Please join Dr. G in this incredibly useful workshop for parents of kids with disabilities. How can you be caring about your child’s disability and still encourage their best behavior? How can you parent children with and without (or with different) disabilities in the same family in a way that seems fair to you and [...]

Do time-outs work for teenagers? What happens if your elementary schooler gets grounded? Is there a way to avoid the negativity of punishment and still shape character and behavior? Dr. G combines her knowledge of childhood development with parents’ knowledge of their kids to develop a toolbox for parents to use at each level. In [...]

Every birthday and holiday season kids get stuff. Sometimes they love it, sometimes they complain, but most often parents worry about the message the stuff is sending. Dr. G discusses how to build gratitude and respect in children as they receive gifts and other fruits of their parents’ labor. Parents will discover opportunities to give [...]

Few topics are as stressful for parents as sex, grief and drugs or alcohol. And few topics are as important for repeated conversations between parents and children. Dr. G will take the fear out of these issues, giving parents the words and tools they need to pass on their own values about these important matters [...]

Do you lament the attitude many young people display in our culture? College professors and employers and parents note with dismay the growing sense of entitlement they see in teens and young adults, this sense that they should get what they want without much effort, just because they want it! Dr. G has tools to [...]

Want to entitlement-proof your kids? As children grow with all that their parents can provide, they appropriately ask for more. Often parents worry about making their children grateful for what they already have! In this workshop Dr. G will explore easy ways to involve children and teens in helping those in their community and beyond. [...]

From weddings to funerals, parents are often anxious about bringing children to these events. Visits to the hospital are often even more stressful and it’s easier to leave kids home. In this workshop, Dr. G problem solves with parents so that they will feel confident knowing when and how to share these important moments of [...]

In this workshop, Dr. Gilboa will speak with parents or educators about methods for raising children to be respectful and responsible.  She will discuss the behavior of children at ages from 2-18 (though this can be narrowed if the group would prefer) and give strategies for teaching these important values at different developmental stages.  With [...]

When mothers take good care of themselves, their children will learn to do the same.  Too often women put their own health and happiness last on the to-do list.  Dr. Gilboa will discuss ways to adjust daily life to include a healthy outlook.  Moms will get suggestions about finding time for relaxation, exercise, even sex.  [...]

How can we monitor and control our children as they use technology, especially since many of them know more about it than parents? Dr. G explores the terrific and the terrifying as it relates to kids and technology, and provides the tools parents need to take control of screens and communication. Participants will leave with [...]

Parents who make the decision to work from home often have very high expectations of their own ability to parent while working. Dr. G encourages parents to set boundaries that protect family time and allow work productivity and satisfaction. She will address the common problems of working from home, from talking on the phone for [...]

This seminar helps employees learn effective techniques to defuse and re-direct issues to minimize workplace downtime, but maintain a sense of parental control. Dr. G addresses issues such as the impromptu phone calls by kids, spouse, or co-parent, transitioning from home to work and vice versa, enjoying family time and much more! Her humorous straight-talk [...]

In this workshop, Dr. G applies her straight-forward, practical approach (with a twist of humor) to dealing with the specific joys and stresses of parenting teens and young adults and getting them ready to move through this next phase of life. She will explore how to balance active parenting with helping young people to be [...]

“If you could wave a magic wand at home, which behaviors would you change?” Parents will generate a list, and Dr. G will ensure that each participant leaves with strategies to fix the most pressing issue facing each parent, as well as skills to handle whatever their kids will think of next! Interactive and relaxed, [...]