The Nurtured Heart Approach
Learn proven steps that will allow you to create a culture at home that is focused on developing your child’s confidence in facing the challenges around them.
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Parent
Coaching
Parents are the prize! Discover the techniques you can employ to promote your child’s spirit of success both at home and at school.
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School
Consulting
When students and teachers are constantly honored and encouraged, students flourish in and out of the classroom.
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Parent
Workshops
Learn proven techniques that you can put to immediate use in your home at a Parent Workshop.
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Medicating Children is Not Always The Right Answer
Medication is becoming the first option offered to parents of difficult children. However, it may not always be the best treatment option. The Nurtured Heart Approach can successfully limit the need for powerful psychotropic drugs, or even eliminate the need for them altogether. This special report from ABC’s 20/20 exposes the overmedication of out most vulnerable children – those in foster care.
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Parent Questions and Answers
1. I have tried many different parenting approaches, with little success. How is the Nurtured Heart Approach different? The Nurtured Heart Approach functions on the understanding that intense and challenging children act out because they crave the energy we emit when we respond to their …
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Why should I praise my child for doing what is expected?
Many parents ask this question. One of the main ideas of the approach is to create successes that might not otherwise exist. When we actively create these moments of success, we open the door for our difficult child and begin to challenge the negative portfolio …
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About Dan Peterson
Dan Peterson MS, LCPC, founder of Compass 4 Life and Certified Nurtured Heart Advanced Trainer. Dan has over a decade of experience working with challenging children, parents, families, and teachers. He is considered the area expert in teaching the Nurtured Heart Approach. It is Dan’s belief that the Nurtured Heart Approach not only mines the greatness within every child but provides him or her with an internal compass for life.
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Creating Greatness
40+ Ways to Implement the Nurtured Heart Approach in Your Home, School & Office
by Dan Peterson. $19.99
Dan Peterson compiled his ideas and those of other certified Nurtured Heart coaches and therapists who are successfully using the NHA in homes, schools and counseling. This e-book contains ideas that are simple and easy-to-implement. Any adult working with children, especially challenging children, can grow greatness in every child.