Georgia Centre: Teaching Parents the Secrets of Managing Difficult Behavior

Forget calling 'Nanny 911 to manage your child's challenging behavior.' Something new and more accessible is here and it is right at your fingertips. Combining state-of-the-art behavioral research information with sensible and practical time tested hints and tips, the Georgia Centre for Parental Coaching provides a fresh approach for dealing with children's age old behavioral challenges. Using a holistic approach, the Centre provides its clients with a highly personalized service that helps parents searching for practical workable solutions, but also teaches the mechanics of how to transform their child's challenging behavior in an enduring way using an innovative technique new to most parents.

Loganville, GA (PRWEB) November 29, 2006 -- Many of today's harried parents dealing with the traditional issues that accompany the stages of a 'typical' childhood, as well as the more extreme and demanding behavior of children with such issues as ADD and ADHD, are often unprepared for the intensity that attends these disorders.

Well intentioned parents soon come to learn that the traditional methods of childrearing do not work well, if at all, with intense children. Sometimes, traditional methods actually make things worse. Frustrated parents of children with 'challenging behavior' desperately crave a more positive relationship with their out-of-control child, but they do not always know where to begin or what works.

Mary Poppins with a fresh, new twist.

Recognizing the roots of this ancient dilemma, Brenda Murphy, MA, Executive Director of The Georgia Centre, began to fulfill her vision: a vision that created an accessible and immediate resource for frustrated and anxious parents seeking solutions, not judgment. Interested parents only need pick up the phone and call without feeling embarrassed, ashamed, or fear being perceived as inept. What they do find is a warm, funny, brightly spirited grandmother on the other end of the phone happy to help them.

Brenda's approach is a unique hybrid solution that blends the best aspects of parent education and supportive coaching, with practical advice presented within a motivational format. This allows her to create with her clients, a supportive, nurturing, and structured strategy for controlling the environment. Brenda's style uniquely focuses on problem-management, human potential, encouragement and motivation, and it also focuses on utilizing underdeveloped opportunities and resources.

The mother of two adult children with vastly different temperaments, and the grandmother of four, Brenda blends cutting edge behavioral research technology with safe, sensible and practical ideas for accomplishing behavioral goals. She combines 'short and sweet wisdom' in her compassionate, warm way, and serves up the information with the graciousness of a favorite grandmother who makes the time to listen. Brenda, whose work has been publicly recognized, has been described by one of her clients as "Mary Poppins with a fresh, new twist."

The approach she uses has achieved national acclaim for its efficacy with children who have been diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, RAD, Inflexible-Explosive disorder, OCD, FAS, and Asperger's Syndrome. It has been shown to turn 'challenging children' around to an amazing level of success, despite the propensities of the pre-existing condition.

Brenda explains, "The parents that call are physically and emotionally exhausted. They have read a mountain of books and articles. They are disappointed by methods that have not worked for them, but mostly, they are derailed most often by the sheer intensity of the daily grind of dealing with a head-strong, motor busy child." She adds, "Intense children carry tremendous gifts and have great untapped potential, yet these treasures are frequently concealed behind off-putting behavior. The secret of my work is teaching parents how to move out of a reactive pattern into a pattern of response. Then, the dynamics begin to shift. Over time, the child begins to self-manage his or her own intensity. I've worked with many families that never believed this would be possible, but now they know it is true."

As Georgia's only certified Nurtured Heart Approach Specialist, personally mentored and trained by the program's designer, Howard Glasser, she works privately with parents from across the nation over the telephone, as well as training peer professionals in the technique. Recently, she presented at the Juvenile Court and did a day long training session with local law enforcement officials in how to manage difficult behavior in youth.

As an adjunct professor of psychology at a state-supported regional college, Brenda has plenty of opportunity to work with young adults that have overcome a variety of behavioral challenges. She has also authored a soon-to-be published book on managing the behavior of ADHD children, and writes motivational articles directed to parents on national websites. Her work has been featured on Atlanta television and in regional newspapers. Brenda's reputation for success with clients has earned her an affiliation with a Metro-Atlanta medical center, as both an educator parent/patient coach.

Even clients that have met their personal goals and no longer need parent education continue to call and write to her. As one client stated, "She's part of the family now." Brenda continues to welcome new clients into her cyber-centre.

For more information about how this program works, see the website: http://www.parentcoachingcenter.com for complete information. Or call the toll free number: 866-571-7990.

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