Parenting:

Parenting means giving your children care, love, attention, safety and appreciation. Raising a child also involves guiding them toward adulthood, where they can fulfill life tasks and understand societal expectations while contributing positively to society. Establishing a loving bond with your child and allowing them to navigate their developmental stages are crucial aspects of parenting. However, achieving this balance in a healthy manner can be challenging. Being a good parent is no easy feat, as it involves grappling with numerous questions and challenges over the years. I offer both individual assistance and comprehensive five-week courses to support parents in their journey. Each course comprises five two-part sessions, where I introduce a method I've developed. Throughout these sessions, I emphasize the importance of consistency, positive discipline, fostering individuality, building capacity, maintaining focus, and promoting violence-free upbringing. The format typically involves me presenting materials through various mediums such as audio, video, and PowerPoint presentations in the first part of each session. Following a brief intermission, we engage in discussions tailored to address participants' specific questions and concerns. Ideally, each course accommodates either single parents or couples, with a maximum of five participants to ensure personalized attention and effective learning.

The courses include coffee/tea, a reader, course material and a booklist.

Popular courses are:
"my child is extremely active", "my child has no friends“, "moral development of children“
Enrole quickly for these courses if you are interested.
Other subjects can be:
"Metacognitive development", "problems at school", "communicating with my child".

These courses can be held in Dutch, English and German.
Please send me an email for information, timetable, location, bookings and questions.

Expatriate Families:

I am also experienced in helping Expatriate families adjusting emotionally to the host culture, developing realistic expectations of their children and helping with emotional problems their children may be facing due to integration.

Working with:

* Together with Martine van Es, education advisor and video interaction trainer, I am working on a day package offering treatment to help the child in it's environment. Video monitoring for the teachers at school and the parent/s at home, whilst still offering the child help on a one-to-one basis.
This can be an outcome for children and their surroundings suffering from different behaviour issues.
Please contact us if you are interested to receive further information.

Lectures:

* You can also book me for lectures and courses to offer to parents and teachers at your school.
Please get in touch with me about the subject of your interest.

Interesting Links:

I have made a list of interesting Links, books, videos and downloads that might be relevant for you. I constantly update this e.g. after attending symposiums please come back.

Click here for links to articles, downloads, books, videos, toys and other general information.