Laurie and Kim have extensive experience with public, private and parochial schools in the Northern Virginia and D.C. area. They maintain private client practices addressing individual student and adult issues for achieving academic and personal success through greater life balance.
Workshops and Presentations
Below are our recent presentations:
Roadblocks & Remedies - GW Community School, Alexandria, VA | April 29, 2014. Click here for the list of resources from this presentation.
2013 Annual International Conference on ADHD (produced by CHADD - Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) - Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area | November 7-9, 2013
"Roadblocks & Remedies: Coaching AD/HD Adolescents and Adults Around Life's Obstacles." For more detailed information about the conference, click here. We will be speaking with our collegue, Becky Wheeler (NewFocusCoach.com).
It's About Time: Helping You and Your Student Manage Your Most Precious, Increasingly Scarce, Resource - George Mason High School, Falls Church, VA | October 2, 2013 at 7pm
2012 CHADD LIVE (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder nationwide annual conference) - 25 Years of Making a Difference: What Coaches Can Say That Parents Cannot - San Francisco, CA | November 8-10, 2012
Learning and the Brain conference: Web-Connected Minds: How Technology Transforms Brains, Teaching and Attention (Session moderator) - Arlington VA | May 4-6, 2012
Teacher in-service - The Field School, Washington DC | August 2012
FUTURE QUEST 2011 - George Mason University, Fairfax, VA | November 19, 2011
This presentation is titled "Surviving the Fallout: What are Some of the Roadblocks to a Successful Transition to College and What to Do if Your Student Comes Home." Where is it written that all students must follow the same path and timeline after high school? In our highly achievement-oriented communities, there is a tendency to overemphasize academics and athletics to the detriment of development of non-academic/athletic components of success beyond high school. This workshop will cover some of the topics (social and life skills) that college counselors, parents, and teachers often shy away from discussing but that are critical to a successful transition to college. It will also look at what happens when that transition is not successful and how parents can help their students carve out alternative paths to success.
2011 CHADD LIVE (Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder nationwide annual conference) - Academics and ADHD: Coaching Adolescents & Young Adult - Orlando, FL | November 12, 2011
Coaching young adults with ADHD is a multi-faceted process that provides a valuable service: executive skill support while these students mature, develop and learn the management skills necessary for academic and life success. Supporting a young adult's efforts to attain their goals is dependent on the coach building a positive rapport with their client. A panel of coaches who work in different settings will provide a birds-eye view into building rapport, share coaching tips, and describe how they maintain this relationship over the course of weeks, months, or years.
"It's About Time!" Organization and Time-Management Skills - Oakwood School, Alexandria, VA | October 5, 2011
"Race to Nowhere" Screening and Discussion Facilitation - Bishop Ireton High School, Alexandria, VA | August 31, 2011
The Bishop Ireton PTO presented the movie, "Race to Nowhere" and Kim and Laurie facilitated the post-screening discussion with attendees.
Other Past Presentations
PROJECT DISCOVERY—A Statewide drop-out prevention program, Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS-Parent Involvement Office
JEFFERSON HOUSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Alexandria
THOMAS EDISON HIGH SCHOOL Fairfax County
ST. RITA’S Alexandria
ALEXANDRIA CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS PARENT RESOURCE CENTER
FORT HUNT ELEMENTARY Fairfax County
MOUNT DANIEL ELEMENTARY Falls Church
TOURRETTE’S ASSOCIATION OF GREATER WASHINGTON Annual meeting
NORTHERN VIRGINIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE Alexandria campus
In addition, over the course of the last 9 academic years, we have done presentations, workshops and/or teacher in-service at the following locations: Parent Resource Centers for Alexandria, Arlington, and Fairfax; St Stephens and St Agnes School, Browne Academy, Alexandria Country Day School, Waynewood Elementary, Tuckahoe Elementary.