Summit Center Update: Living Purposefully in the New Year

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Summit Center Update

January 2025

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We hope the new year is off to a great start for you and your family. If you want to better understand your child's learning and development this year, contact us online about making an appointment.ent.

New Podcast Coming Soon!

Stay tuned in a few weeks when Dr. Dan reveals his new podcast with all new content. Follow @ParentFootprintPodcast on Facebook and Instagram. The new podcast will drop in the same feed if you subscribe to now for Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan episodes.

As Dr. Dan said in the last episode of Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan, “Thank you all for being part of the Parent Footprint family. Thank you for listening, thank you for your questions, thank you for just being who you are.”

Support Group For Parents of Highly Anxious and Sensitive Children

Summit Center psychologist Dr. Ginny Ritchey is offering a guided weekly group on the hidden and often misunderstood challenges of raising highly sensitive and anxious children. Participants will discuss the different ways anxiety is expressed in children; how to talk about it; how adults can identify and manage their own triggers; the do's and don'ts; effective strategies; and more. For parents or guardians of elementary school-aged children. The group will meet virtually every Tuesday at 7 pm (Pacific) for six weeks starting on February 25, 2025. Space is limited.

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Executive Functioning Support Course for Parents Starts February 28

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 again offer our popular Executive Functioning Support: Raising an Organized Kid with instructor Deanna Kim, M.Ed. This online 5-week course will offer parents the unique opportunity to work with Deanna to develop their own family system, and learn more about executive functioning and how it impacts our day-to-day lives.

The course will meet via Zoom on Fridays, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, February 28-March 28. Early bird price of $320 ends January 31.

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“Just remember, you are always enough as you are, right now.” – Dr. Dan, on the last episode of Parent Footprint with Dr. Dan

Free Webinar! Coaching for Gifted Adults

Join Summit Center coach Paula Wilkes, PhD, and her former client Professor Faik Bouhrik as they describe their journey of gifted growth. Prepare to be inspired through an open-ended discussion about the importance of coaching for gifted adults. FREE. “The Importance of Coaching for Gifted Adults: A Discussion” will be presented online via Google Meet on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 12:00 pm Pacific. Recording will be available. Topics will include giftedness, multipotentiality, positive disintegration, executive functioning skills development, and cognitive flexibility.

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Summit Center Psychologists Present at Gift-A-Palooza, Feb. 6-8

Gifted & Thriving’s fourth annual Gift-a-Palooza online summit will feature over 30 expert speakers, including Summit Center psychologists Dr. Lisa White and Dr. Loraine Van Tuyl.

Dr. White will speak on School Daze: Finding the Right Educational Environment for Your 2e Child on Feb. 7.

Dr. Van Tuyl will speak on Care Don’t Carry: An Introduction to Conscious Boundaries on Feb. 8.

Summit Center is a sponsor.

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Gifted and Distractible Course and Community for Parents of 2e Kids

Summit Center friend and colleague, Julie Skolnick, is launching the Gifted and Distractible Course and Community to help guide parents of twice exceptional children as they read through her book, Gifted and Distractible. This eight week course provides over five hours of webinars and six hours of in-person support via zoom with Julie. She’s creating a community within the course so parents can learn together and support one another.

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