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Articles,
Presentation Topics and Participants' Reactions
"Susan's
Articles"
A series of my
papers and musings which examines both the theoretical and
practical aspects of the Neufeld paradigm.
What happened to that loving feeling?
(March 22, 2010)
Children need Rest as well as Sleep (March 23, 2010)
Parenthood: Giving when the well
feels dry (October 13, 2009)
Questing for Value (September 1,2009)
Reclaiming Our
Kids (May 15, 2009)
Letter to TV Parent
Consultant (January 29, 2009)
Is Alone and
Independent a Good Thing?, (December 15, 2008)
Christmas
Cake (November 15, 2008)
Brothers and
Sisters (November 1, 2008)
Under the
Diagnosis (October 6, 2008)
When Your Child
Says "NO!" (August 13, 2008)
Eating and Attachment
(August 5, 2008)
School Start-up
(July 21, 2008)
Parents Get
Stuck,Too (May 19, 2008)
Safe Schools
(February 3, 2008)
Teachability and Kids
(January 29, 2008)
Growth thru Rest (November
13, 2007)
Separation and
the Attachment Brain: ages 2-10 (August 25, 2007)
The Teen Brain
(August 18, 2007)
Adoption and
Attachment (July 15, 2007) |
"Presentation
topics"
Contact me and we can
talk about a presentation on any of these topics:
Who's in Charge?
The
Teachability Factor
Understanding Our Kids: Confident
Parenting, Confident Teaching
Making Sense of Pre-Schoolers
Making Sense of Adolescents
Understanding Teenagers
Understanding the Bully
Adoption and Attachment
Discovering What Children Need Most Today
Building a
Community of Attachment within the School
"Participants' Reactions"
Calls, notes and
e-mails
"Hi Susan, Just wanted to let you
know how much I enjoyed last night's talk. It helps to refresh and
revitalize and have faith in my ability to parent. I liked your new
slides and I also liked how you described what a bully looks like
and tied it all to frustration and the traffic circle. Until we can
understand more about the bully then they will continue to be
ostracized and uninvited rather than invited to heal. Tying the
whole process to frustration I think resonates with everyone in the
room. Thanks for another great night.
"You have an amazing way with
people, to ease their minds on the one hand and on the other fill
their hearts with the stuff that counts. Your passion transfers to
the audience wonderfully. It is a gift you give us.
I was
someone who never thought I would ever have children and then...
there they were. I have come to realize how misguided I have been
and how valuable the little things and little moments are. As
daunting as parenting can seem, perhaps I can find my way through
with this attachment-based developmental paradigm. I am coming to
believe this more and more each day. The knowledge I am accessing
through you has implications for me on many levels.
I have
been yearning for some direction, knowing (intuitively) that things
needed to change but not listening to my own self. All of this lead
up is just to pass on to you a huge thank you to you. I know things
are really just beginning, but this is really big for me and I'm so
pleased to have a compass point in you to go through it with."
"Susan, I wanted
to express my sincere gratitude for the workshop
opportunity you provided us regarding how to understand and serve
"stuck" children. (Neufeld's) paradigm is transferrable to so many
of the children and youth we struggle to parent. I was moved by
your tender heart and compassion that you possess for these
children. Thanks for your expertise and commitment to those that you
treat in the safety of your therapeutic shield."
"I
really appreciated the evening. I feel so lucky to have
been there. I really feel I learned a lot and I just wanted to say
"thank-you". It really has changed my ideas on how I can help my
child and myself...it's already been very helpful just hearing you."
"Just wanted to call you to say "thank-you"
for the invitation; it was very interesting...very enlightening."
"I just wanted to say thanks so much for a
wonderful session to-day. I feel so fortunate to have received the
benefit of a 1:1 follow-up after your wonderful presentation last
week. To-day really helped me to sort out and understand what I
learned last week and I know I will continue to learn more over the
next couple of seeks with my children."
"I
enjoyed your presentation so much! I thought you did a
terrific job and got the points across clearly and convincingly. I
hope you get lots of parents and educators consulting you as a
result - all our kids will benefit."
"I really
enjoyed your talk last week and I took away a number of
important messages: 1. That my children are sensitive to attachment
issues because of their early deprivation (orphanage) and 2. that I
need to give them now what they did not get then, and I need to keep
giving it until a feeling of security develops in them, and that 3.
there is neurological research to support this.... I have started
doing this and, just by bringing my daughter to me to cuddle
whenever she starts to go ballistic, we have been able to avert the
total meltdowns."
"I wanted to send you
warm applause and thanks for the presentation. I did get a lot out
of it on many levels and I am excited to apply new effort in my
relationship with the children with this softness. Thank-you for the
insights."
"We both enjoyed your seminar
immensely and wanted to say a very big thank-you for inviting us to
come. We are certainly feeling better-guided in our parenting and I
will look forward to starting the book soon".
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