SUMMIT WATCH PAGE 21 - 23 Feb
The summit has ended but with our All Access Pass, you can keep watching the speaker videos and get loads of extra resources worth over $1680.
(Including speaker bonuses)
LAST WEEK!
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SUMMIT WATCH PAGE 22 - 24 Feb
Calm Connected Tweens and Teens
21-23 Feb, 2025 | STARTS 8am (AEDT)
Your great relationship with your teen starts here.
Strong Relationships
Wellbeing
Independence & Resilience
This summit is a no judgement zone!
Our 16 speakers help you move forward in your relationship with your child, show you some next steps to sort through challenges and give you insights into the world of our tweens and teens.
So we hope you'll be open to possibilities and because every child is different and every family is different, layer all of this great advice with what you know about your own child.
You can access resources for a minimum of 3 years!
Talks For Teens
Included in the ALL ACCESS PASS ONLY
Want your teen to hear some uplifting and positive messages from inspiring young people? We hand-picked 2 youth speakers to talk directly to your teen themselves. Young people inspiring young people with positive uplifting messages to be themselves, chase their dreams and live a fulfilling life.
Plus we've added tips from our summit speakers talking directly to teenagers with their best advice to help them through the teen years.
Harry Quayle
Chase A Better You: Teenagers
Get Harry's resource for teenagers - included in the All Access Pass:
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'Digital Journal
For Teens'
Daniel Principe
Watch for an extended time
in the All Access Pass:
Championing Young People
In A Digital World
Access resources - 3 years minimum!
DAY 3: Watch period for these 5 videos ended at 8am (AEDT) 24th Feb
Steve Biddulph
Helping Your Anxious Teen Find Their Way
Paul Dillon
Alcohol and Your Teenager: What do parents need to know?
Jenny Atkinson
Helping Teens Build Confidence & Resilience
Sharon Collon
Supporting Your Tween & Teen With ADHD
Justine Lamont
Busting The Perfect
Parent Myth
Steve Biddulph
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Helping Your Anxious Teen Find Their Way
Steve Biddulph AM was voted Australian Father of the Year in 2000 and a Member of the Order of Australia for his work in adolescent mental health.
His books include his most recent, 'Wild Creature Mind', 'The Secret of Happy Children', 'Raising Boys', & 'Raising Girls'. They are in 6 MILLION homes and 31 languages and for many years have significantly influenced the way we look at childhood.
Watch for an extended time with the All Access Pass:
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Guide to accompany the video session
(Guide)
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Jenny Atkinson
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Helping Teens Build Confidence & Resilience
Jenny is the bestselling author of ‘High School Rocks’, a speaker, parent and dedicated teacher with over 30 years’ experience. As founder of Sparks Education Australia, she created the ‘Get Set For High School’ and ‘High School Hub’ Programs: a series of workshops, parent talks and online membership that have helped thousands of students, parents and teachers thrive with the changes and challenges of their transition to high school.
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Family Connection Toolkit
(Toolkit)
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Paul Dillon
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Alcohol and Your Teenager:
What do parents need to know?
For 30 years, Paul Dillon Dillon has worked with schools to ensure they have access to quality information & best practice drug education. Through his business, 'Drug and Alcohol Research and Training Australia' (DARTA) he provides updates on current drug trends, and advice on alcohol and drug issues. He's the author of the international book, 'Teenagers, Alcohol and Drugs'. Paul also writes a blog for parents and caregivers, as well as another for young people, and both of these have been released as a podcast.
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Toolkit: DARTA APP,
Fact Sheets, Checklists
(Fact Sheets & Checklists)
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Sharon Collon
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Supporting Your Tween & Teen With ADHD
Sharon is an ADHD Coach, consultant and parenting expert. She provides life changing practical strategies, systems and support for families with ADHD. Through 'The Functional Family', Sharon has assisted over 35,000 families and individuals with ADHD.
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Resources for supporting tweens and teens with ADHD
(Pdf Guide)
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Justine Lamont
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Busting The Perfect Parent Myth
Justine is a New Zealand speaker, parenting coach and parent of two young adults. With 18 years experience, and as the founder of Good To Great Parenting, she’s spreading the message to parents and teachers that being enough is good enough! Her upcoming parenting book helps parents to see themselves as the uniquely placed experts on their own children, and gives them the tools to advocate for their child at home, school and in life.
Watch for an extended time + get Justine's resource included in the All Access Pass:
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Getting Teens To Listen
(Masterclass- Fridge Sheet
- 30 min call)
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DAY 2: Watch period for these 5 videos ended at 8am (AEDT) 23rd Feb
Fareedah Shaheed
Online Safety : how to create a foundation of trust and open communication with teens
Leslie Josel
Let's Talk About Time: Tips & Tools To Help Tweens & Teens Build Their Time Management Muscle
Karen Young
Helping Tweens & Teens
With Anxiety
Nathan Wallis
The Teen Brain:
What Parents Need To Know
Tyson Greenwood
Navigating Teen
Friendships
Dr Kirstin Barchia
Creating A Calmer Family In The Teen Years
Fareedah Shaheed
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Online Safety : how to create a foundation of trust and open communication with teens
Fareedah Shaheed helps parents protect their kids online. She's an Award-Winning Internet Safety Expert and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree. She's collaborated with Meta, H&M, FedEx, NASA, and Mozilla to help educate parents on internet safety and security.
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Protect Kids Online
Resource Library
(Guides)
Watch period for this speaker has ended. You can watch for longer with the All Access Pass.
Leslie Josel
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Let's Talk About Time: Tips & Tools To Help Tweens & Teens Build Their Time Management Muscle
Leslie is the author of 2 books and creator of the award-winning Academic Planner: A Tool for Time Management® . She's the founder of Order Out Of Chaos and is a respected resource on ADHD and Executive Functioning in students. For 8 years, she's been named one of the top Time Management experts in the world.
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Personal Homework Profile
(Personal profile pdf)
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Karen Young
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Helping Tweens & Teens With Anxiety
Karen is the author of 5 books including the bestselling, 'Hey Warrior'. She's a speaker, consultant and leading authority on child and adolescent anxiety. As the founder of ‘Hey Sigmund’, she provides contemporary, research-driven information on anxiety and the neurodevelopment of children.
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Nathan Wallis
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
The Teen Brain:
What Parents Need To Know
Nathan is a human development expert on neuroscience, parenting, Maori perspectives, teaching and the wholistic development of young people. He hosts 'Kids Don’t Come With A Manual', 'All in the Mind', and co-hosts 'The Secret Life of Girls'. He appears regularly on radio & TV.
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Video Series For Teenagers
(Videos + Guide)
Tyson Greenwood
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Navigating Teen Friendships
In 2024, Tyson was named one of Australia's Most Influential Educators. As Director of UR Strong, he presents their Whole-School Friendship strategy to thousands of educators, parents and students each year. Tyson has a Diploma in Positive Psychology and Wellbeing.
Watch for an extended time + get Tyson's URStrong resource included in the All Access Pass:
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Family Membership To Resource Library
(Membership)
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Dr Kirstin Barchia
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Creating A Calmer Family In The Teen Years
Dr Kirstin Barchia is a Clinical Psychologist who has worked with teenagers and their parents for over 20 years. Alongside her face to face clinical private practice, Kirstin has developed the Calm Connection Program for parents of teens and other online resources to support parents of teens build Calm and Connection in their households.
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in the All Access Pass:
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Connected
Conversations Course
(Course)
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DAY 1: Watch period for these 5 videos ended at 8am (AEDT) 22nd Feb
You can access resources for a minimum of 3 years.
Maggie Dent
Helping You Build A Close Relationship With Your Teen
Michelle Mitchell
Communicating With Your Teen So They Want To Follow
Kirra Pendergast
Keeping Your Teen Safe On Social Media
Andrew Fuller
Parenting Tricky Tweens & Teens
Dr Vanessa Lapointe
Helping Teens Have Better Relationships With Their Siblings
Maggie Dent
Interviewed by
Jenny Atkinson & Justine Lamont
Helping You Build A Close
Relationship With Your Teen
Maggie Dent is known as the ‘queen of common sense’, and is one of Australia's favourite parenting podcasters, authors and educators. She has a particular interest in the early years, adolescence and resilience, and is an undisputed 'boy champion'.
Maggie's the author of many books, including the recent 'Help Me Help My Teen', 'Mothering Our Boys' and 'From Boys To Men'.
Watch for an extended time + get Maggie's resource included in the All Access Pass:
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'Calming Teen Stress & Anxiety'
Webinar discount + audio track
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Michelle Mitchell
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Communicating With Your Teen
So They Want To Follow
Michelle started her career as a teacher, but soon discovered a special interest in wellbeing. She is a speaker and bestselling parenting author, including her recent books, 'Tweens' and 'Where Do Babies Come From?'. Michelle founded Youth Excel - a charity delivering life skills programs and psychological services to thousands of young people and their families. She offers compassionate, grounded advice for parenting tweens and teens.
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'Connection Boosting Scripts'
+ 'Clever Ways To Handle Grumpy Teens'
Parent Scripts + eBook
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Andrew Fuller
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Parenting Tricky Tweens & Teens
Andrew Fuller is a clinical psychologist, speaker, family therapist, creator of Learning Strengths ™ and author of many books including, 'Tricky Teens' and 'Unlocking Your Child's Genius'. He started working in psychiatric crisis teams with people who were at their last hopes and that inspired him to create with people, futures they can fall in love with. He's worked with 4,000+ schools and communities, and more than 500,000 young people.
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Kirra Pendergast
Interviewed by Jenny Atkinson
Keeping Your Teen Safe On Social Media
Kirra is an international expert in online safety, with a career spanning over three decades. Her proactive and compassionate approach to online safety education emphasises practical safety without fear-mongering. She's the founder of 'Safe On Social', a group of companies leading global cyber safety education.
Watch for an extended time + get Kirra's resource included in the All Access Pass:
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'Guides For Staying
Safe Online '
(2 x guides
+ discounted resource library membership)
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Dr Vanessa Lapointe
Interviewed by Justine Lamont
Helping Teens Have Better Relationships
With Their Siblings
Dr Vanessa is a psychologist, mom, parenting educator, best-selling author and speaker. At her North Star Developmental Clinic, she supports children and families and helps big people see the world through the child’s eyes to help grow up our children in the best possible way.
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Learn from our 15 experts in challenges faced by parents and their teens today.
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Come and join our Facebook Group for parents of tweens and teens to get links to watch the speakers videos, summit updates and lots of support raising your teenagers.
How the summit works: On 21st Feb we put up 5 speaker videos online at 8am (AEDT). Watch for free for 24 hours or grab the All Access Pass for extended viewing time and lots of extra resources. Each summit day we add 5 new speaker videos you can watch for 24 hours. See the Speaker Schedule and videos below.
Have questions? We've got answers!
How long will I have access to resources + videos in the ALL ACCESS PASS?
FREE TICKET: includes 24 hour access to each of the presentations. That means, Day 1 presentations expire after 24 hours, Day 2 expire after 24 hours and Day 3 expire after 24 hours.
ALL ACCESS PASS: After the summit we put all the speaker videos, lots of digital resources, speaker notes, transcripts and valuable bonus resources from our speakers into our course area for people who upgrade. And you can watch the speaker videos when it's convenient to you.
You can access these resources for a MINIMUM of 3 years from the summit date.
NOTE: When you buy the All Access Pass, we give you immediate access to the digital resources and speaker bonuses. You can begin using them before the summit even starts!
Once the summit ends, we upload all the speaker videos, notes, transcripts and action plans into the course platform for you to watch and use when it's convenient to you.
What will I learn at the Calm and Connected Tweens and Teens Summit?
This summit is all about helping parents reach cooperation, connection, and calm with your teen. There are lots of summits and other resources out there for parenting our teens, but our 16 expert speakers will specifically help you to build a strong relationship with your teen and show you how to build their resilience, independence and wellbeing.
How do I know if this summit is right for me?
If you're a parent of tweens or teens, this event is for you! We’ll be specifically talking to parents, but educators or anyone who wants to get a better understanding of teenagers, understand how to relate with them, and help them be and do their best is welcome to join us.
When is the summit happening?
The main portion of the summit runs from 21st to 23rd February, 2025 with pre-summit activities/sessions starting on Saturday, 15th February. Time: On each day of the summit we make 5 speaker videos available to watch at 8am (AEST). You have 24 hours from that time to watch those 5 speakers, before we take them down and put up the next day's speakers, then the next day.
Pre-summit activities/sessions start in the Facebook Group on Saturday, 17th February. so you can join in on the fun and learning right away! You can join here: Parenting Through The Tough Stuff
What if I’m not able to attend live?
Our presentations are pre-recorded and are available to watch for 24 hours with your free ticket. So we encourage you to attend on those days if you can!
You can also attend some live sessions and Q&A's in our Facebook Group, and join in with others who are finding ways to help their tweens and teens.
However, if you’re not able to attend all of the sessions each day, go ahead and grab your free ticket and consider upgrading to the ALL ACCESS PASS. The pass gives you extended access for a minimum of 3 years to watch the videos and you can use all the extra resources that come with the Pass whenever it's convenient or as a need pops up.
Are the presentations live?
The presentations are pre-recorded and available to watch for 24 hours with your free ticket. If you'd like to watch for longer + access extra helpful resources on the summit topics, you're welcome to upgrade to the All Access Pass for lifetime access.
Will all the speakers get my email address?
No. We do not share your email address!
When you register, you’ll be added to the Sparks Education (Jenny's) email list and Good To Great Parenting (Justine's) email list. We'll email you updates for the summit and the links to watch each day’s presentations. After the summit, you’ll continue to hear from us from time to time, but you can easily unsubscribe at any time.
Optional: Each of the speakers will have free resources available. If you'd like the resources you can choose to follow their link and give them an email address ... but the speakers will not get your email address unless you choose to give it to them specifically.
That way, you only hear from the people you really love and don't have to worry about getting added to loads of email lists you're not interested in.
You can learn more in our Privacy Policy.
Are your videos transcribed?
Yes. All presentations are transcribed and available for those who upgrade to the All Access Pass. You'll get the chance to upgrade after you grab your free ticket for the summit.
I still have questions!
If you still have questions, we encourage you to go ahead and sign up. Your questions will likely be answered during the event or in the Facebook community, which you’ll be able to join right away after grabbing your free ticket.
However, if you need to ask us a question, feel free to send us an email at: [email protected]
All material is provided for informational or educational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. For advice and support specific to your needs, please consult a professional.
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