Join ParentDashboard Host Michelle Boshard & world-renowned clinician, author & speaker Kim Barthel to discuss complex children's brains

About this event

ParentDashboard is over the moon about this exciting opportunity for complex needs parents to "pick the brains" of one of the world's foremost leaders on their children's neurobiology.

As a consultant working globally, Kim Barthel supports agencies, schools, and businesses to develop trans-disciplinary services and environments for a wide range of individuals with special needs. Historically, she has much experience co-creating programs for individuals who have both a developmental diagnosis and complex mental health needs. Increasingly, she helps to develop and maintain trauma-sensitive schools and trauma-sensitive workplaces.

Kim Barthel is a sought-after speaker on many topics for a wide variety of professionals and community members globally. Utilizing her extensive technical skills and expertise developed since the 80’s, Kim is a natural at inspiring and connecting hundreds of diverse audience members. Her unique blend of skills in utilizing storytelling, humility, science, and her comfort in many different cultures effectively holds the attention of every group of participants she is with.

Kim likes to study and teach the hot topics she wakes up thinking about: understanding complex behaviour, neurobiology, sensory-processing, movement, trauma informed practice, attachment theory, mental health, and anything that will support people in being their best selves.

Kim travels widely as an instructor to a range of therapists, educators, social workers, physicians, special-needs care providers and parents. Her specialties in workshop instruction include Trauma-Sensitive Practice, Pediatric Neuro-Developmental Treatment, Sensory Processing, Attachment Theory, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Addiction and Mental Health. In May, 2019, Kim was honoured as the recipient of the prestigious Award of Merit by the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists.

As an author, Kim co-authored Canadian National Best-Seller Conversations with a Rattlesnake: Raw and Honest Reflections on Healing and Trauma with Theo Fleury in 2014. She has written and contributed to several published works related to therapy, personal growth and mental health. Most recently, she wrote chapters in textbooks related to pediatric therapy and Neuro-Developmental Treatment.

For more information on Kim, visit: https://www.kimbarthel.ca/

Join our ParentDashboard Official Community on Facebook for more parent resources at www.facebook.com/groups/parentdashboard

Or visit our website www.parentdashboard.ca