Recorded Webinars
View our past events from experts in the fields of mental health, nutrition, and child development. Your donation makes a difference in the life of another. Thank you for whatever you are able to donate to the Mental Health Scholarship Program. YOU make this possible!
Dr. Paul Nussbaum
Doctor Nussbaum is board-certified in Clinical Psychology and Geropsychology with a specialization in Neuropsychology. He is the Founder and President of Brain Health Center, Inc. which provides independent medical examinations, neuropsychological assessments, and case management for those suffering from neurological and neurobehavioral disorders. The Center also serves as the epicenter for Dr. Nussbaum’s Brain Health Lifestyle®, consultation business, and his Keynote presentations internationally.
Doctor Nussbaum has 30 years of experience in the care of adults and older persons suffering from dementia, head injury, and many neuropsychiatric disorders. An expert in neuroanatomy and human behavior, he has published many peer-reviewed articles, books, and chapters within the scientific community. He also serves on the editorial boards for several scientific and clinical journals.
Doctor Nussbaum educates the general public on the basics of the human brain and how to keep the brain healthy over the entire lifespan. He has presented his views on brain health at the United Nations, National Press Club, Mensa, Sirius Radio, and CSPAN. His keynote presentations are both informative and fun and he is often interviewed by the local and national press/media.
Carrie Lindemuth & Hannah Bogan of Brain Talk
The Brain Talk Curriculum is the “brainchild” born out of a collaborative effort between a Speech-Language Pathologist and an Educational Therapist who realized that increased self-awareness and understanding of how one's brain functions is, itself, a tool for self-regulation. Supported by research showing that meta-cognition, or thinking about our thinking plays a critical role in successful decision-making and learning, The Brain Talk Curriculum teaches students how to be more aware of the connections between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors as they relate to decision making.
Brain Talk is the result of a collaborative effort between an Educational Therapist and a Speech-Language Pathologist trying to better understand how their students’ ability to self-regulate was a reflection of their brain integration.
Leah Kuypers
As the creator and author of The Zones, Leah desires to provide others with information on a framework used to foster self regulation and emotional control. Her book, The Zones of Regulation (Think Social Publishing, 2011) has been enthusiastically received by educators, therapists and parents around the world. In addition to developing additional learning tools to supplement The Zones curriculum, she owns a small business, Kuypers Consulting, Inc., based out of Minneapolis, MN.
She enjoys providing training and consultations to parents, schools and professionals by offering workshops on self-regulation and the Zones framework to groups locally, around the United States and internationally.
To date over 100,000 copies of The Zones of Regulation book have been sold and the framework has been implemented in districts around the world to support students' social emotional learning. Join us in this interview with creator and author Leah Kulpyers.
Trey Anthony
Trey Anthony is an award-winning writer, motivational speaker, and relationship/life coach. She is the first black woman in Canada to have a television series on a prime-time network. Her work includes the plays, 'da Kink in My Hair and How, Black Mothers Say I Love You. Trey's life purpose is to empower women to live their best damn lives!
Her new book, Black Girl in Love (with herself), published by Hay House, will be available January 2021. She divides her time between Atlanta and Toronto. She is an adoption advocate and the proud momma bear to her son Kai. In her spare time, she enjoys laughing at herself and all her antics and eating cupcakes!
Follow Trey on Instagram @blackgirlinlove and visit treyanthony.com to learn more about her.
Cognitive & Motor Activities To Strengthen Executive Functions in Children
Dr. Lynne Kenney is the nation’s leading pediatric psychologist in the development of classroom cognitive-physical activity programs for students grades K-8. Through coordinative cognitive-motor movement activities, students strengthen their executive functions and social-emotional learning.
Integrating research from over 100 scientific studies, Dr. Lynne Kenney (warmly known as Dr. Lynne) has developed cognitive-motor movement and coaching strategies to support and strengthen executive functions. Learn how to motivate students to be their own "cognitive scientist". Dr. Lynne collaborates with students to help them build the executive function skills necessary to become the best coaches for their own brains and bodies.
Raising THRIVERS: Parenting Tips and Tools to Help Kids Thrive in An Uncertain World
Our kids are the smartest on record, but also the loneliest, most stressed, risk averse, and depressed. It’s why we must rethink our parenting so they can thrive in an anxious, uncertain world. The good news is that thrivers are made, not born. In this thought-provoking session, you’ll learn seven traits that science says matter most in happiness and success (even more than IQ and grades) and help kids thrive both now and later. You’ll learn how to help your child cope with everyday frustrations as well as bigger challenges, solve problems and develop resourcefulness, bounce-back from failure, develop an optimistic spirit, and recognize their unique passion to increase authentic confidence. This session offers hands-on tools to raise successful, self-reliant, and less-pressured kids who thrive in school and life. Original webinar date: April 8, 2021.
Michele Borba, Ed.D. is an internationally renowned educator, award-winning author, and parenting child expert recognized for her solution-based strategies to strengthen children’s empathy, social-emotional intelligence and character, and reduce peer cruelty.
Empowering vs. Enabling: Fostering Independence in Children and Teens
How do you teach complex kids to become more independent? Are you enabling them or setting them up for success? Do you let them risk failure, or give them a helping hand? This interactive workshop will identify what are reasonable and realistic expectations, and provide a framework to decide when and how much to help. We'll cover 5 key motivators, and the 4 phases of effective parenting to transfer ownership and foster independence. Original webinar date: March 13, 2021.
Two decades ago, Elaine Taylor-Klaus describes herself as an overwhelmed, anxious stay-at-home mom with three complex kids. A fierce advocate, she discovered there was plenty of support "out there" for her kids, but virtually nothing in the way of support for her. As her own learning and attention challenges were diagnosed after age 40, she realized that helping her family needed to start with her. She trained as a coach to provide support for parents like her. Now, ten years later, Elaine is the co-founder and CEO of ImpactParents.com, the largest and most innovative online support resource for parents of complex kids in the world, serving parents on six continents and more than a hundred countries. She is the author of 2 books (including the recent #1 New Release, The Essential Guide to Raising Complex Kids with ADHD, Anxiety, and More).
Optimize Immune Function to Resist COVID
About half of Americans have risk factors that increase their chances of complications with COVID infections. Some, like advanced age, cannot be altered, but did you know that 80% of those hospitalized in one study had low vitamin D levels? There are many strategies that can reduce your risk of severe illness and lower the anxiety and anger that comes from feeling disempowered. Join clinical nutritionist and author, Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND and discover how to take back your health: the pandemic edition. Original webinar date: February 11, 2021.