Her brain-training research has been published in peer-reviewed medical and psychology journals and presented at conferences around the country.
With a PhD in psychology and a master’s degree in early childhood education, Dr. Amy has been a child development specialist, a parent educator, and a teacher of teachers She’s been working with struggling learners for 30 years. She is a TEDx speaker, host of the Brainy Moms podcast, board-certified Christian counselor, trauma specialist, life coach, writer—and she is an ADHD mom, and a mom with ADHD. She’s also the pastor of care and counseling at Larkspur Church in Larkspur, Colorado. She’s been married to the love of her life, Jeff, for 27 years, and they have three adult sons.
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Parenting with Grace in Mind: Brain-Based, Heart-Focused Strategies for Raising Kids with Special Needs
Homeschooling sometimes creates conflict and tension between you and your child. And that puts stress on you! In this workshop, cognitive psychologist and Christian counselor Dr. Amy Moore will share ways that homeschooling parents can transform the relationship with their child through a grace-based approach to parenting that honors God, honors parents, and honors kids. You will leave with new strategies for solving common behavior challenges, communicating more effectively, building relational equity with your children, and recognizing that all change starts with us.
Taming the Fire: Managing Big Emotions in ADHD ~
From sad to mad and everything in between, kids with ADHD have big emotions! In fact, emotions in kids with ADHD are usually more intense, more frequent, and longer lasting than emotions in kids without ADHD. In this workshop, cognitive psychologist Dr. Amy Moore will reveal why kids with ADHD have such big emotions. Then, using neuroscience and a little humor, she will share some ways to lower the temperature on outbursts, anger, anxiety, and rejection sensitive dysphoria. You will leave with seven brain-based, heart-focused strategies for parenting a child with big emotions.
Brain-Based, Heart-Focused Strategies for Raising Kids with Special Needs
Homeschooling sometimes creates conflict and tension between you and your child—and that puts stress on you! In this workshop, cognitive psychologist and Christian counselor Dr. Amy Moore will share ways that homeschooling parents can transform the relationship with their child through a grace-based approach to parenting that honors God, honors parents, and honors kids. You will leave with new strategies for solving common behavior challenges, communicating more effectively, building relational equity with your children, and recognizing that all change starts with us.
The Promise of Brain Training for Struggling Learners
In this interactive workshop, cognitive psychologist Dr. Amy Moore will introduce the concept of brain training for kids who are struggling to learn. Sharing neuroscience, stories of hope, and fun brain-training demonstrations, Dr. Amy will provide a comprehensive overview of a neuroplasticity-based intervention that has helped more than 130,000 children and adults with learning difficulties. She will share examples and outcomes from her clinical work and published research on brain training; she will also facilitate activities that show how cognitive skills work together in thinking and learning, how weaknesses in these skills impact learning, and how brain training is a promising approach to remediating many learning struggles. You will leave with a better understanding of what brain training is, how it works, and the message of hope that our kids are not stuck with the cognitive cards they’ve been dealt!
