Parenting Responsively for Connection Authors
Malini MandalACPI Certified Parenting Coach
Email: otmandal@yahoo.ca
Malini is an ACPI Certified Parenting Coach who specializes in working with parents of young children and coaching families of children with autism.
A mother to a 3-year-old son, Malini recently gave birth to her daughter. In addition to spending most of her time joyfully raising her little boy, she also operates a private occupational therapy practice and has been serving the needs of children and families for the past 11 years.
Malini became interested in the field of parent coaching after becoming a parent and upon seeing the struggles many families face with their children. Out of her experiences emerged a strong desire to help bring more joy and harmony into the lives of others.
Malini is passionate about her work with children with autism and is excited about combining her training as a parent coach into her occupational therapy work with families. She is also passionate about helping parents discover ways to experience more ease and fun on their parenting journey.
Malini is also a children’s yoga instructor and teaches music to children. She is enthusiastic about enhancing the life of every child and family she encounters.
Chapter 2: Nurturing Connection Through Setting Your Intentions by Sherri Boles-Rogers
ACPI Certified Parenting Coach
Email: sherri@parentingheart.com
Since 2005, Sherri has been writing about parenting and educating parents. A graduate of the Academy for Coaching Parents and the Center for Nonviolent Communication’s Parent Peer Leadership Program, part of the Peaceful Families, Peaceful World Project, Sherri provides one-on-one and group coaching to parents. Sherri also facilitates parenting classes based on Pam Leo’s Connection Parenting and Inbal Kashtan’s Parenting From Your Heart series.
As a working mother of two boys, ages 14 and 12, she knows firsthand about the challenges of integrating conscious parenting into an already daily hectic family life. In her work with parents, her goal is to provide awareness, understanding and non-judgmental support for families to cultivate “power with” relationships based on mutual respect and trust.
Sherri lives in Atlanta with her husband, Greg, and her two boys, Jake and Jeremy.
Chapter 3: Effective Parent Coaching Skills by Dr. Caron Goode
Dr. Caron Goode
Dr. Caron Goode has shaped all of her professional endeavors into an educational program for training and certifying parents and professionals in supporting families through parent coaching. She has positioned the Academy for Coaching Parents International (http://academyforcoachingparents.com) at the forefront of the global parent coaching movement to support connection and empowerment.
She brings compassion and clarity in assisting others to effect lasting transformation through coaching, books, and seminars. She is the author fifteen books; the most recent is the award-winning Raising Intuitive Children (2009) and Kids Who See Ghosts (2010), an international best-seller on Amazon. See http://raisingintuitivechildren.com and http://kidswhoseeghosts.com
She’s quoted often as a parenting-coaching expert and her articles have appeared in over 300 publications globally; including Colorado Parent, Convergence, North Texas Parent, Calgary Parent, The American Chronicle, Working Woman, Black Family Digest, Inspired Parenting, Mothering, and Better Homes and Gardens
Chapter 4: Love in a Nutshell by Sedef Orsel
Sedef Orsel
ACPI Certified Coach for Parents & Families
http://www.coachsedef.com
Email: sedef@coachsedef.com
Sedef Orsel Ozcelik is a bilingual social scientist, researcher, educator, a published author, an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents and Families and an ACPI Certified Connection Parenting facilitator.
Sedef has a BA degree in Sociology and a MS degree in Social Research from Hunter College, New York.
During and after her graduate studies she teamed up with fellow researchers to volunteer for projects benefiting children in the New York area. Since 2000, she has actively worked towards the translation of children’s literature in Turkish and has helped many English written books to be published in this language. Sedef has not only worked behind the scenes, but has also had her own children’s books published in the Turkish language. Her latest achievement is to have Pam Leo’s wonderful book Connection Parenting translated into Turkish (April 2011).
With her multicultural background and her solid education in social sciences, Sedef has a great understanding of both traditional and non-traditional family environments. She coaches, teaches, writes and practices coaching both in English and Turkish. Her interest areas are Non-Violent Communication, Mindfulness, Yoga and learning for all ages.
Sedef is available for private coaching, presentations, lectures and workshops. She is always interested in private/group coaching, speaking and training opportunities.
Chapter 5: 7 Easy Steps to Strengthening Your Commitment and Connection to Family by Dr. Minette Riordan
Dr. Minette Riordan
ACPI Certified Parenting Coach and Trainer
http://www.minetteriordan.com
Email: Minette@NorthTexasKids.com
In 2006, Minette became certified as a Coach for Parents through the Academy for Parent Coaching International. Minette quickly moved from trainee to trainer and now teaches the marketing course for ACPI and co-teaches the adolescent training with Academy founder Dr. Caron Goode.
In addition to her work with ACPI, Dr. Minette Riordan has successfully built a multi-media publishing company targeting families in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex. She credits her success to learning how to connect with others through networking, referrals, strategic partnerships and an attitude of service to others first. Minette’s secret to sales success is not about winning a numbers game, but playing the people game: cultivating an attitude of curiosity and openness that will quickly help you attract clients and fans.
Prior to starting her company, Minette was an educator who earned her Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1995. She has taught at the university and high school levels, as well as adult education and personal development workshops. She was named the 2009 Small Business Owner of the Year by the Plano Chamber of Commerce and received the 2007 Altrusa Outstanding Women of Today award. Scissortail Publishing has produced North Texas Kids for 9 years, a magazine targeting moms in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area. In June of 2011, she is launching a second publication titled byDesign: Your Life, Your Business, targeting women business owners.
Her passion and joy come from helping others find the information, tools and inspiration they need to succeed. She is living proof that you can have it all: a successful business, healthy marriage and happy kids! Minette lives in Plano Texas with her husband, Brad and her two children, ages 12 and 9.
Chapter 6: Influencing Character Through Connection by Lesa Day
Lesa Day
ACPI Certified Coach
Http://lesaday.com
Email: YesICan@LesaDay.com
Lesa teaches and coaches on how to incorporate nurturing structure to promote healthy self-esteem and a strong, positive parent/child connection. Lesa coaches parents experiencing separation and divorce to develop family plans that create the best environment for the child while custody is determined and lessen conflict.
Lesa is an ACPI Certified Coach and has been coaching parents in the private sector for nearly 20 years. As an internationally known speaker, author, and parent coach, many parents, nannies, education and childcare agencies worldwide seek Lesa out. She has appeared on radio and television broadcasts. She is the founder of The Yes I Can Child, an empowerment and coaching firm dedicated to bring the best out of individuals and families as a whole.
Chapter 7: Changing Your Perspective on Quality Time by Kareen Hannon
Kareen Hannon
ACPI Certified Coach for Parents
http://socialinternetsolutions.com/kareenhannon
Email: Kareenhannon@gmail.com
Kareen Hannon is an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents and a single mother of two children. She has worked at developing successful strategies for working with her autistic son. With over twelve years of experience developing action plans and implementing basic and effective strategies she has been able to help her children grow to their fullest potential as well provide hope and guidance for other parents.
Kareen’s passion lies in filling in the gaps for parents with children on the autism spectrum as well as assisting parents with children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Her experience, training and unique perspective enables her to connect with parents on a very visceral level. As a result of having a child on the autism spectrum, she has learned to look within and realize that although some things may not appear typical outside, the desire to be a great person remains intact.
Kareen takes her roles as a guide, a parent and a coach very seriously. She is able to recognize that being diagnosed with autism or ADHD is a gift to be honored. It is her hope to help parents discover the gifts in their own children by providing insights, action plans, strategies and encouragement on the home front.
Chapter 8: The Importance of Family Dinner by Sharon Egan
Sharon Egan M.S. CPC
ACPI Certified Parenting Coach
http://www.WhatNowParentCoach.com
Email: SharonEgan@WhatNowParentCoach.com
Sharon is passionate about helping parents discover the incredible rewards that effective parenting can bring to a family. Sharon believes that communication and connection are two key ingredients that will help parents foster healthy, strong and fun relationships with their children.
Through her work as psychotherapist, teacher, parent educator, workshop presenter and speaker and as an ACPI Certified Parenting Coach, Sharon brings years of experience to you and your family. Most importantly, having raised three happy and successful children, Sharon understands and knows how to navigate through the stress, the pain, and the “what nows?” that parents face in a typical day of parenting in today’s hectic lifestyle. Sharon received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Denison University and her Master’s degree in Psychological Services from the University of Pennsylvania. Sharon is a member of the International Association of Coaches.
Chapter 9: Purposeful Praise and Self-Esteem Alan Carson
Alan Carson
Parent Educator & ACPI Trainer
http://www.parentslead.com
Email: parentslead@mac.com
Alan Carson is an award-winning author of the book, Before They Know It All: Talking to Tweens and Teens About Sexuality. Alan is an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents specializing in adolescence.
Alan was a high school health education teacher for 21 years before serving as a middle school guidance counselor. During his time in the school system he developed a comprehensive sexuality education curriculum for his students at a time in which addressing sexuality in the public schools was not widely supported.
After leaving the school system, he wrote Before They Know It All: Talking to Tweens and Teens About Sexuality which recently the prestigious Parent Tested Parent Approved award.
Alan values honesty, respect and truthfulness in relationships with children and enjoys making presentations to parents and educators about adolescent sexuality.
Chapter 10: Guiding Your Strong-Willed Child by Jennie Tehomilic
Jennie Tehomilic
ACPI Certified Coach for Parents
Email: jbecc@yahoo.com
Jennie is a 39-year-old mother of two from Queens, NY. She graduated in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Gettysburg College and in 2003 with a Master’s Degree in Elementary Education from Hunter College. During the interim years she lived in New York City and did stand-up comedy, improv and sketch comedy, administrative work, waited tables and worked as a camp counselor.
Immediately after receiving her degree in elementary education, she married and started a family. Her first child, a boy, was an exceptionally easy baby who led her to believe that she was a perfect parent. Her second child, a girl, was as challenging as her brother was easy. Jennie then believed she was the worst parent ever. She eventually realized that she was neither perfect nor awful. She was simply a parent. One child gave her confidence and the other gave her humility, both valuable traits for parenting.
As a stay-at-home mom Jennie spent many hours surrounded by parents and children. Over time she realized that she had a knack for problem solving parenting issues. She found that her two very different children taught her to throw judgment aside and see problems for what they are, situations that need to be looked at from different perspectives. She uses her background in sociology to examine group dynamics and her sense of humor to defuse overwrought parents. Combining her past experiences lead her to pursue a career as a coach for parents.
Jennie feels passionate about the role that parents play in the lives of their children. It may take a village to raise a child, but it all starts at home. Jennie’s goal in coaching is to help parents gain confidence in their parenting skills and work with families to see how innate personality styles and temperament play a role in family dynamics.
Chapter 11: Potty Training Without a Power Struggle by Marcia Hall
Marcia Hall
ACPI Certified Coach for Families
Email: marcia@strongrootsfamilycoaching.com
Since 1996, Marcia Hall has been working with children and families. Marcia is a graduate of the English Nanny and Governess School, an INA Credentialed Nanny, the 2011 INA Nanny of the Year and a graduate from the Academy of Coaching Parents International as an ACPI Certified Coach for Families
Marcia specializes in families with multiple children. Marcia has also been a Certified Professional Nanny for 14 years having graduated from the English Nanny and Governess School in 1997. Marcia has been nominated 3 times for the International Nanny Association’s Nanny of the Year award. She has served as a Certified Minister, Children’s Ministry Director, a “big” with Big Brothers and Big Sisters, and Foster Parent.
Marcia lives in Milwaukee Wisconsin with her husband beautiful 2 year old daughter girl. She has had the pleasure of working with children and families for fifteen years.
Chapter 12: Strategies for School Year Success by Adina Lederer
Adina Lederer
ACPI Certified Coach for Parents and Families
Email: coachadina@gmail.com
Adina Lederer is an ACPI Certified Coach for Parents and Families who works with parents and children to develop effective skills and strategies to deal with life’s daily challenges. Prior to her opening her own Parent Coaching practice in Bogota NJ in 2008, Coach Adina was professionally trained as a teacher and taught grade school aged children for more than 15 years. Drawing on her many successes over the years in the classroom, Coach Adina continues to help her clients not only overcome their challenges and struggles but helps them thrive in both the classroom and home environments while empowering parents to define and realize both short and long term goals in order to bring more harmony and balance to her client’s family life. Her articles have been published in parenting magazines, blogs and have been a featured speaker at local area schools and organizations. She also runs Enhancing Motherhood, a series of workshops, several times a year.
