DR. MARYLN APPELBAUM is well-known as an outstanding authority on children, education, and families. She has Master's Degrees in Both Psychology and in Education and a Ph.D. in Psychology. She has worked as both an educator and a therapist and has been a consultant throughout the United States. Maryln has been owner and headmaster of three educational centers and one private school for children. She has written more than 30 "how to" books geared exclusively for teachers and parents. She is especially known for her books, DO IT RIGHT, A POSITIVE GUIDE FOR DISCIPLINE, and HOW TO TALK TO KIDS SO THEY LISTEN. Her books, videos, posters, CDs, and audio tapes are used throughout the United States as well as in Canada and in South America. She has been interviewed on television and radio talk shows and has been quoted in newspapers including USA Today. She received White House Clearance in 1989 as a leading contender for the position of Director of the U.S. Office of Child Care.

Maryln has always loved the challenge of reaching and engaging challenging, hard to reach, tough students. She keeps going until she finds the tools she needs to reach those students. She delights in sharing those tools, strategies, solutions, and interventions with other educators. She makes use of her background in both education as well as psychology. She is powerful, fun, motivational, and most of all caring as she shares her personal experiences working with children. You will leave her seminar filled with information, solutions, and strategies, inspired to implement what you have learned the very next day with your own students.

MAURINE RICHTER, has been working on behalf of children for over 25-years. She has a unique way of teaching children that creates harmony. She has taught early childhood children, as well as in public schools, grades K-5. She has been a teacher and a director. She works with children who are challenging and knows solutions to make your job easier. She earned her Degree in Education, but more importantly, she has learned the art of reaching and teaching all children. Maurine has a special way of blending her years of experience, her knowledge of what works with her humor and charisma. She will touch your life. You will leave her seminar ''ready and excited'' to implement the solutions, strategies, and interventions that you will have learned.