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An Option to Meltdown

Parenting expert Val Mullally shares the unique ‘Koemba – Connect’ model – how to listen so children will be able to process their emotions.

A gift beyond value

Imagine giving your children the gift of thinking more clearly, connecting more compassionately and knowing how to behave more reason-ably. DISCOVER HOW when you attend our introductory 30 hour module ‘Coaching Approach to Parenting’ commencing in Dublin in early December and in Cork in early 2012.

Now available : ‘The Whole Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind’. Neuroscientist Daniel Siegel teams up with Tina Payne Bryson to produce an insightful and practical book on Parenting, with Siegel’s powerful knowledge of neursocience explained in very readable way. Highly recommended for parents who are serious about raising their children to thrive. See the Koemba Bookshelf for details.

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind
From the Koemba Book Club:

The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Revolutionary Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

Your toddler throws a tantrum in the middle of a store. Your preschooler refuses to get dressed. Your fifth-grader sulks on the bench instead of playing on the field. Do children conspire to make their parents’ lives endlessly challenging? No—it’s just their developing brain calling the shots!

In this pioneering, practical book, Daniel J. Siegel, neuropsychiatrist and author of the bestselling Mindsight, and parenting expert Tina Payne Bryson demystify the meltdowns and aggravation, explaining the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures. The “upstairs brain,” which makes decisions and balances emotions, is under construction until the mid-twenties. And especially in young children, the right brain and its emotions tend to rule over the logic of the left brain. No wonder kids can seem—and feel—so out of control. By applying these discoveries to everyday parenting, you can turn any outburst, argument, or fear into a chance to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth. Raise calmer, happier children using twelve key strategies, including

• Name It to Tame It: Corral raging right-brain behavior through left-brain storytelling, appealing to the left brain’s affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension.
• Engage, Don’t Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting.
• Move It or Lose It: Use physical activities to shift your child’s emotional state.
• Let the Clouds of Emotion Roll By: Guide your children when they are stuck on a negative emotion, and help them understand that feelings come and go.
• SIFT: Help children pay attention to the Sensations, Images, Feelings, and Thoughts within them so that they can make better decisions and be more flexible.
• Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success.

Complete with clear explanations, age-appropriate strategies for dealing with day-to-day struggles, and illustrations that will help you explain these concepts to your child, The Whole-Brain Child shows you how to cultivate healthy emotional and intellectual development so that your children can lead balanced, meaningful, and connected lives.

Congratulations Elizabeth

Congratulations to our Koemba colleague Elizabeth Garry Brosnan, who was awarded her Masters degree in Supervision on 5 September. It’s great for the Parent Coaching community, that we have someone with such an inside understanding of Parent Coaching who is available to offer supervision.

Worried because your child won’t talk when you’re concerned because you’re child is unhappy. Parenting tips from Parent Coach val Mullally.

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