“Discover how Environment and Nutrition Impact a Child’s Behavior” 

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“We know our children’s health and behavior (and ours) is affected by the food we eat and the world we live in, but the relationship isn’t always as obvious as, say, being on a sugar high or getting hangry.  Join us as we talk with Holistic and Functional Nutrition Practitioner, Joan Cass, as we explore some of the links between nutrition, environment, and behavior.  Joan will dispel some of the mystery surrounding (whatever you want to talk about) and give us some practical advice for creating and maintaining a healthy balance.”

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Joan Cass CTNC, FNP

Joan Cass CTNC, FNP is a Holistic and Functional Nutrition Practitioner/Health Coach that consults the Gifted/2e community. She provides innovative “Bio-Neuro Hack” tools & resources on health & parenting, pulling from years of homeschooling, research & training in Functional Nutrition, Neuroinflammation, Gastrointestinal & Autoimmune and clinical studies. She loves to instill HOPE by educating others about healthy options through awareness and changing perspectives. This is her key strategy for handling the many issues that she faces as a parent of a Gifted/2e child, sharing the same goals – to help kids achieve their greatest potential!

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A Conversation with the author of Parenting Young Gifted Children: What to Expect When you Have the Unexpected

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Join us as we chat with Catherine Gruener, psychotherapist, consultant, author, parent, and advocate for gifted and 2e kids. We’ll ask Catherine about positive discipline, encouragement parenting, and more.

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Catherine Gruener, M.A., M.A., LCPC, LCMHC, NCC, BC-TMH

Catherine Gruener, author of Parenting Young Gifted Children: What to Expect When you Have the Unexpected is a parent of a 2E teen, step-mother and grandmother, award winning counselor trained in counseling gifted, double graduate degreed in neuropsychology and clinical counseling, board certified in positive discipline with training in Parent Management techniques from the Yale Parent Center, who has worked with hundreds of parents of gifted and 2E children, helping them understand the social and emotional challenges of being gifted, identify strengths, and learn evidence-based parent strategies that work with gifted and 2E children. Her goal is to help families create more connected, more fulfilling, and more loving relationships. Since 2009 Catherine has provided training to parents of gifted children through organizations such as the Illinois Association for Gifted Children (IAGC), Chicago Gifted Community Center (CGCC), Davidson Institute, Science and Arts Academy, Quest Academy, Avery Coonley, and many of the private and public parents organizations in the greater Chicago-land area, advocating for gifted and profoundly gifted children through volunteer committee and board memberships with IAGC and CGCC. She provides online and in-person workshops and DIY courses using research-based parenting strategies, emotional regulation and anxiety management skills that create results.

You can find Catherine at these websites
https://www.catherinegruener.com
https:/www.gruenerconsulting.com

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A Conversation with a College Consultant, Brett Kennedy

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College planning seems to get more complicated all the time, doesn’t it? From choosing where to apply to finalizing the perfect essay, and from deciding how far away is too far to figuring out how to avoid massive student debt, families have lots of questions and concerns This month, we’re talking with college consultant Brett Kennedy. Brett has the inside scoop from his years working in college admissions and financial aid for both big universities and small private colleges (including a decade as the Dean of Admissions for Berry College!), and will share with us lessons he has learned along the way. Join us as Brett demystifies the process of finding, landing, and affording the right college for your learner.

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Brett Kennedy

Brett has over 25 years of experience in college admissions and aid. Most recently, he served in the Dean of Admissions role at Berry College for a decade. Before that, he began his admissions career at the University of Alabama and later held senior admissions positions at DePauw University. Having worked for colleges both large and small, Brett also held positions in both new student orientation and parent and family affairs at the University of Maryland-College Park. At Birmingham-Southern College, he worked in Financial Aid exclusively with new, incoming students. Brett holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Birmingham-Southern College and a Master of Arts in Higher Education Administration from the University of Alabama. He took additional graduate coursework in the history and politics of education at the University of Maryland-College Park. He also holds a Certificate in Independent Educational Consulting from the University of California Irvine. He is married and a father of two children. In his spare time, Brett attends a local Episcopal Church and is active in the Rotary Club of North Cobb.

You can find Brett at Kennedy Mathews Consulting. 

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