Mind by Design

In this episode, I connect with Dr. Danielle Wischenka, a therapist licensed in both California and Colorado.  Dr. Danielle is the founder of Better Health Therapy, and is dedicated to helping children, teens and adults feel better, and develop, improve, and transform all aspects of health.  I just love Dr. Danielle's enthusiasm for her craft and commitment to her work.  Dr. Danielle's practice is in the Silicon Valley area of California, but she is available for virtual services for clients in both California and Colorado.

If you are a person or have a child or teen who is in need of support in developing better health, Dr. Danielle may be the therapist for you.  Do not hesitate to reach out to her at https://www.betterhealththerapy.com/ or [email protected].

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.

You can find me at:

https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Check out my interview with Transgender School’s founders, Bridget Sampson and Jackie Thornhill. They are a loving mother and her transgender daughter with a vision of saving lives, keeping families together and making school, work, and all spaces safe for transgender people. Transgender School offers courses to educate allies about how to support the transgender people in their lives. They also host weekly Facebook Livestream Q&A sessions on Saturdays from 4-4:30 pm, are starting a podcast called Transgender School Podcast (released Feb 2), are building a YouTube channel, and much more.

Transgender School was founded to make the world more compassionate toward and aware of the experiences of transgender people. If you are a transgender person, have a transgender person in your life, or want to learn more about the community, check out their helpful resources and participate in their live chats and courses. Their first webinar is designed for parents, family and community members, friends, teachers, co-workers, or anyone who wants to be a better ally to transgender people.

Connect with Transgender School at:

[email protected]

https://transgenderschool.org/

The free offering is the weekly Facebook Live or being in our Facebook group (search Transgender School).

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com. 

You can find me at: https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please rate and review, and if you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Check out my first interview of 2021 with none other than MY BROTHER, Todd Parker, Performance and Mindset Coach, Executive Leadership Coach, and College Professor.  Todd and I discuss emotional intelligence, developing habits, and perspective as we start the new year.  And of course, we throw some fun loving sibling humor in along the way.    

Todd can provide valuable coaching for parents, late teens/young adults, and executives.  He brings a "realist" yet compassionate approach to his work...just like me!   

Check out our video on YouTube at https://youtu.be/SD5VHoseSlE.

Todd can be reached at: [email protected] , on Instagram @toddparkerofficial, on Facebook and on LinkedIn.

Website:  samponcoachingandconsulting.com  

Also check out www.transgenderschool.org  

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.    More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.    

You can find me at: https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]    

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe, rate and review!

! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Listen in as I interview Jesse Roselin, Head of School for Pacific Preparatory and Tutor Corps.  Pacific Prep is an accredited K12 Online Private School that supports students in-home and virtually, through individualized learning.  Tutor Corps supports students through tutoring of all content areas and additionally supports executive function.    

Jesse and I discuss the advantages of schooling one on one, schooling through COVID and distance learning, and we have authentic conversation about our own lives and families during this time.  Jesse has been an educator for over 20 years and he brings his experience and passion to his programs, implementing education in ways he believes are efficient, effective, and relevant.  

Pacific Preparatory can be found at: https://www.pacificpreparatory.com/

Tutor Corps can be found at: https://www.tutorcorps.com/

Email or call: [email protected] or www.tutorcorps.com 415-990-1322  or for PacPrep: [email protected] or 314-PAC-PREP  

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.    

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.    

You can find me at: https://www.themindbydesign.com 

Email: [email protected]    

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Lorette Keane is the founder of Methods for Success, an Educational Therapy practice.  Lorette specializes in supporting dyslexia but also tutors in other academic areas.  Listen in to our conversation about differently-wired learners and support through these unprecedented times of COVID and school closures.  Lorette is a passionate, knowledgable, and committed therapist who brings her personal lens to her work, as a parent of a now adult, who struggled with severe dyslexia.  

Find Lorette at www.methodsforsuccess.com.  

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.    

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.    

You can find me at: https://www.themindbydesign.com

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Jennifer Piercey is the founder of OnTarget College Consulting. She helps students explore their academic interests, community engagement, extracurricular activities and what the idea of the “right fit” college means for each student. Then she helps students work their way through the entire college application process. She offers comprehensive programs as well as hourly consulting that covers multiple aspects of the college application journey. It’s all about the many steps of discovery along the way. A “good” college is not about prestige and rankings.

Contact Jennifer through her website at: OnTarget College Consulting

Professional Organizations:  Independent Educational Consultants Association. Here's the website link: https://www.iecaonline.com/

Higher Education Consultants Association link is here: https://www.iecaonline.com/

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.

You can find me at:

https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you! 

Ali Meyers, Executive Function Coach and Writing Specialist, is the founder of Launch Learning!  Ali provides EF coaching for students from middle school through college and also specializes in tutoring for writing as well as college essay writing.  Ali is a wealth of information and strategy, using a comprehensive toolbox she has acquired from her training as an educator and social worker, and through her work with students for over 20 years.    

Ali can be found on her website, https://launchlearning.com/, her email, [email protected], or by phone at (650) 544-5645.  

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.    

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.    

You can find me at: https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Is your student struggling with traditional school?  Fusion Academy is a fully accredited private school offering one-to-one instruction and a robust social experience to students grades 6-12. 

Listen in to my interview with Aurora Terracina, Director of Outreach, a previous public school teacher who found her niche, continuing to work in education but in a capacity that fills her bucket daily.  She stands behind Fusion's mission, to change students’ lives-- emotionally, socially, and academically, for the better.

Fusion Academy has multiple campuses and provides the following services:

Aurora serves the Los Gatos, Palo Alto, and San Mateo campuses and can be reached at 

Email: [email protected]
Website: www.fusionacademy.com
Phone Number: 978-424-3315

If school is a pain point for your student, don't hesitate to reach out!

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.

You can find me at:

https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

Jimmie Brown is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and is as real as it gets.  He has been working as a therapist in a school district for 17 years, is a consultant for the community, and has a private practice in Campbell, CA where he helps a range of individuals, children through adults.

Jimmie’s therapeutic approach is strength-based and real.  He dives deep, making a true connection with his clients, finding ways to bring out their own greatness through their work together.  He connects well with children and teens, and others who can appreciate his intense, caring, and “real” approach to therapy.  He uses his own experiences to shape and support his work with others and he practices what he preaches.

Jimmie’s passion for his career was sparked by Alan Thicke’s television character from Growing Pains, of all places.  He loved that the character was a therapist who helped people, in an office from his home, and was able to be home and present for his kids.  Jimmie thought, “I want to be like that!”

Jimmie spends copious amounts of time with his son, instilling learning, love, life and greatness.  He is a fitness enthusiast, coach, husband, father, therapist, consultant, and speaker.

Jimmie can be reached via phone or email and accepts text messages to:

(408)891-3565

[email protected]

If Jimmie Brown’s passion resonates with you or you believe he would be a great support to your child or teen, please do not hesitate to reach out.

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com

You can find me at:

https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!

What a therapeutic treat!  Jessica O’Connor is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who loves working with the littles!  She sees children in her practice as young as 3!  You may not believe that infant mental health or toddler behavior can be helped through counseling, but if you are a parent of one of these kiddos, Jessica may be your panacea!

Listen in as Jessica and I talk about her practice and specialties, including everyday challenges of kiddos 3-15, skill building, positive self-esteem, working through challenging behaviors, and improving overall emotional regulation.  Watch as Jessica shares her calming and therapeutic space with us and enlightens us with some her puppets and games that she uses in her sessions with children.  Even in a virtual world, Jessica is finding her sessions to be extremely effective.

Jessica works in person, when needed, and virtually, with children and families all over California.  If you have a kiddo who may benefit from Jessica’s services, just give her a call or send her an email.  She will meet with you for a 20 minute consultation session at no cost to you, to see if it is a good fit.

Jessica can be found on her website at: https://jessicaoconnor.org/, and her phone number is (669) 221-5386.

I'm Jana Parker, a Licensed Educational Psychologist in Campbell, CA. I provide psycho-educational evaluation, wellness and executive function coaching, and educational/IEP coaching and consultation. Welcome to my passion project, EduSwitchboard, where I connect families to valuable community resources that can support us during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

More information for this interview as well as other community resources can be found at www.themindbydesign.com.

You can find me at:

https://www.themindbydesign.com/

Email: [email protected]

Facebook: @themindbydesign

Please subscribe to my channel, like, and comment, and listen to my podcast, EduSwitchboard! If you would like to be featured as a helping professional on this show, please reach out! I'd love to hear from you!