Dr. Cartmell offers fun, information-packed, and motivating workshops that will provide you with parenting tools that you can put to work with your children right away. Mom's groups, parent organizations, and church groups will find Dr. Cartmell's workshops inspiring and filled with practical guidance that will equip them to effectively handle the challenges of parenting.

Here are a sample of the comments from participants in Dr. Cartmell's workshops:

"Excellent, practical, fun approaches to the subject."
"Helpful information delivered in an effective way."
"Very dynamic speaker!"
"Great sense of humor and presentation of examples."
"Offers very practical solutions that can be applied immediately."
"What a great booster shot to my parenting!"
"Good practical methods, easy to understand and use."

Here are a few of Dr. Cartmell's workshops:

RESPECTFUL KIDS: THE COMPLETE WORKSHOP
Are you tired of yelling at the kids? Do you dream of just one day with no arguing or whining? Are you tired of fighting against the TV world that rewards disrespectful behavior with a laugh track? Have you read every parenting book on the planet and yet nothing ever changes? In Raising Respectful Kids, child psychologist Dr. Todd Cartmell will help you transform your kids’ disrespectful behavior into new respectful habits that can change your family. Learn power-packed Biblical strategies for teaching respectful behavior, turning on respectful behavior, and turning off disrespectful behavior. Filled with humor and practical ideas that you can use right away, Dr. Cartmell will show you how to teach your kids the right lessons, the right way.

KEEP THE KIDS, LOSE THE ATTITUDE
Do you want to raise respectful, well-mannered children? In this one-hour workshop, Dr. Cartmell explains five key steps that will help you teach your children how to handle the challenges of daily life in a smart and respectful way. Steps include building strong relationships, setting a healthy example, teaching positive behavior, strengthening positive behavior, and weakening negative behavior. Filled with humorous moments and practical tools, parents will learn how to raise respectful children--without the attitude!

KEEP THE SIBLINGS, LOSE THE RIVALRY
Have your hopes of loving and cooperative sibling relationships been dashed against the reality of arguing, name-calling, and tattling? Loaded with humor and practical steps that you can put to work right away, Dr. Cartmell's one-hour workshop will guide you through a three-part process for building close sibling relationships, teaching valuable "living together" skills, and making sure that respectful sibling behavior is the only thing that pays off.

UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING ADHD
There is much misunderstanding that surrounds this diagnosis that impacts more than two million children across the country. In this informative one-hour workshop, you will learn about the nature of ADHD, how it is diagnosed, and the most effective treatments for ADHD children in both home and school settings. You will leave with an up-to-date understanding of ADHD and practical guidance for helping your ADHD child become all that God has created him or her to be.

ASK THE EXPERT
Perfect for mid-sized groups, Dr. Cartmell will respond to participant's parenting questions that have been collected prior to the workshop. Using the questions as launching points, Dr. Cartmell will provide practical, hands-on instruction on many of the how-to's of discipline, teaching positive behavior, and handling the daily parenting situations that face us all.

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Dr. Cartmell at the 2001 Hearts at Home Conference