While at home with her second son Irene studied under Kim West, AKA the Sleep Lady to become a certified sleep consultant. Irene is one of the "First 50" graduates of The Gentle Sleep Coaching Program which is currently the most extensive & professional sleep certification program available. The program involves over 50 hours of training, an exam and participation in case supervision with Kim West, LCSW-C who has been helping tired parents for over 16 years. Clinical supervision and ongoing advanced training are required to maintain certification as a Gentle Sleep Coach. She will be discussing:

• 5 Things that kept your child from sleeping last night
• Science of sleep- The Early Years
• Sleep Myths busted

Evening Program for Parents
Jan. 20, 2012
7:00—9:00pm Evening program for parents
at the Montessori School of Raleigh (no child care offered)
“Good at Doing Things”
Montessori Education and Higher order of Cognitive Functions

This is an exciting opportunity to hear Dr. Steven Hughes! (www.goodatdoingthings.com)
Dr. Hughes completed his PhD in clinical psychology at the University of Minnesota and his post-doctoral fellowship in pediatric neuropsychology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, where he joined the faculty of the Division of Pediatric Clinical Neurosciences in 2001. In his clinical work, he has specialized in
neuropsychological assessment of children and adolescents with a wide range of learning, developmental, and medical disorders.
Dr. Hughes maintains a private practice where he specializes in assessment of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and other learning and behavioral problems.
Himself a Montessori parent, Dr. Hughes has helped many families from the Twin Cities Montessori community understand their child’s special educational or developmental needs.

 

Previous PAG meetings included:

Anne Raymer is a speech-language pathologist with 23 years of experience in many different types of settings.  Her own children were born with serious and puzzling health and behavior problems that did not respond to regular medical treatment.   After exhausting their options with doctors, the Raymers started looking into alternative medicine, eventually traveling to Canada to see a chiropractor who had developed techniques in "energy medicine".
More information is available on her website: www.anneraymer.com

Sarah Gewanter from Asheville, NC,  Auditory Integration Training 3/14 7-8pm presentation, hearing testing and auditory evaluations available at Heartwood the next day 3/15. www.aithelps.com

Do you want to help children develop their innate potential to be happy, kind, wise? Eastern psychology, Western science, and fun meet in Ready Set Happy (RSH), a collection of playful yet profound activities including art, literature, music, science, games, meditations, and more. RSH engages children around important ideas like Patience and Forgiveness RSH and provides space for them to develop their own convictions about the benefits of cultivating the 16 positive attitudes of the 16 Guidelines for Life (16G). RSH and 16G are being used in homes, schools, businesses, prisons, hospices and more. Heartwood Montessori was one of a dozen locations around the world that tested RSH a few years ago. At the middle school a Heartwood teacher said, "I loved the 16 Guidelines program and felt it was of great benefit to our class last year. By the time we reached the last guideline, my students were discovering things about themselves and sharing on a level I could not have expected at the beginning of the year. The activities really brought a sense of cohesion and comfort to the group and a better understanding of themselves as individuals. We enjoyed the curriculum, it was thought-provoking, well-organized, adapted to multiple learning styles. They were able (and willing)to do many of the activities independently." 

Denise Flora, RSH developer, 16 Guidelines trainer, and local Apex mom of three, presents an interactive program overview and shares feedback from homes and schools at all levels on five continents around the world. A principal from Mexico reported, “I am convinced that by attending the sessions the children were given clear and precise tools for promoting positive changes in their attitudes. We have noted that many of the students have begun to apply these concepts to their daily lives.” A parent from France wrote, “This sort of resource is very rare and useful. Ready Set Happy has been the occasion of very nice discussions and some really fun moments with my children.” For more information, see www.16guidelines.org.

Bio for Denise Flora

BS, U Illinois; MS, UC Berkeley. 20 years leading children and adults in thousands of meaningful encounters with nature, art, music, ethics. Currently running Let'sPlayMusic; facilitating 16Guidelines for Life courses; and coordinating people on five continents using Ready Set Happy, the 16Guidelines children's resource she developed with her third child.

Tamara Lapsley- Speech and Language Pathologist

Tamara Hoxie is an on-site reading specialist. She tutors students individually, specializing in the child who is experiencing difficulty learning to read, write and spell in a traditional or group setting.

She uses a combination of methods, primarily Lindamood-Bell to introduce all the phonetic sounds of the English language through the physical sensations of the oral production. Combining consonants and all vowel sounds, students build words while adding sight words and visualization of letters to their repetoire. This is an intensive remediationprogram that builds a solid foundation for language arts. Most students will see a gain of 2-3 grade levels in reading after 18-24 months of hard work.

Heartwood Montessori has been Mrs. Hoxie's base location for the past 2 school years. This setting works well for the students to be able to come out of their classes for a 45 minute lesson three times a week and then integrate back into the classroom. She also works with public and home schooled children as well as other traditional private and Christian schools in Wake County. She has taught in all settings from traditional high school to public and private elementary and home school for the past 25 years,

Tamara's passion for reading comes from personal experience dealing with a son with severe language issues. This translated into severe reading problems. This son was deemed too learning challenged to be accepted in a school for special needs. She taught him herself at home after a fruitless search for a special program or school.

Her quest for answers to teaching him led her to change directions from a physical education/health teacher to a reading specialist. It led her to assess the fundamental issue of reading, Can all children learn to read? If so, what methods would be most optimal for the child who has special needs or who learns differently? Why are there such differences in children and has God designed this unique situation for a special purpose? Her faith and her passion have led her to some of the tools she now uses to unlock the mystery of words.

Tamara and her husband Larry are the parents of 4 sons, aged 15- 23. Her dogged determination to educate her challenged son have made a difference in his life as he now attends a private school as a sophomore. The journey has been one of great struggle, yet great rewards also. She enjoys the wonder of teaching a child who learns differently bringing hope into lives for both parents and children.

I graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1982 with a B.A. in Psychology and in 1984 from UNC with an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. I worked for 4 years with the Davie County Public Schools as a speech-language pathologist with students in grades K-12. In 1988, I moved to Charlotte, NC where I worked for almost 5 years at Charlotte Rehabilitation Hospital. There I gained experience in working with children and adults with a variety of communication disorders including cleft-lip and palate, hearing impairment, stroke, stuttering, language disorders, and traumatic brain injury. I also served as the Clinic Coordinator for their Cleft-Lip/Palate and Craniofacial teams. In 1993 I moved to Raleigh, NC with my husband and worked for Wake Medical Center's Outpatient Rehabilitation Clinics in Raleigh and at Western Wake Hospital. Since 1997 I have been raising my own children and also working privately with preschoolers and students who have speech-language deficits. In addition, I substitute at St. David's School in Raleigh for the speech-language pathologist on their Academic Support Team.