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Summit Center Announces New Locations in SF Bay Area and Los Angeles

Summit Center is pleased to announce the opening of three satellite offices to help meet the needs of families with gifted and twice-exceptional children in the San Francisco Bay and Los Angeles areas....

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Taming Normal Teen Anxiety, by Dr. Dan Peters

The teenage years increase fears and nerves for both parent and teens. This piece originally appeared on Psychologytoday.com. During childhood, young people typically remember the stages of their lives...

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Media and Technology: The Worry Monster’s Biggest Ally, by Dr. Dan Peters

Media and technology have changed our lives in many positive ways. Radio brought local and world news, and entertainment to our family rooms. Television brought these things to life, and in color. You...

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Balancing Social Media and Screen Time, by Dr. John Aldava

by John Aldava, PhD. Licensed Psychologist Dr. John Aldava joins Summit Center after over 13 years at Kaiser Walnut Creek working on the Child & Adolescent Family team as a Licensed Clinical...

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Just Like Flossing: 5 Ways to Improve Your Study Habits, by Deanna Kim, M.Ed.

Deanna Kim is an educational therapist at Summit Center Walnut Creek and at the Athenian School in Danville, where she coaches students in executive functioning to improve T.O.P. skills (Time...

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My Child Won’t Go to School: School Avoidance and What to Do, by Dr. Dan Peters

This piece originally appeared on Huffington Post. “I am not sure what has changed. Things were fine last year and now he wakes up with a stomachache and says he doesn’t want to go to school. It takes...

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A Strength-Based Approach Helps Children, by Dr. Dan Peters

Learn to ask “What’s Right” instead of “What’s Wrong” When it comes to helping our children learn and develop academically, socially, and emotionally, we want them to feel confident about who they are....

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Eyes, Ears, and Learning – by Nancy Knop, Ph.D., ET/P

If you can’t see, or if you can’t hear, you will have trouble learning. As obvious as that seems, the fact is that problems with seeing and hearing are NOT obvious. Many children have seeing and...

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Differentiated Educational Plans – Building on Student Strengths, One Child...

Do you hear from your child how bored they are in school? Do you feel your child is not being challenged appropriately? When a regular classroom curriculum is not meeting a gifted child’s intellectual...

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Summer is a Great Time to Develop Your Superpower, by Dana Cope, M.Ed.,...

For some children their strength or superpower is easy to see at school. For other children their superpower is hidden and reveals itself outside of the formal schooling experience. Summer is a...

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Developing Self Esteem in Gifted Teens, by Melanie Brown Kroon, LMFT

Melanie Brown Kroon, MA, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, provides therapy and consultations at Summit Center’s Encino office. Melanie works with individuals, couples and families specializing...

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Outside the Box Learning for Outside the Box Thinkers, by Dr. Dan Peters

This piece originally appeared on Psychology Today. Summit Center can help you learn more about your child’s learning strengths plus any potential issues, and can help you find an alternative learning...

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The Twice-Exceptional Adult, by Dr. Dan Peters

This piece originally appeared on Psychology Today. Many gifted adults may find that they are still suffering from experiences and challenges that affected them as children. Others find they are...

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Worry Reminders for the Holidays, By Dr. Dan Peters

It is normal for our children to experience more stress and worry during the holidays. Among the traditional stressors of everyday life come common seasonal anxieties such as worrying how the family...

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Why All Parents Should Use The Teachings from the Jedi Master in 2016

It was 1980 in Century City. I was 10 years old waiting in a line that did not seem to end with my grandma (now 104). We waited for two hours to see the Empire Strikes Back. There was a buzz in the air...

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What’s Up With All the Dys’? And What You Can Do About It, by Dr. Dan Peters

There are many types of learning disorders that can affect our children. The good news is that learning differences and disabilities are getting more press and attention. However, it can get confusing...

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When Overparenting Goes Too Far, by Dr. Dan Peters

I am sitting across two kind, caring, and hardworking parents who are concerned about their 16-year-old son’s maturity, decision-making, effort in school, and most recently, his ability to pass his...

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How Anxiety Affects Your Child’s Self-Esteem, by Dr. Dan Peters

As parents, we want our children to go into the world of school, peers and friendships, and life feeling happy, confident and valued. We do our best to fortify their self-confidence within the home so...

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How Are You Living Out The 3 P’s? Planning, Proactive, Prioritizing, By...

Lights flickering. Pitch black room. A moment of silence. A flood of thoughts go through my brain like lightning as the hustle and bustle of the evening activities is interrupted. ‘How long will this...

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5 Steps To Managing Stress During the Holidays, by Dr. Dan Peters

Thanksgiving feels like weeks ago. Cities, stores, homes, schools, and entire towns are decorated for the holiday season. Lampposts and stop lights are dressed with red ribbons. Luxury cars sport...

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