 from 7-9 pm. The cost is $120 which includes a book and coaching support (or $180 for co-parents).
To register or to get further information: Call 359-6104 or email at susan@CUsocialwork.com. The course is co-taught by Advanced Nurtured Heart Trainers, Heidi Grove, MSW and myself.
Do you want to learn more? We are having a free introductory workshop on Thursday, February 12 at 7 pm at the Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion C.
Come join us!
Do you find yourself being negative often with your child?
Do you feel like your kids are seen as the "difficult children"?
Have you tried other parenting approaches that haven't worked?
Join us on a journey of discovering greatness in
you and your children through
Nurtured Heart Parenting Classes
In working with children, instead of "putting out fires" and waiting for the next "acting out" to begin - we deal only with problem solving. This approach, created by Howard Glasser, allows parents to give energy to children when things are going RIGHT and when THINGS ARE NOT GOING WRONG. When things are not going right with a child, we learn to withdraw our energy, giving the child a reset that is brief and not energized. Children want our positive energy and begin to seek success. Negative behaviors become less exciting. This approach works well with very young children up through adolescence. All children thrive in discovering their own greatness! (Adults benefit as well!)
This is a 4 week program - February 26, March 12 and 19 and April 2 from 7-9 pm. The cost is $120 which includes a book and coaching support (or $180 for co-parents).
To register or to get further information: Call 359-6104 or email at susan@CUsocialwork.com. The course is co-taught by Advanced Nurtured Heart Trainers, Heidi Grove, MSW and myself.
Do you want to learn more? We are having a free introductory workshop on Thursday, February 12 at 7 pm at the Champaign Public Library, Robeson Pavilion C.
Come join us!
October 17
Thanks to the students of
St. Matthew's School in Champaignfor the generous donation of hand crafted gifts to share with
Ugandan children.
The jewelry making kits, coloring books, puzzles and games will
be distributed at Mulago Hospital in Kampala and
neighborhoods and villages.
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October 7, 2008
Here is an article from Psychology Today about how being online can help to increase reading skills and overall school performance. FYI....
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Letting the kids snuggle up to the World Wide Web may not be as damaging as you think.
To find out more about the true nature of a child's relationship with the Internet, Linda Jackson, a psychology professor at Michigan State University, organized the HomeNetToo project. She and a group of researchers wanted to know what would happen when low-income households, with children between the ages 10 and 16, were given a computer with Internet access. (All of these homes had been without the Web until this point.) Would access to the World Wide Web be abused or constructively used?
Here is an article from Psychology Today about how being online can help to increase reading skills and overall school performance. FYI....
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Letting the kids snuggle up to the World Wide Web may not be as damaging as you think.
To find out more about the true nature of a child's relationship with the Internet, Linda Jackson, a psychology professor at Michigan State University, organized the HomeNetToo project. She and a group of researchers wanted to know what would happen when low-income households, with children between the ages 10 and 16, were given a computer with Internet access. (All of these homes had been without the Web until this point.) Would access to the World Wide Web be abused or constructively used?
Over the course of 16 months, researchers monitored the children's time spent on the Internet, along with other areas such as academic performance—measured by GPA and standardized test scores. Across both genders, academic performance was higher for students who spent more time on the Web than those who spent less time. The effects remained consistent throughout the course of the study.
Jackson says that parents should be encouraged by these findings. The Internet may be getting even the most pronounced bibliophobes to appreciate the written word: "The reason for this improvement is because the Internet is text-based," she says. "Kids are reading more than they otherwise would."
Stronger reading muscles translate into academic improvement across the board—except, perhaps, in mathematics, an area in which the study's subjects showed no change.
Jackson, however, does not suggest a "more is better" policy when it comes to time spent on the Web. The students in her study averaged only 30 minutes a day of Internet use. "Excessive time online is likely to detract from other activities that contribute to good academic performance, as well as social and emotional development," she stresses.
So while no study is likely to point to benefits of your kids assuming permanent citizenship in the computer chair, parents can rest assured that the Internet's affect on the adolescent brain can be quite the opposite of melting.
Psychology Today Online, 6 October 2006
Last Reviewed 11 Oct 2007
Article ID: 4183
Last Reviewed 11 Oct 2007
Article ID: 4183
FYI from Susan: A New Program to Address Grief
I am offering a 12 week program this winter which creates a safe environment in which to look at old beliefs about dealing with loss; to look at what losses have affected your life; and to take new actions which lead to completion of the pain attached to one of those losses. I will be sending out more information closer to the time.
Last week I completed my certification training with the Grief Recovery Institute and learned so much about helping people deal with many sorts of grief that impacts our lives. Simply defined, grief is the normal and natural reaction to significant emotional loss of any kind. While we never compare losses, any list would include death and divorce as obvious painful losses. Our list also includes many others; life transitions, retirement, moving, pet loss, financial and health issues among them.
The range of emotions associated with grief are as varied as there are people and personalities. Grief is the emotional response to loss but most of the information we have learned about dealing with loss is intellectual. We are all advised to "let go", "move on" after losses of all kinds. Most of us would do that if we knew how. For many people, unresolved grief can be diagnosed and treated as depression.
Please let me know if you or someone you know may be interested in taking this journey with me.
susan@susanevanslcsw.com
217-359-6104
Last week I completed my certification training with the Grief Recovery Institute and learned so much about helping people deal with many sorts of grief that impacts our lives. Simply defined, grief is the normal and natural reaction to significant emotional loss of any kind. While we never compare losses, any list would include death and divorce as obvious painful losses. Our list also includes many others; life transitions, retirement, moving, pet loss, financial and health issues among them.
The range of emotions associated with grief are as varied as there are people and personalities. Grief is the emotional response to loss but most of the information we have learned about dealing with loss is intellectual. We are all advised to "let go", "move on" after losses of all kinds. Most of us would do that if we knew how. For many people, unresolved grief can be diagnosed and treated as depression.
Please let me know if you or someone you know may be interested in taking this journey with me.
susan@susanevanslcsw.com
217-359-6104