Don’t you just love smiles? I love how this student is doing soooo well that her father just can’t help but smile! Thanks Oliverian — you’re approach to college prep is awesome!
How to Launch a Young Adult: Use a Parachute Approach!
As parents, we want “the best” for our young daughter or son, don’t we? In fact, we’ve given them “the best” and that’s now part of the problem. Now, as the metaphoric phrase goes, “Houston, we’ve got a problem”, for what we have here is a failure to launch. And so goes our young person’s life — wandering aimlessly between home, college, work, and struggling with relationships and possible drug, internet, or sexual problems (or maybe all three!). What we need here is “a plan” that doesn’t depend on one person’s opinion but a thorough assessment and recommendation from a qualified practitioner, licensed in the area of psychological testing and placement of young adults. Dr Burdick has “put into motion” hundreds of such “plans” that have brought about successful “launches” to bring a young adult back to “buying in” to their life and making something successful of it, to make themselves (and those around the young adult) “proud”. At the end of the day, will the young person listen to their parents? No. But, Dr Burdick has a way to help align the orbits of clients and families to help bring the purpose back into the situation, and move families forward. Do you think this is possible without a “thorough assessment”? No, it’s not. Is it possible to “launch” young adults with such an assessment and a strategic plan? Yes, it is. We use a “parachute approach.” Don’t wait. Call to make an appointment. We can make “the launch” happen!
Finding A Safe Harbor
It’s a play on words, but finding a safe place where you can find calm waters to avoid relapse and work on your mind and body fitness is what Safe Harbor in Costa Mesa is all about. In having worked with the owner Velvet Mangan now for over ten years, I find myself as an educational and therapeutic consultant learning more about recovery from addiction for women on every tour. Recovery from addiction is never easy, and women suffer often from co-dependent relationships which only complicates their sobriety. However, as a professional referent, I have found that the ability to ‘work a program’ with other women who face similar challenges provides my clients a safe and secure option with multiple opportunities to engage in rehearsing coping skills necessary for these young ladies to survive in the ‘real world’.
Huffington Post — today!
News Brief: I’m a guest of Marc Lamont Hill from Columbia U today @ 2PM PST / 5 PM EST on the topic of using money as an incentive to get better grades! live.huffingtonpost.com
it promises to be a lively discussion around the use of $$$ to inspire academic performance. Of course, we already know that doesn’t work with teachers, RIGHT??? 😉 So, why should it work with our kids? Follow me on twitter: @drpsych and @drburdick and let me know your thoughts following the Huff Post.
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Heart-to-Heart
Dr Burdick believes that the connection between the program staff and himself, and the ability to communicate as a licensed professional the gains (and setbacks) made by clients to referring families is most important. 30 years of practice in this arena of health and school psychology as an educational consultant and licensed psychologist guarantees the best representative money can buy. Ask yourself: 1) Can I depend on websites to be totally truthful and accurate in representation of the type of clients the programs admits? 2) Do I have time and financial resources to fly around the country seeing and comparing these programs? 3) How will I know if my family member is successful or not, whom do I trust? 4) Can I afford to lose money and time in a placement gone bad? Why chance it? Start the solution today.