Center for Developing Minds has experienced speakers who can give interactive talks or more formal presentations. Each presentation is tailored to the audience, whether a small chat or large lecture. CDM speakers are experts in their field, and have presented at national conferences and other venues throughout the country. CDM clinicians can also provide a variety of live-stream video presentations to schools, teachers, or parent groups. CDM speakers offer continuing education on a broad range of topics about child behavior and development, and offer practical examples and tips to attendees. Fees vary by speaker and audience size, please contact info@devminds.com for more information.
Examples of recent talks and possible subject areas include:
- “Preparing Kids to Launch.”
- “How Young Brains Vary: Understanding your child.”
Oppositional Behavior
- “The Terrible 2’s, 3’s, 4’s, & 5’s: Parenting Strategies for Challenging Behaviors,”
- “Meltdowns to Shutdowns: Learning to cope with disappointments.”
Promoting Social Functioning Skills
- “Helping Your Child to Navigate Their Social Worlds.”
Managing Screen Time
- “Parenting in a Social Media World.”
Behavior Management
- “I Wish my Kid Came With an Instruction Book: Tips for parenting your young child.”
- “Raising a Motivated Child: Strategies to help kids grow up to be curious, independent, and enthused learners.”
- “Big Feelings! Big Emotions! Time for emotional regulation support.”
Autism
- “Solutions for Students on the Autistic Spectrum”
ADHD
- “Everything You Need to Know About ADHD.”
Anxiety and Depression
- “Too many fears: How to help my anxious child.”
Anxiety and ADHD
- “Is it Anxiety or ADHD or Both?”
Temperament
- “Understanding Your Child’s Temperament.”
Attention
- “The Attention Functions and Dysfunctions.”
Executive Functions
- “Raising an Organized Child.”
- “Creating Cognitive Flexibility: How parents can encourage academic life through executive functioning.”
Memory
- “Something is Not Right: Subtle signs of learning disabilities.”
Social Cognition
- “Nurturing Social Growth: Supporting parents of children with special needs.”
- “Developmental Diversity for Elementary Educators.”
- “Successful Playground Supervision: Training parent volunteers and yard duties.”
- “Training Aids and Teachers to Support Students with Special Needs.”