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Playground Talks#25 How Drama Therapy And Storytelling Can Serve You As a Parent? With Donna GriffitHow can you shape your kid's perspective with your everyday stories? How storytelling and drama therapy can serve you as a parent? In this special episode, I was talking to Donna Griffit.Donna is a corporate storyteller, who has worked globally for over 18 years with Fortune 500 companies, Start-Ups, and investors in a wide variety of industries. She has consulted and trained clients in over 30 countries, helping them create, edit and deliver verbal and written presentations, pitches and messages. Through her guidance clients have raised over a billion dollars.As a parent, Donna is using st...2023-01-2430 min
Playground Talks#21 Five Ways To Prevent Tech Tantrums And Develop Healthy Screen Habits! With Jennifer Strube BochslerHow does excessive screen time affect children's brains and development?How many hours are recommended for a kid to be on screen?What are the five ways to prevent tech tantrums and develop healthy screen habits?Jennifer Strube Bochsler, LMFT, is co-founder of TechWiseLittles, an online community for nature-rich and screen-light parents. As an educator and licensed family therapist, she’s worked for 20 years in public and private education helping families with healthy tech boundaries and developing kids’ attention and focus skills. As a wife and mom of two, she's passionate about the o...2022-11-2235 min
Playground Talks#19 How Can You Stop A Meltdown Before It's Even Started? With Dr. Erin AvirettWhat's the earliest a kid starts to show a meltdown?Is there any difference between meltdowns and tantrums?Will you handle meltdowns differently at your house vs in public?What are the strategies you can use to Prevent meltdowns from happening? Dr. Avirett is a Licensed Psychologist. For the last decade, she has worked with children and young adults across the southwest for counseling and diagnostic evaluations. Dr. Avirett has been married for 15 years and has 3 children, ages 2, 9, and 11. Being a parent has given her fresh insight into the world of eve...2022-10-2534 min
Hey AmarilloErin AvirettA conversation with Dr. Erin Avirett, an Amarillo-based child psychologist. A specialist in school neuropsychology, Avirett performs neuropsychological assessment and therapy for children and teenagers all over the Texas Panhandle. She also one of the founders of Mind & Child, an online parenting course designed to improve child-parent relationships. In this conversation, she tells Jason Boyett how she found her way into her career, how psychological evaluations can help children, and why the pandemic so dramatically increased kids' anxiety. This episode is sponsored by Blue Handle Publishing and the TEXAS Outdoor Musical.2022-05-2344 min
Selling the Couch310: Creating an Online Course for ParentsI’m the fortunate podcast host with two guests today, which is a first for me! They are long-time friends of mine from grad school who have taken a unique idea and brought it to fruition in starting their company and launching their first online course. If you’re anything like me, you’ll want to hear all about it, so join us to hear their story!Our Featured GuestsJordana Mortimer, PhDErin Avirett, PhDJordana Mortimer and Erin Avirett are both child neuropsychologists with independent private practices. They have been f...2022-05-1935 min