Building Blocks for Lifelong Success: A Parent's Guide for Raising Successful, Independent Kids

Michael Delman, award winning educator and CEO of Beyond BookSmart, shares insights gained from a career devoted to helping students become more confident and effective.

•   Review the key to influencing your child's choices.

•   Learn what factors influence changing habits and why your child may be resistant to change.

•   Learn the 5 stages of change and how to recognize them in your child.
  

•   Learn specific approaches for each stage to foster long term and meaningful change.

"In my company of nearly 150 executive function coaches, we have found that it is of critical importance to accurately assess the stage someone is in before trying to help them make a change. Even if you connect, encourage and respect (see Part I), if your approach is not in sync with how the person is feeling, you won’t have much of an impact. Imagine a relay race where you are carrying a baton and need to hand it off to the next runner — who happens to be your child. You have to slow down, let your child start to gain a little speed and find that matching point where the two of you are at the same pace and able to make the hand-off."

- Michael Delman, CEO of Beyond BookSmart