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			Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD Speaker and Workshop Leader Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD is a psychologist and an internationally recognized attention expert with thirty years of experience. She is the award-winning author of Find Your Focus Zone and Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos. Dr. Palladino has been featured in Men’s Health, Family Circle, The Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Diego Union Tribune, and Web MD. She has appeared on television and radio including CNN and National Public Radio. She was the resident psychologist for the Morning Show on KFMB-TV, the CBS affiliate in San Diego, California. Topics Find Your Focus Zone For Organizations, Associations, and General Audiences The fast pace of change today bombards and overwhelms us at one extreme, or depletes and demotivates us at the other. Get the tools you need to stay in your focus zone – the relaxed-alert state of just-right stimulation where attention is best. Through engaging stories and activities, you’ll learn to • Concentrate under pressure • Do more in less time • Build attention skills for success Now, everyone can defeat distraction and overload. Find Your Focus Zone in the Workplace For Businesses and Corporations Attention management is a challenge for everyone who works in the digital age of distraction. Learn simple but powerful tools to • Act effectively under pressure • Mentally filter information • Turn interruptions to your advantage You'll boost your productivity by spending more time in your focus zone. And you’ll strengthen job satisfaction, team spirit, and morale by eliminating microinequities – tiny, unintended offenses that result from divided attention and overload. Find Your Focus Zone for College Students College is a time for building skills, particularly the ability to manage attention. Through active audience participation and entertaining stories about campus concerns such as FOMO (fear of missing out), your students learn to • Prevent procrastination • Improve study habits • Sharpen test-taking skills Appropriate all year round, this topic – also called New Year, New Skills – is a popular back-to-school or new-semester event, to get the jump on preventing finals-week panic. Procrastination Busters An Interactive Workshop Through enjoyable yet eye-opening exercises, learn to beat the “but I just don’t want to” feeling. You'll leave with your own private, individualized, hand-written list of self-talk, mental pictures, and perspective-changing practices to • Resist impulsive decisions • Stick with boring but necessary tasks • Face and reduce work-related anxiety Get powerful new tools to resist digital-age distraction. Teaching Kids to Pay Attention For Parents and Teachers Every child needs adult guidance to be equipped with attention skills in today's world of video gaming and MySpace. Through real-life stories and timely tips, you’ll learn five steps to help kids • Make good choices • Build self-control • Stay motivated, even in subjects they don’t like • Do homework and classwork on their own • Complete assignments on time Give your children the tools they need to stay in their focus zone. Dreamers, Discoverers & Dynamos For Parents and Teachers Many children today think divergently: their minds overflow with many ideas at once. But their resourcefulness, strong-will, and noncompliance are a mismatch for classroom success. These inventive kids are like Thomas Edison, who was so nonconforming, he got kicked out of school twice! You’ll learn • How Edison-trait characteristics relate to attention deficit disorder (ADD) • Why Edison-trait giftedness gets neglected instead of nurtured • How to meet the specific academic, social, and emotional needs of Edison-trait children You’ll take home new methods to reach and teach the child who's bright but bored in school. Back to top



			Book Dr. Palladino as Your Speaker To contact Lucy Jo Palladino about speaking to your group, call 760-632-0953 or send her an email. You'll Enjoy Learning You''ll be inspired by stories from Dr. Palladino's three decades of counseling executives, entrepreneurs, engineers, inventors, artists, designers, information technology workers, attorneys, athletes, and performers. Dr. Palladino understands people and the problems of today. She's worked with parents who juggle their roles inside and outside the home. She's helped students and educators from kindergarten to graduate studies. And she connects with audiences from all walks of life. You'll See Results Quickly Dr. Palladino's timely advice easily translates into results. Her methods are cutting-edge and science-based, yet practical and simple to use. Dr. Palladino was the principal investigator of a federal research grant, has presented papers and published articles in professional journals, and was on the clinical faculty of the University of Arizona Medical School. When Dr. Palladino saw the advances in attention control made by world-class athletes, she trained with an eight-time Olympic sports psychologist. She continues to serve on the Sports Psychology Committee of the San Diego Psychological Association. The Benefits Are Enduring With authenticity, a quick wit, and a high degree of professionalism, Dr. Palladino delivers plain language explanations to strengthen your focus and solve everyday problems. She's a long-standing member of the American Psychological Association, Phi Beta Kappa, and the National Health Register. Her commitment to excellence plus her warmth and humor make Lucy Jo Palladino, PhD a highly-respected, entertaining, and memorable speaker. What Meeting Planners and Participants Say "Thoughtful, enlightening, fun, and very practical." Alex C. Green, MD www.PsychSites.com San Diego, CA "Articulate, extremely knowledgeable, and entertaining . . . I couldn’t be happier with what I’m hearing our students and professional staff say about the workshop." Michelle C. Souey Director of Health Education Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY "Thank you for running such quality workshops. . . . A morning well spent." Mike Evans Assistant Program Director University of Texas Austin, TX Back to top




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