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Dr.
Jeffery Bruns, Ph.D. (Psychologist, Lecturer, and Author), Certified
Educational and Behavioral Therapist, Director Parenting Intervention
Clinic
During Dr. Bruns'
career working in the field of public education
and in private clinics as a behavioral therapist, diagnostician
and consultant, his focus effort has been researching and
developing programs for child discipline and management by
adopting an
industry-based standard of achievement. Dr. Bruns is
the director for the Parent Intervention Clinic in Alamo,
Ca. The clinic serves the family needs of identification and
remediation of child behavior management and learning disabilities.
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Dr.
Ali Hashemian, Ph.D. (ADHD Expert), American
College of Behavioral Medicine, Director
of Attention & Achievement Center
Dr. Hashemian is the President
and Founder of American College of Behavioral Medicine
He received his doctoral degree in 1981 from Pacific Western
University and has received post-doctoral
continuing education and training in child and adolescent psychiatric
disorders with specialty in Attention Deficit Disorders from
Harvard Medical School, Department of Psychiatry and Massachusetts
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Fred Becker, Licensed Professional Educator, Director of Becker
Institute
Becker brings to Encourage over 34 years experience
working with adolescents and parents as a classroom instructor,
special projects trainer
and program director. He has developed
a life skills program “Psychology of Effective Living” for the San
Diego Unified School District,“How
to Develop A Self-Reliant and Responsible Child,” a course for parents, “How
to Develop A Self-Reliant and Responsible Student,” a course for teachers.
His
presently instructs programs for “Behavioral
Management” An
author of three books, Fred has won numerous awards, including “Outstanding
Educator” from the San Diego business community and “Educator of
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Debra Levinson, Speech-Language Pathologist, Educational
Therapist, Author
Debra has a
private practice in Northern California where she treats children,
adolescents and adults who experience challenges to
learning
in traditional classrooms. She has worked intensively with juvenile
offenders and gang members, and she recognizes the invaluable
impact of
positive parenting on children's future success, happiness and
productivity. Her own child development products reflect her
commitment
to providing easily accessible, structured parenting information
to
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Beth
Corrick (Parenting Therapist), Children's Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry,
Marriage and Family Intern
Beth is a member of the staff at Children's Institute of Behavioral Health, providing
comprehensive mental health and psychosocial services to children and their families
within a full-service pediatric medical facility. In my job as a bilingual (Spanish)
therapist at Children’s Outpatient Psychiatry, I see many instances of
children brought in for issues around anxiety, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity
Disorder, problems at school and problems with appropriate interactions with
peers and
siblings. Many of these issues can be ameliorated through structure.
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Deirdre
Brown-Bridges, Resource Specialist Supervisor for Dept of Juvenile
Services
Deirdre is a
Resource Specialist Supervisor responsible for making placement
decisions regarding juvenile offenders, maintaining relationships
with current residential and community based programs, and
researching potential programs that can provide additional services
to the
population served in the least restrictive environment and/or
within their home setting with wrap around services. She is
seeking better solutions to benefit families within the homes
of our present
day problematic youth and avoid outside placement by implementing
a hands on easy to use system that teaches youth values, respect,
and responsibility.
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Hilary
Dietrich, M.S. Ed., CCC-SLP, Albemarle Speech and Language
Center
Hilary is
a Speech Pathologist in private practice in northeastern North
Carolina. She is interested in new and innovative
ways to support the development of the children receiving services
through her facility. Children with language disorders often
have significant
difficulty with the ambiguity of "rules". And, parents of these
children have even further difficulty explaining and reinforcing
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Leland
J. Ancier (Award winning Software Designer), President of Encourage
Software
Over Ancier's career
he has created over 30 software titles, many of which have
won awards from PC
World, Yahoo, and Infoworld.
Worldwide, Ancier has sold over 20 million copies of his software.
For building the fastest growing software company in 1993, Ancier
was awarded the honor of “Software Entrepreneur of the Year” by INC.
Magazine.
Leland has
always strived to create the highest quality easy-to-use software
with the intention of helping people. EasyChild is his
latest, crowning achievement, and the software is poised to positively
influence millions of families. more |
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