Tina's Most Requested Programs

Dr. Bryson’s specialty is the developing brain, but she has spoken and taught on virtually every possible topic related to raising and educating children who thrive.  Here are a few of her most popular topics.

The Whole-Brain Child

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 workshop, Tina Payne Bryson demystifies the meltdowns and aggravation, explaining in a clear and practical way the new science of how a child’s brain is wired and how it matures.  Dr. Bryson uses stories and humor to introduce parents to twelve Whole-Brain strategies, including:

• Engage, Don't Enrage: Keep your child thinking and listening, instead of purely reacting
• Name It to Tame It: Corral raging right-brain behavior through storytelling, appealing to the left brain's affinity for words and reasoning to calm emotional storms and bodily tension
• 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
• Connect Through Conflict: Use discord to encourage empathy and greater social success

By applying these immediately practical strategies to everyday parenting, you can turn outbursts, arguments, and fears into opportunities to integrate your child’s brain and foster vital growth.  The result?  Kids who are happier, healthier, and more fully themselves.

Other Requested Programs:

• The Whole-Brain Child in the Classroom
• Parenting with the Brain in Mind
• Teaching the Developing Brain
• The Teen Brain
• ReTHINKING Discipline
• Adult Attachment: My Story, My Brain, My Relationships
  (How relationships have shaped our brain, and how we can break free of bad relational patterns with our children and others we love.)
• Sexual Abuse Prevention: The Time to Start Talking is Now