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Welcome to
Parent Child Journey

Parent training and support programs by Dan Shapiro, M.D.

Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician

For Parents of Challenging Children

Journey

An Individualized Approach to Raising Your Challenging Child

This ten-session integrated parent training program provides an individualized approach for understanding and managing challenging behaviors. In each session, parents learn how to personalize proactive strategies for raising children with difficult temperaments and developmental differences.

Different children. Different solutions.

Excursions

Special Topics In Raising Your Challenging Child

These Special Topics focus on some of the most common challenges facing parents today: supporting children through the pandemic; ADHD; anxiety; coexisting ADHD, anxiety, and autism; gender and sexual variation; violent play; sibling relationships; social success; eating; sleep; adolescence; and more. Choose the topics that interest you most.

Parents learn underlying concepts, practical strategies, and individualized approaches.

Upcoming Classes

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Fall 2024 Morning Parent Child Journey by Zoom

For Parents of Challenging Children: Preschool through Pre-Adolescence

Ten consecutive Wednesday mornings, (no skip weeks), October 9 - Dec 11

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Fall 2024 Evening Parent Child Journey by Zoom

For Parents of Challenging Children: Preschool through Pre-Adolescence

Ten Thursday evenings, Sept 19 – Dec 12, 7:30-8:30 PM (ET)

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Fall 2024 Parent Child Excursions by Zoom

For Parents of Children and Adolescents with ADHD, Anxiety and Social Difficulties

Preview the videos that come with your registration. Then join us on zoom for live discussion. Come to some or all. You choose. One registration covers zoom group and video course.

Five consecutive Wednesday mornings, September 4 – October 2, 11:00 AM -Noon (ET)

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Free Parent Support Group

Every Monday at 1:00 PM (USA Eastern Time)

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Registration for the Fall Excursions Package includes:

  1. Medication For ADHD
  2. Helping Your Anxious Child
  3. Helping Your Child Experience Social Success

Bonus: A link for all ten Parent Child Excursion videos:

  1. Medication For ADHD
  2. Coexisting ADHD, Anxiety and Autism
  3. Overcoming Anxiety
  4. Helping Your Child Experience Social Success
  5. Autism, Gender, and Sexual Variation
  6. Children and Violent Play
  7. Helping Siblings Get Along
  8. Helping Your Child Learn Healthy Eating Habits
  9. Helping Your Child with Sleep Problems
  10. Working with Your Adolescent

Different parents. Different options.

As children learn differently, so do parents. Dr. Shapiro has designed these programs to fit different parent needs, schedules, and finances. For Journey or Excursions: Join a live discussion group, take a recorded course at-your-own-pace, or combine both the live discussion group and the recorded course.

All programs offered on a pay-what-you-can basis.

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