Home Workshop Topics Drs. Chuck Elliott and Laura Smith are available for presenting a variety of workshops related to contemporary parenting for community groups, parents, and professionals. This workshop will overview common diagnostic disorders of childhood, parent and child centered treatments and their efficacy, cognitive therapy applied to parenting, the new focus on schemas and how to change problematic parenting schemas. Most parents already know what they need to do to raise their children. Unfortunately, they often fail to carry their good intentions.
Parents own emotional issues often stand in the way of effective parenting.
This workshop will teach parents how to understand these issues, change what they want to, and become the parents that already exist in their hearts. Facing the Parenting Challenges of Special Needs Children. When a child is identified as having a disability, parents experience grief and sometimes guilt. These are natural, though often intense emotions. The intensity can serve as a catalyst for dealing with the many challenges presented by special needs children.