Parent Education
Executive Functioning Support Course: Raising An Organized Kid, with Deanna Kim, M.Ed.
Do you feel overwhelmed by your family’s ever-growing list of after school activities? Are you up late at night helping your child finish a project that’s due tomorrow? While many of us with children struggle with planning, organization, and time management, developing a family system can be the key to overcoming these challenges.
Summit Center is pleased to offer “Executive Functioning Support: Raising an Organized Kid” with instructor Deanna Kim, M.Ed. This 5-week course will offer parents the unique opportunity to work with our staff to develop their own family system, and learn more about executive functioning and how it impacts our day-to-day lives.
Sessions will focus on planning through the use of a family calendar, time management, routines, sustaining attention, how to work through the homework frustrations, and emotional regulation. Each participant will leave with the tools they need to help their family get back on track and more organized.
Update: courses are full, and registration is closed. Please email update@summitcenter.us to be placed on a waiting list.
Space is limited, and pre-registration is required, so please register early.
IN PERSON: Wednesdays, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, March 1 through March 29, 2023
$320 for 5 sessions
Walnut Creek, CA
Register at: https://conta.cc/3wdu5l2
VIRTUAL: Wednesdays, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, April 12 through May 10, 2023
$320 for 5 sessions (early bird rate until March 24, then $350)
via Zoom
Register at: https://conta.cc/3Izpn8m
GROUP THERAPY
Virtual Therapy Groups for Children & Teens
Does your child, teen, or young adult need extra support? Summit Center offers focused weekly therapeutic discussion groups for a variety of interests each fall and spring. Each group is led by one of our experienced professionals and meets virtually for 6 weeks.
Worry Warriors, for 4th-6th graders (Not currently offered – timing TBD) — Led by Amy Feldman, LEP
Does your child worry too much? Does anxiety get in the way of school or socializing? Help your child conquer their fears with Worry Warriors, a weekly therapy group for 4th-6th graders, in Walnut Creek.
Led by Amy Feldman, LEP, this interactive group is designed to help your child to identify, understand, and reduce feelings of anxiety. Through playful structured activities, group discussion and low-key home assignments, participants will work to develop their own Worry Warrior toolkit and connect with peers working on the same skills.
Group therapy can be a good way to get the support of a licensed professional without the full cost of individual appointments.
- Wednesdays 3-4 pm, in person at Summit Center
- Group dates are currently being determined
- Cost of enrollment is $575, which includes a 30-minute individual intake and 6 group sessions.
- Interested? Complete this form and we will reach out. https://forms.gle/frJGrEzo1MYVGLV79
- Or email inquiry@summitcenter.us
Other future groups may include:
Executive Functioning Skills
Gifted Teens
2e or Gifted Adults
We work hard to make sure each participant is a fit, so signups must close early. Due to licensing requirements, participants must reside in California. Talk to your Summit Center professional, email inquiry@summitcenter.us, or call our office at (925) 939-7500 or (310) 478-6505.
PARENT EDUCATION
Summit Center Webinar Series
Recordings are available of these unique presentations from Summit Center professionals, talking about issues affecting your life and your family. Each webinar costs $29.99, or $19.99 if you purchase two or more (use promo code “multi”). Price includes unlimited viewing of the recording on demand.
Webinar recordings include:
❖Supporting Smart Girls – Webinar with Dr. Lisa White
❖Time Management Skills for Your Child – Webinar with Deanna Kim
❖Psychosocial Development of Gifted Children – Webinar with Dr. Stephen Chou
❖Math Difficulties: Reasons and Remedies – Webinar with Dr. Nancy Knop
❖Living With Intensity: Understanding the the Gifted Child – Webinar with Dr. Susan Daniels
❖I can take care of myself! How come you didn’t wake me up? Navigating the Parent-Teen Relationship – Webinar with Dr. Dan Peters
❖Organizing Chaos: Solutions for Everyday Life in A Gifted Family – Webinar with Kathleen Crombie
❖Doodle, Draw & Paint with Susan: Creativity Classes for Parents, Teachers, and Kids (series)
Supporting Smart Girls – Webinar with Dr. Lisa White (recording). Smart girls in today’s culture experience a lot of ups and downs. In this one-hour webinar, Summit Center’s Dr. Lisa White, licensed psychologist, discusses the difficulty of being a smart girl, cool things about being a smart girl, the (sometimes unrealistic) expectations that bright girls face, trouble with fitting in at school and with peers, portrayals in the media, and what parents and schools can do to help. For parents of girls ages 6-16.
Lisa White, Ph.D., provides comprehensive psychoeducational and neuropsychological evaluations and consultations with families and teachers. She has been working with gifted children and families since 2003.
Watch “Supporting Smart Girls Webinar” On Demand
Time Management Skills for Your Child – Webinar with Deanna Kim (recording).
Does your child seem unaware of passing time and often lose track of time?
Is your child overwhelmed, sleep deprived, or chronically late to school as a result of poor time management?
Research shows that our brain rewires itself based on how we use it. Then, how can we help our kids develop a daily and weekly habit of being intentional with their time? This one-hour webinar will address the complexity of time management and the associated brain skills for youngster’s brains. Summit Center educational therapist Deanna Kim will also explore strategies to nurture our conversations with our children on time awareness and make time more visible. Join us on this journey to foster a lifelong skill so that your child can thrive in school and beyond.
Deanna Kim, M.Ed., provides educational therapy for executive functioning and math at Summit Center Walnut Creek. She coaches students in executive functioning to improve T.O.P. skills (Time Management, Organization, and Planning). For math support, Deanna uses Making Math Real methodology and integrates interactive games and a whiteboard to assess, personalize, and reinforce the needs of each student. Prior to joining Summit Center, she was a learning specialist at the Ann Martin Center and Valley Montessori School.
Watch “Time Management Skills for Your Child Webinar” On Demand
Psychosocial Development of Gifted Children – Webinar with Dr. Stephen Chou (recording).
The growth and development of gifted children is a wondrous process. Incorporating concepts within the field of giftedness (such as precocity, asynchronous development, and overexcitabilities), this webinar will help parents understand their child’s social and emotional development. Parents will also learn how to help their child navigate through potential emotional difficulties and overcome limitations.
Stephen H. Chou, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist in private practice, who was previously affiliated with Summit Center. Dr. Chou is also an adjunct professor at the University of Denver, educating doctoral psychology and education students. He has specialties in Family/Child and Multicultural/Community counseling and psychological assessment, especially within the field of giftedness.
Watch “Psychosocial Development of Gifted Children” On Demand
Math Difficulties: Reasons and Remedies – Webinar with Dr. Nancy Knop (recording).
Why do students have difficulty with school math? How can parents, teachers, and students themselves get past difficulty and into success? Summit Center Educational Therapist Nancy Knop, Ph.D, ET/P, presents potential reasons for difficulty, including Developmental dyscalculia, Perception and processing issues, Foundation gaps, and Math anxiety. These interact to make difficulty more confusing to sort out. If foundation gaps and math anxiety are the only problems, it is easier to remediate – and the sooner, the better. Perception/processing and neurodevelopmental issues need to be assessed and identified to be remedied, and either or both of these also lead to foundation gaps and math anxiety. In this webinar, Dr. Knop will address all four areas and talk about specific steps to take to move from math difficulty to confidence and competence in school math and in math for life. This information will help students help themselves and advocate for support, it will help parents communicate with kids and teachers, and it will help teachers understand how to help students who struggle with math.
Dr. Nancy Knop E.T./P, was an Educational Therapist for over ten years. In addition, she previously taught science for 23 years to grades 7-12 at Head Royce and served as Department Chair. She speaks on topics related to the brain and learning at conferences, school professional development sessions, and to parents and students across the country.
Watch “Getting Your Student Help in Math: Problems and Solutions” On Demand
I can take care of myself! How come you didn’t wake me up? Navigating the Parent-Teen Relationship – Webinar with Dr. Dan Peters (recording). Wondering what happened to your child? Remember those days when everything you said wasn’t seen as annoying? Are you questioning your effectiveness as a parent? These are common questions and experiences of those parenting a teen. Try not to take it personally. Your teens actually aren’t thinking about you, they are focused on themselves – and it is developmentally appropriate (though frustrating). This webinar will discuss the multiple developmental challenges your teen is facing, the current technology culture that makes the growing up and parenting role more complex, and ways to relate to your teen in ways that increase positive interactions and decrease conflict. And remember, adolescence is fortunately a temporary condition.
Dan Peters, Ph.D., is an author and licensed psychologist who has devoted his career to helping children, adolescents and families engage in life so that they can realize their full potential. Dr. Peters is co-founder and Executive Director of the Summit Center in California, where he is available for consultation.
Watch “Navigating the Parent-Teen Relationship” On Demand
Living With Intensity: Understanding the the Gifted Child – Webinar with Dr. Susan Daniels (recording).
In this webinar, Dr. Susan Daniels will explore the overexcitabilities and complex nature of the gifted child. Overexcitabiities (OEs) – psychomotor, sensual, intellectual, imaginational, and emotional – are central to the personality, intellectual, physical, and social-emotional development of the gifted. Overexcitabilities confer certain advantages for gifted development and at the same time render the gifted vulnerable to being misunderstood, and potentially, misidentified. We will address the advantages and the challenges associated with overexcitability along with strategies for helping gifted children modulate their OEs and channel these energies most positively.
Dr. Susan Daniels is co-founder and Educational Director of Summit Center as well as Professor of Educational Psychology and Counseling at California State University – San Bernardino. Dr. Daniels is an internationally recognized expert in the field of gifted education and co-author of “Living with Intensity” (Great Potential Press, 2008).
Watch the “Living with Intensity Webinar” On Demand
Organizing Chaos: Solutions for Everyday Life in A Gifted Family – Webinar with Kathleen Crombie (recording).
Living in a gifted family can be chaotic. Overwhelmed with schedule and time management? Exhausted trying to keep everything and everyone on track? Frazzled when you can’t find what you need? We will explore which organizing methods increase emotional connection and functioning within the gifted family.
Kathleen Crombie, M.A., M.Ed., provides Therapeutic Organizing™ and consultation services for gifted adults, children and families at Summit Center. Ms. Crombie also offers “Overwhelmed by Life Clutter” workshops and support groups for gifted adults and families in the Chicago area and virtually.
Watch “Organizing Chaos Webinar” On Demand
Doodle, Draw & Paint with Susan: Creativity Classes for Parents, Teachers, and Kids
Education and creativity expert Dr. Susan Daniels brings us free and easy doodle and drawing activities that you can do at home with your kids! Learn how to make simple drawings, fun doodles, and other pieces that will let you express your creativity without complicated materials or previous experience. Just grab a pencil and a piece of paper – and perhaps some marker or paints – and join us! Watch our video trailer at https://youtu.be/_XniuHFzPt4.
Dr. Susan Daniels is co-founder and Educational Director of Summit Center as well as Professor of Educational Psychology and Counseling at California State University – San Bernardino. Dr. Daniels is an internationally recognized expert in the field of gifted education and co-editor of “Living with Intensity” (Great Potential Press, 2008) and “Raising Creative Kids.”
Watch individual classes or purchase the whole series