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Summit Center Update
October 2024
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Hello Elizabeth,
How is school progressing for your child so far? If you want to better understand your child's learning and development, contact us online about making an appointment. Lower-cost appointments are also available with Master's level clinicians pursuing their doctoral degrees.
| School Consultation Services Available |
- Do you want to make a change and find a new school for your child?
- Could your child benefit from a different learning environment?
- Does your family need support in making an educational decision?
Summit Center’s Dr. Lisa White offers consultation services to help families find the right school for their child in grades K-12. She specializes in working with children who are gifted, twice-exceptional, or who have ADHD or learning differences such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, or dyscalculia. Private schools will soon be accepting applications for the 2025-2026 school year, so schedule your appointment now.
| Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan: New Podcasts on Raising Children to Thrive, Hometown Friends, And More | Dr. Dan spoke with two new guests in the last month: psychologist and podcaster Dr. Chandler Hoffman and psychologist/author Dr. Ronald Ruff. In addition, two “Sitting Down with Dr. Dan” episodes were posted featuring answers to listener questions. | |
Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (October 2024)
Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint podcast producer Laura answer new listener questions about back-to-school night, Halloween, book banning, early decision college admissions, and more.
Every month Dr. Dan answers questions about parenting (and adulting, too!) on our Sitting Down with Dr. Dan episodes. Email your parenting questions to podcast@drdanpeters.com or DM us on social media. We read every question and we want to consider yours for a future bonus episode.
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Raising Children to Thrive with Dr. Ronald Ruff
On this new episode, Dr. Dan interviews Dr. Ronald Ruff about sensitive parenting, raising emotionally healthy kids, and his book Raising Children to Thrive: Affect Hunger & Responsive, Sensitive Parenting, the ultimate evidence-based guide to help parents bring up their children to thrive socially and emotionally during all phases of life.
Dr. Dan and Dr. Ruff discuss his decades of work as a psychologist; how to help parents raise happy, kind and self-aware kids; and raising children to thrive. In addition,they discuss affect hunger - an emotional craving for maternal love, protection and care, and how this longing can be used to create a strong nurturing relationship.
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Sitting Down with Dr. Dan (September 2024)
Dr. Dan and Parent Footprint audio engineer Phil answer listener questions about the surgeon general’s new report on parental stress, back to school sleep schedules, and making new friends.
We love hearing from you!
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Hometown Friends, Nostalgia, and the Stories that Define Us with Chandler Hoffman
Dr. Dan speaks to Dr. Chandler Hoffman, a licensed clinical psychologist, an expert in healthy relationships/peacemaking, and a podcast host. Dr. Dan and Dr. Hoffman discuss how our hometown friendships are the building blocks of our lives on this inspiring episode.
Dr. Chandler Hoffman is the creator/host of the Hometown Friends podcast. On his show he explores the powerful connections of our most foundational friendships and the profound sense of belonging that comes from the relationships of our youth.
| Listen and subscribe to any episode on your favorite podcast platform, or on our web site. | |
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It’s your last chance to register for this FREE webinar! Dr. Ginny Ritchey will address the warning signs and symptoms of anxiety, the cognitive and evolutionary models, the core fears for most people, the common characteristics of anxious children, and what to do and not do to help children manage their anxiety.
Dr. Ginny Ritchey is a licensed clinical psychologist at Summit Center, with decades of experience in home, school, and clinical settings.
Wednesday, October 16, at 1:00 pm PDT. Attend online for free; recording available later for a fee.
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What types of struggles do 2e and neurodivergent families face? What does it mean to be highly sensitive and medically complex? How can we support and guide children and adults with multiple sensitivities in academic settings and daily life? In this FREE webinar, Dr. Jeannie Lopez, Ph.D., FDN-P, will provide an overview of these topics and explore these challenges through different types of assessments and functional medicine approaches to healing. Wednesday, November 13, 12 noon PDT.
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Dr. Dan Peters was interviewed by Dr. Jim Bramson on the Shrinks Wrap podcast, produced for clinicians by the West Coast Mindfulness Center. The episode is titled “Making your Worrier a Warrior: Becoming a Warrior with a Heart,” and the two psychologists talk about Dr. Dan’s training, the birth of the worry monster, working with families, and more.
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