All Practitioners Stephen Dubrofsky
As an Educator, Family Practitioner, Author and Workshop facilitator my life's work is about creating healthy relationships within your family, promoting self-mastery and opening those doors to being able to achieve those hard to reach goals. I have Masters degrees in Child Development and Educational Leadership. I am also an ordained metaphysician. My web site is www.allaboutyourchildren.com. My e-mail address is .
Hello, my name is Stephen and my personal mission has been directed to empower ourselves and our children in order to create healthier relationships within our family.
My academic experience focuses on the needs of the special needs child and also a holistic view on how to create a balance between the home and the school. I have a Bachelors degree in Psychology with an emphasis on child development. My Masters in Learning Disabilities focuses on children with learning disabilities, behavior disorders and developmental disabilities. My Masters in Education Administration focuses on leadership skills in the workplace and how to maximize performance and motivational levels of staff so that they may strive to be exemplary role models to their students and fellow teachers.
For the past 12 years I have been working as a family coach. My program Parent College is designed to empower the caregiver no matter what the circumstance to create positive changes within their situation. It is specifically designed to teach the caregiver how to be outstanding teachers, guides and advocates to their children.
I have also trained other professionals to go out and do this family work. The training program created follows this outline:
- Looking at environmental stressors.
- Self-awareness and its potential impact on change in the family.
- Parenting Styles and temperaments of your child – An opportunity for powerful change.
- How to bridge the gap between your working environment and family life?
- Nutritional habits and their effects on the individual and family
- Exercise regimens and there effects on the individual and family
- The social and academic performance of your children.
- How to manage and motivate your child.
- Cultural differences between families.
- How to identify special needs within the family.
- How to deal with grief, loss and the cycle of failure within the child. Within the adult.
- How to develop a partnership with the school system.
- The role that caregivers play. The role of the child.
- What are the things that may be inhibiting caregivers from achieving those goals that they have?
- What to do about them?
In addition, I am a published author and what follows are brief descriptions of my work:
"There is No Magic" is a valuable resource for anyone in contact with at-risk children. Even though "There Is No Magic" was written for parents of children with special needs, it can be applied to helping all families develop techniques and strategies that will promote more holistic environments and enhance the child's physical, social and educational growth and development.
The 2nd is entitled:
“Wisdom in the Family" focuses on practical experience, guiding children and families to understand how they can be the best they can be.
The 3rd is called:
"I Knew I Shouldn't have done it.. but.. I did!" is about relationships. We tend to attract experiences and relationships that repeat themselves causing confusion, frustration and anger. We want to find the answer but don't know how.
The book has 3 distinct parts; The first is identifying certain developmental stages that we go through in life. Like beginning to crawl, then learning how to stand up for who we are, how to deal with our obstacles, humiliations, crisis, etc; learning how to get really good and feeling comfortable with those around us; Learning how to be of help to others that are around us.
The second part is identifying some tools that will help us develop a greater understanding of who we are, tools that we can use to help us navigate through our unique life experiences
And
The third are actual life experiences that when shared will help others in their step by step journey. That will help others feel better in the knowing that they are not alone. Will help others shift and transform into someone who can better manage their own life situation and facilitate the next step for them to make.
I look forward to having the opportunity to open up those doors which will help to craete healthier relationships within your family.
Stephen
1. 11 years’ experience as a Special Needs Teacher, working with a diverse population; 5 years experience as a Director of Education, and 12 years experience as a Parent Educator facilitating for families tools on how they may create more homogeneous environments for their kids.
2. Rich background and knowledge of Applied Behavior Analysis.
3. Graduated from Kent State University with a Master of Arts Degree specializing in Learning Disabilities, Developmental Disabilities and Behavior Disorders; Columbia University with a Master of Education degree in Administration; Post Graduate work in Behavioral Psychology at University of Kansas.
4. Strong analytical skills necessary to analyze and help in developing curriculum and programming designed to maximize individual potential.
5. Consensus-driven communicator, when dealing with a variety of students and problems, Bilingual English / French.
6. Highly-developed sense of responsibility and professionalism mandatory to ensure a good environment where both teacher and student are comfortable to learn.
7. Extensive experience with Autistic, Developmentally Disabled and Behaviorally challenged students. Using Diverse teaching strategies very focused in achieving Mastery.
8. Proficient with MS Office, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Smart Board.
Classroom
· Developing curriculum and programming designed to meet the individual needs of Special needs students in reading, math , language arts and writing.
· Case manager which involves writing Individual Education plans; Behavioral intervention plans; supervising the IEP meeting; parent involvement; coordinating student programming with classroom teachers; modifying curriculum for students involved with inclusion.
· Designed and implemented a program plan responsible for the development and Education of the student, teacher and parent.
· Manages, motivates and trains staff in order that they may empower others working within the organization.
· Provide case management for a diverse population.
· Planned, Developed and implemented numerous programs designed to develop and empower the family.
· Organizes and leads all committees within the organization.
· Deliver lectures, conducts workshops and presentations to staff, students and the community including all caregivers.
· Assume responsibility for the delivery of services of all related professionals.
· Motivated Families and Teachers to promote the advocacy of children’s rights.
Administrative/Consulting
· Designed and implemented a program plan responsible for the development and Education of the student, teacher and parent.
· Manages, motivates and trains staff in order that they may empower others working within the organization.
· Provide case management for a diverse population.
· Planned, Developed and implemented numerous programs designed to develop and empower the teacher, student and family.
· Deliver lectures, conducts workshops and presentations to staff, students and the community including all caregivers.
· Assume responsibility for the delivery of services of all related professionals.
· Motivated Families and Teachers to promote the advocacy of children’s rights.
Publications:
Author:
- “There is No Magic…but there are alternatives to parenting and teaching exceptional children.”
- “Wisdom in the Family” – A guide to creating a Family Plan
- “I knew I Shouldn”t Have Done It… but I Did” - A story designed to create a greater understanding of those relationships which effect who we are; Where we are; Tools that will facilitate change in those relationships. Tools which enhances our personal and professional practices.
Additional Professional Experience:
· ParentCollege. An innovative program which facilitates self-mastery in individuals so that they may become more effective parents thereby changing the nature of their family.
· Creator and facilitator for “Leadership from Within” Workshop. This program is designed to promote self-mastery and achievement of personal and professional goals.
· Host ofParentCollegeRadio – An Internet show designed to provide an educational voice to the Parent, The Educator and The Child.
· Featured on The Erin Davis Show - (AD/HD topics)
· Parenting column - Monthly column appears in “The Town Crier” (Portfolio available upon request)
· Written manual- “How to Teach Our Child- At home - At School.
Articles: 1) Parenting Styles vs. Temperaments of our children. 2) How to become better partners with our school. 3) As parents, how we can empower ourselves, create change by playing a greater role in our Parent Council.
Member Since: Jul 6, 2012 Last Activity: Jul 6, 2012
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