Parenting Mindfully While Sheltering in Place

We are living in an unprecedented time which challenges our family’s cohesion and individual and family needs – trying to balance work, manage our apprehension, engage in mindful self-care all while providing an impactful learning and loving environment for our children. Many of my clients have asked:

• How do I maintain and expand my child’s development while sheltering in place?
• How do I keep my child engaged in their educational goals?
• What can I do as a parent to minimize the impact of educational lapse?
• What structure does my child and family need to peacefully co-exist?

Karla Lee Kuester, Child Development Specialist, is available to consult via voice/video chat with families regarding these questions and other challenges. She will meet your family’s needs through conversation, observation and intervention to:

• Develop a road map for at-home structure and activities to manage new behaviors that may occur during this stressful time
• Meet your children’s emotional, educational and social development needs in fun and nurturing ways through interactive collaborative games and activities available for parents’ use
• Maintain and build your child’s self-confidence while away from school by developing appropriate academic skills
• Develop family-specific practices to reduce anxiety using mindfulness techniques and Brain Gym exercises
• Maintain and expand your child’s study skills and critical thinking for enrichment/remediation while at home
• Structure multi-age learning activities to address individualized goals and grade-levels

Contact Karla for individual/family consultation (typical/atypical development), group presentations, lectures, parent-teacher conferences. Hourly and group rates. HIPAA confidentiality rules will be strictly respected.
karla.kuester@gmail.com Cell: 310-579-7614

“Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity”
-Albert Einstein

Presenter: Karla Lee Kuester, has been a RIE® Associate/practitioner since 1989. She holds degrees in Early Childhood Education/Development Psychology/Fine Art. Karla has been working with young children and families since 1977, as a Certified Montessori teacher/tutor, infant specialist, Early Interventionist, Behavior Interventionist and CD Consultant. She currently works for Step By Step EDU-Play Childhood Dev. Program in Santa Monica, CA. with atypically developing children birth-8 years of age.  She teaches Infants, Toddlers & Caregivers at UC Irvine annually and was the in-house CD Specialist at UCLA Krieger Center from 2009-2015. Karla is a published author and has recently been invited to sit on the Executive Committee of the Assoc. of Child Dev. Specialists – L.A.