For many reasons, your children may not be as motivated as you’d like them to be. After sharing briefly about common causes so you can talk with your children about them, Dr. Kathy will share strategies you can use to get and keep each child engaged. Academic growth and obedience can both increase. Learn how to compliment so children will continue doing what’s good. Learn how to correct and not criticize. Learn what makes change more likely. The numerous practical ideas for all ages will encourage and strengthen you.
Dr. Kathy Koch (“cook”), founder and president of Celebrate Kids, Inc., has spoken in thirty countries, influencing thousands of people . Her practical, relevant, results-oriented concepts and engaging, honoring, and humorous speaking style draw enthusiastic raves from children, teens, parents, and educators. Attendees leave her events armed with new beliefs, attitudes, practical tools, and increased hope for building healthy relationships and increasing success in family, life, and school. A popular guest on Focus on the Family radio, she has authored six books. Her most recent are Guiding Motivation, 8 Great Smarts, and Screens and Teens. Dr. Kathy earned a Ph.D. in reading and educational psychology from Purdue University. She was a tenured associate professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, a teacher of second graders, a middle school coach, and a school board member prior to becoming a full-time conference speaker in 1991. She has loved Jesus for years and her faith and desire to serve and glorify God is the foundation of her ministry.
