The Developing Brain - 5-12 years - AUCKLAND

In this presentation, Nathan provides an informative narrative on how our day-to-day interactions with children and young people, significantly the early years, plays a critical role in defining later outcomes for our children and for our future. Nathan will guide you through the stages of brain development that happen across childhood through to adulthood. Nathan will reveal little tricks to make parenting easier, and help you open up communication with your child. You will walk away with a much better understanding of how both your child's brain and your own brain work

This talk is for those parents or caregivers who want a quick snapshot of brain development. Now don’t worry about not being able to understand it. While Nathan has all the qualifications and academic creed, he comes from a background of being a foster child, father of three, grandfather of two and foster parent to many. His unique “tell you how it is” style will have you captivated, and you will walk away jam-packed with “ah-ha” moments.