your preschooler wouldn’t be doing his job if he didn’t test limits and begin to establish autonomy.  as parents, it is our job to help our children learn what those limits are, how to manage emotional reactions and frustrations and what behaviors are acceptable, all while fostering a healthy self esteem and sense of independence.  this workshop will focus on providing your preschooler with limit setting and discipline in an effective way, as well as strategies to help you change your child’s behavior through positive discipline.  we’ll cover effective ways to prompt and praise your child, the use of incentives and rewards, how to give an effective time-out, behavior shaping for more challenging behaviors, and how to respond (or not respond) to minor mis-behaviors. 

through individualized sessions, we provide specific, useful, and research-based information to prepare you for the range of normal developmental challenges from temper tantrums to separation anxiety, being bullied to being the bully, handling non-negotiable issues versus negotiable ones, as well as various others including, feeding issues, sibling adjustment,  social and emotional well being, to name a few.  our mission is to help you develop highly effective ways to nurture your babies' growing mind, emotional well-being, and social relationships.  we’ll be there to provide you with cutting edge research on any child-related topic that interests you.

we will be there to help you solve your preschoolers sleep challenges and will work with you in your home or through phone consultations to help you and your child sleep well!

get other moms of preschoolers together and we’ll join you for a six-week session on topics we will design with you.  we’ll arm you with strategies that work and will help guide your choices about how you spend time with, respond to, and nurture your child.  whether you want to focus on nurturing cognitive development such as language, literacy and math, or spend time discussing social and emotional development, our goal is to ease your anxieties, empower you with information, address your concerns and questions. we'll provide you with an ongoing circle of research-based support, all in the comfort of your own home.

our affiliate, dr. alex barzvi is available through her private practice for individual therapy and consultation services to address various emotion-based issues. dr. barzvi is a licensed clinical psychologist and all sessions are private and confidential.

nurturing problem solving skills workshop (ages 3-7)

in toddlerhood, parents spend a lot of time teaching appropriate ways to behave, react, and respond. but by 3 or 4, most children already know why they should do things and consequently, many parents find themselves constantly repeating phrases like, "how many times do I have to tell you?" or, "I can't believe I'm having to say this again!" the problem is, understanding doesn't mean doing and children are much more likely to carry out an idea that is their own.

the I can problem solve workshop, based on dr. myrna shure's research, will give parents the tools to help their young children learn to take more responsibility for their own behavior by equipping them with skills to make good decisions and the freedom to use them. when children learn how to think and not what to think, they begin to evaluate the consequences of their behavior, consider the perspectives of others and come up with good solutions to problems on their own.

parents will be given an I can problem solve workbook filled with dialogues, games, activities and stories that they can complete with their children.