Celeste Roseberry McKibbin – University Professor, Speech Pathologist and Amazon Best-Selling Author
Rebecca Sheikh (MA) – Parent Educator and Founder of Flourishing Childhood, UK
All the way from the United Kingdom, Rebecca Shaikh shares about the Aware Parenting philosophy. She is a certified Level 2 Aware Parenting teacher, and her passion lies in helping parents find ways to discipline without the use of punishments or rewards. She taught as primary school teacher for 17 years before having her first child. She is now the mother of two children (ages 7 and 4). She completed an MA in Counselling in Education and has an Oncology Certified Nurse qualification in Gentle Sleep Methods. She is currently doing her counselling skills and will be working towards BACP accredication and training to be a sandplay therapist. Rebecca leads staff meetings in schools to help teachers look at alternatives to punishments and rewards and leads Attachment Play workshops regularly and offers consultations to support parents with the Aware Parenting approach. More recently she is invloved in setting up a gentle play group and a gentle parent and child groups. Rebecca also works on the executive councll of The International Attachment Network.
Rebecca shares plenty of playful anecdotes and examples of activities that she does with her kids to get their cooperation. She also talks about the 3 reasons why’s children ‘misbehave’ and most importantly about how we can use play to heal from stress and trauma in children’s lives as well as support their behaviour.
Rebecca’s Recommended Resources and Personal Links:
Dr Solter’s Aware Parenting and Attachment Play – http://www.awareparenting.com/english.htm
The Aware Parenting Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-aware-parenting-podcast/id1455772681
https://www.flourishingchildhood.com
https://www.instagram.com/flourishingchildhood/
https://www.facebook.com/flourishingchildhood/
Anna Seewald – M.Ed. Parent Educator, Keynote Speaker and Host of The Authentic Parenting Podcast

Hayley Francis Cann – Music Therapist and Author of Children’s Books

Kathryn Katie Gately – Board Certified Behavior Analyst and Licensed Professional Counselor
Agata Dela Cruz – Founder of Tano’s Mom: Emotional Intelligence

Stephanie Appelhanz – B.A., CCLS – Certified Child Life Specialist
We will discuss tools that get kids to listen today that are also our guest’s passion – Building rapport, providing age appropriate preparation and teaching coping skills to children, siblings and parents. Stephanie Applehanz is a Child Life Specialist with extensive experience creating and implementing plans of care for children and their families to use during their hospital stay and upon returning home. She enjoys collaborating with members of multiple interdisciplinary teams to advocate and provide the best care for patients and families. She is skilled at creating documents, presentations and trainings to continue to educate others of children’s needs. She is also proficient in creating and implementing IEPs, as well as coordinating with school and camp counselors.
In this episode, she details a list of toys to use with kids that are not only used for fun but also tools to facilitate rapport and conversations. Stephanie also explains why getting on eye level is important for kids and what other techniques to use when building rapport as an external family member is difficult during hospital care. There are many child life tricks out there that can be directly applied to home situations – and Stephanie named a few.
Stephanie’s Personal Links:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanie-r-appelhanz-ba-ccls-594a0832/
Email – stephanie.hegel@yahoo.com
Stephanie’s Recommended Resources:
- Mr. Men and Little Miss book series://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/series/DR9/mr-men-and-little-miss
- www.childlife.org to learn about child life and how we help children to cope
- https://www.kidsinpain.ca/ to learn more about how to improve children’s pain management by mobilizing evidence-based solutions through coordination and collaboration
- http://csefel.vanderbilt.edu/ is focused on promoting the social emotional development and school readiness of young children birth to age 5
- http://www.ymca.org
- www.dianealber.com – creative art and feeling/coping books
- https://www.loveandlogic.com/ – offering choices
- Childlifemommy@gmail.com
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xkk5CpfwUI&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3qj0sunCyGVhhEFQpd06CmQahme0OR8cGtU5XOkG-UkmxjMFmzOtnC17k – information for parents on how to talk to children about COVID
Arcadia Kim – CEO and Founder at Infinite Screentime

Katherine Jara – Online Teacher from Brazil
