Wired for Success®

For parents, caregivers

and childcare providers

Wired for Success® workshops provide important information about how a young child’s brain ‘wires up’ as well as practical methods for stimulating healthy early brain development for later success in school.  These workshops address cutting-edge developments in neuroscience, and utilize New Direction’s S.T.E.P.S. to Early Brain Development® curriculum, which focuses on Security, Touch, Eyes (vision), Play, and Sound.  Wired for Success® is available in either an introductory one-hour or a half-day workshop. Certificates of completion will be provided.

Kinder Prep Pre-literacy workshop is an adult/child, interactive 3 – part workshop series for parents or caregivers with children ages three to five years old. Each of the three sessions in the series (Attention, Bonding, Communication) focuses on the skills needed for entrance into kindergarten in language and literacy, social competence, social-emotional growth and pre-math literacy. These sessions are highly interactive and encourage adults to participate. They focus on inexpensive, at-home activities known to encourage brain development. Participants will be able to take home the activities they work on, as well as a gift incentive for each session. Certificates will be awarded to participants who complete the series.

Series A and B do not have to be attended consecutively.

Kinder Prep A & B

Pre-literacy Program

For 3 – 5 year olds

and a caregiver

Brain Time

with Brain Boxes®

Offered in three age groups:

- Birth – 18 Months

- 19 Months – 3 Years

Brain Time is a fun, interactive 3 – part series where a parent or caregiver and child are learning together.  Brain Time follows a classic story time format, but includes one-on-one time for the adult and child to work and play together using NDI’s patented Brain Box® learning system.  Facts about brain development and early literacy, as well as tips for parents are key elements of the program. Workshops are based on NDI’s curriculum, The ABC’s of Early Learning®, which focus on Attention, Bonding and Communication.  A gift incentive will be given to participants at each session.  Certificates and will be awarded to participants who complete the series.

S.T.E.P.S. Plus parent education workshops, a series of 10 fun and interactive sessions that will help each parent learn effective ways to prepare their birth-to-five year old children for future success.  Child care is provided for each session.  Every workshop has adult discussion time to find out what really matters for healthy brain development as well as time to learn techniques that will help a child’s development.  During the last half-hour of each session, adults and their children will have time to play and ‘practice’ together with items that reinforce the learning. Each parent leaves every session with materials, a perfect book or a useful toy to keep at home.

S.T.E.P.S.® Plus

For parents and caregivers

Nurturing Parenting

For parents and caregivers

Nurturing Parenting is a program for parents and their children that is internationally recognized for enhancing self worth, empathy, discipline, and empowerment.  Join the thousands of families world wide who have experienced the excitement of this series.  There are 10 interactive 2-hour sessions that offer engaging discussions, interesting video clips, and stimulating activities that help parents learn and apply the information.  Additionally, each session includes creative make-and-take projects and fun incentives/gifts for participating.  All workshops are free, with some providing free childcare.