Lisa Bravo, Master Trainer describes The Nurtured Heart ApproachTM as a strategic social/emotional curriculum that focuses on building healthy relationships from the inside out. It is based on the belief that intensity is a gift that when channeled in purposeful directions becomes the jet fuel for creating success. This four phase approach is based on implementing simple tools with the intention of creating successful moments, while creating clear, enforceable, and immediate consequences for misbehavior.
Originally designed by Howard Glasser in the 1990's, this approach was designed to work with the "toughest kids on the planet." Through The Center For The Difficult Child, Mr. Glasser's family therapy clinic, thousands of children were treated for symptoms of Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) with great success and WITHOUT MEDICATION. Soon Mr. Glasser was asked to consult with various organizations including School settings, Headstart and Juvenile Probation. His continued successes implementing the Approach led to the top selling book on ADHD, Transforming The Difficult Child by Glasser and Easley. The Approach is now recognized worldwide as the preferred method in educational and mental health settings. Several books and products have been developed to teach this powerful way of being. In 2007, Lisa Bravo. Master Trainer co-authored the Transforming the Difficult Child Workbook-currently a top-selling tool for implementing the Approach. Here is what Lisa says:
"As a licensed psychotherapist and parent of an intense (now fourteen year old) child, I have personally witnessed thousands of of relationships transform before my eyes. This approach is about RELATIONSHIPS. Having healthy mutually supportive connections is what all humans aspire to. When children feel great about who they are, they begin to thrive. They change their own definition of who they are and where they belong in the world, and eventually they come to love what they see. When they feel great from the inside out they begin to make better decisions, eat healthier meals, trust themselves, and create healthy boundaries around what they need from others. They no longer need the maladaptive coping of the past because they have TRANSFORMED!"
