FREE AoF Seminars: Fridays 11:30am-12:30pm, E.S.T.

All events offer hybrid in-person AND Zoom attendance options

Presented by: Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, PAATA HLM

Mike is an Art Therapy Entrepreneur, the founder of the Art of Friendship Social-Coping Program & Camp Pegasus, and author of “The Social-Emotional Guidebook: Motivate Children With Social Challenges to Master Social & Emotional Coping Skills”

Next In-Person and Virtual Presentation:

and the final presentation of 2024 is… 

Mind the GAP: Teaching Teens to Handle Unstructured Social Situations by Developing Conversation Skills
Friday, May 17th in Paoli, PA

Neurodiverse children report that unstructured times like lunch, recess, transitions between activities, and waiting periods to be anxiety-provoking and socially challenging. They may feel shy and withdraw, fumble awkwardly, or behave impulsively and sometimes annoy others. Unstructured situations have unclear or relaxed rules and less adult supervision and guidance. The cure? Let’s reframe these gaps in structure as social opportunities to Get Attention Positively. We will form a plan of action with a set of behavior guidelines and use play and conversation skills to make positive social connections.

Mind the GAP Zoom Attendance Registration Link:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0lc-2rrjwoHNP2ambgySW-9t7LZuuQlWzC

CEC’s are not available for this event.

Free of charge but by registration/RSVP only.

Click HERE for addresses and maps to the location you wish to visit.

Attending in-person? Space is limited! Email Candice Lespoir to RSVP for in-person attendance HERE.

Attending remotely via Zoom? Click the registration link beneath each virtual live seminar you wish to attend.

 Presentations are offered live on Fridays at 11:30am-12:30pm E.S.T.


 Therapy & seminar locations are located in:
Haverford | Paoli | Plymouth Meeting | Center City, Philadelphia

Click HERE for addresses and maps to the location you wish to visit.

Community Workshops for Parents, Educators, Camp Staff, & Therapy Professionals

Provided by Mike Fogel, MA, ATR-BC, LPC

 

Mike’s presentations help you understand neurodivergent thinking & adopt ideal support techniques. Presentations can stand-alone or be combined with others. Mike will customize a seminar to meet your training needs!

 

  1. Understanding How Neurodivergent Students/Campers Think & Feel, & How to Provide Ideal Support

  2. Stop Neurodiversity Ableism: Replacing Negative with Positive Feedback Cycles To Increase Motivation & Practice Of Learned Social Skills

  3. Teachable Moments for Neurodiverse Children: Compassionate Social Coaching For Social Miscues & Big Feelings

  4. Love With Limits: Using Structure, Rewards, and Consequences to Increase Positive Coping & Decrease Challenging Behaviors in Neurodiverse Children

  5. Emotional GPS: Adult Support and Children’s Coping Strategies for Four Phases of Frustration & Anger

  6. The Top 7 Social Awareness & Skills for Social Success: Lessons to Live By

  7. The Road to Happiness: Developing Assertiveness and Problem-Solving Skills in Children

  8. Meltdowns and Shut Downs: Helping Children Develop Frustration Tolerance & Anger Management Skills

  9. Your Personal Power Project: Helping Children Cope with Anxiety, Worry & Stress

  10. Three Essential Strategies to Morph Negative-Depressive Thinking into Resilient Coping

  11. Bridging the GAP: Conversation Skills to Help Neurodiverse Teens Succeed in Unstructured Situations

  12. Developing “Play Words”, Play Awareness & Play Skills for Neurodiverse Preschool & Kindergarten Students

  13. Bunnies Versus Dragons: Helping Your Child Cope with Bullies, Meanies, and Impossible Kids

 

Finally, Mike offers a “meta” presentation for professionals and educators.

  •  “Reverse Art Therapy: How to Write and Present Visual and Active Social-Emotional Learning Lessons for Neurodiverse Children (ASD, ADHD, and Learning Differences)” (2-3 hours)

Mike shares how neurodivergent children often become cognitively/emotionally overloaded when caregivers, educators, and professionals rely on verbal communication to teach, discipline, give directions, & coach. Out of Mike’s clinical experience as an art therapist working with children with neuro-diverse processing styles, he developed a visual language with youth to concretize, clarify, and make memorable abstract social-emotional coping concepts. Mike shares a step-by step and repeatable system of visual communication for anyone to use with their students and clients.

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‘Want Mike to Train Your Staff or Organization?

We offer in-service programs and presentations in the community on a variety of subjects related to child development, mental health, bullying, social development, and parenting issues. If you are interested in having us present for your group or event, please contact us. The following is a menu of just some of our most popular presentations:

Workshops for Parents, Educators and Professionals

These first two presentations teach support techniques for parents, educators, and caregivers. They can be stand-alone presentations or combined with one from the next section.

1. The Art of Friendship: Create the Ideal Conditions for Your Child to Practice Social & Emotional Coping Skills
(60 minutes-2 hours) (may with combined w/ 1, 2, 4, 5)

2. Love with Limits: Effective Structure & Behavior Modification Techniques to Turn Unhelpful & Unacceptable Behaviors Positive
(60 minutes-2 hours) (may be combined with A, 1, 2, 3, 4)

The following five topic areas provide parents and professionals child/adolescent-friendly language and a framework to teach social and coping skills. They can stand alone OR be paired with either of the two above for a longer presentation.

1. Meltdowns and Shut-downs! Helping Children Develop Frustration Tolerance & Anger Management Skills
(60 minutes)*

2. The Road to Happiness: Developing Assertiveness and Problem Solving Skills in Children
(60 minutes)* ##

3. Counter-Intuitive Caregiving: Helping Children Cope with Anxiety, Worry & Stress
(90 minutes to two hours)

4. “The Team for Fun”: Introduction to Social Skills Training (key concepts and skills)
(60 minutes to 2 hours)

5. The Personal Power Project: Helping Children Stand Up To Bullies, Teasers, and Impossible Kids
(60 minutes) ##

*1 and 2 complement each other and can be combined into one 2-hour presentation

##2 and 5 compliment each other and can be combined into one 2 hour presentation

And finally…Mike offers a “meta” presentation for professionals and educators.

Art Therapy in Reverse: Visual Communication with Children with Processing Differences (ASD, ADHD, and Learning Differences)
(2 hours)

This program focuses on children with processing differences. Specifically, Mike shares how they often become cognitively/emotionally overloaded when caregivers rely on a great deal of verbal communication when teaching, disciplining, giving directions, coaching, etc. Out of Mike’s clinical experience as an art therapist working with children with neuro-diverse processing styles, he developed a visual language with my clients to help them understand difficult and abstract social-emotional concepts. Mike shares a step-by step and repeatable system of visual communication for anyone to use with their students and clients.