Seminars Categories: Corporate Training - Schools & Families - Image Coaching

Current Seminars: Self Improvement and Court Referrals:

• Anger Management - 4 or 8 Hour Anger Management Classes Self-Development or Court Ordered Orlando
• Parenting with Purpose - 4 Hour Classes - Self-Development or Court Ordered Orlando
• Marriage - Enjoying our Differences - Janie Lacy, M.S. - Couples Cafe TBA @ Northland Church, COMPLIMENTARY
• Parenting & Adolescent - "Solutions for Oppositional Defiance Disorder" - Jim West, LMHC, NCC - Sept 11th, University Behavioral Center 9a-12p, East Orlando. RSVP & Directions (407) 281-1900, FREE

Book a Seminar Below: Staff Development, Schools, Churches, Groups, Key Note Speakers, and Conferences.

Orlando Area Seminars by James L West, MA, LMHC, NCC

3 Tips to Resolve Child/Adolescent Conflict - Building Trust/Positive Peer Pressure in the Classroom-Available for purchase on

School Improvement, Character Building, School Retention, Inclusion program in 3 simple steps! 

          Cut discipline problems in half, while building character, repairing past hurts, improving your school, increasing inclusion, deepening relationships, rehabilitate some of the scorners and scoffers . . . Read More.

Testimonials-“We are having a great year with our 5th & 6th graders... I have observed several instances when teachers have helped students settle issues using the techniques learned through your workshops.  The retreat at the beginning of the year was a great beginning and the whole year seems to be continuing along very well.”-Mary Anne-Assoc. Dir.-LH Preparatory School

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Blogs:  "Positive Conflict Resolution for Families" by James L West, MA, LMHC, NCC

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ADHD in the Classroom (Available on DVD)

• Stanford did a study that showed the learning style of the average person as follows: 89% Visual, 10% Auditory & 1% the remaining 3 senses.  As we reflect on the teaching style in our schools we realize that the average student will struggle because the primary learning style is Auditory and then we expect an ADHD child that is primarily Visual and Tactile in their learning style to assimilate and learn.  ADHD students are entrepreneurial, inventors like Thomas Edison, visionaries, creators, scientists like Albert Einstein, professional athletes like Terry Bradshaw, CEO's, entertainers, and more because they are full of passion.  If we can help them through school and let them loose in their area of passion they will far exceed their peers.  The objective of this seminar is to give you the tools to empathize, provide structure, organization and positive reinforcement to set the stage for a bright and amazing future.
  1. Define ADHD and symptoms
  2. Behavioral approaches and accommodations for ADHD in the school
  3. Treatment and Alternative Treatment options

  Jim West, MA, LMHC, NCC is a nationally certified and state licensed counselor and specializes in ADHD and Oppositional Defiance.  His positive approach to ADHD is refreshing and helps parents, and teachers get in the head of their students and truly empathize with their attentionion issues.

• Testimonials:  “Interactive presentations made it interesting, engaging, and fun.”  Miriam H . . . Read More
• Consultation is available at your school for teachers and parents or you may purchase the DVD
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Blogs:   "ADHD is a Good Thing?" by James L West, MA, LMHC, NCC

Food for Thought

What we eat effects how we think, energy levels, focus, mood regulation and more.  Food for Thought deals with dietary considerations which can improve ADHD, Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD), Bipolar Disorder, Depression & Anxiety symptoms.

• Presented at Lake Highland Preparatory Edison Program and to University of Central Florida Medical Clinics. Give us a call if you would like this presentation at your school! Read More

Abstinence-Middle School or High School Retreat

• The past 60 years several research studies from Dartmouth, University of Chicago, and more have concluded those who marry without sexual experience and refrain from cohabitation have the healthiest intimate relationships. 
• God created sex for procreation and for our enjoyment and he wants so much for us to have the best relationships.  We think God tells us to be abstinent because he does not want us to have fun when all along he knows abstinence is the recipe for the best relationships and secular research backs it up!!!
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Combating Bullying on your campus (Available on DVD)

School Improvement, Character Building, School Retention, Inclusion program in 3 simple steps! 

Cut discipline problems in half, while building character, repairing past hurts, improving your school, increasing inclusion, deepening relationships . . . Read More.

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The No No's of Oppositional Defiance-Solutions with Oppositional Children & Adolescents (Available on DVD)

95% of students respond to our innate leadership, discipline structures and teaching abilities but Oppositional students are in the other 5%.  This positive approach will helpus with the following:

• Learn the history of Adolescence and how it relates to the Oppositional Child
• Understand how an oppositional child thinks
• How to respond less with directives and more with choices  (both choices with the same desired outcome or directive).
• Participants will learn practical ways to respond with questions that lead the student to the solution
• How to work with Oppositional Parents

Testimonial - "Your information is valuable for any parent, grandparent, teacher, counselor, etc.  I feel as if I have found a gold mine of information.  I am a long time high school teacher working on a high school counseling credential in order to work in a different capacity at the school site."
P.S.  "I thoroughly enjoyed your explanation of the emergence of "the adolescent" in history."  Diana-Newport Beach, Calif. Read More

Defusing Parents in the Private School (Available on DVD)

• Learn 3 easy positive steps to diffusing parents using Validation and Empathy to help them feel you understand how they feel.  In most cases this will help the parent to diffuse.
• Then use Choices and explanations can be offered to resolve the situation. 

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Seminars by Janie Lacy, MS, IMH-6641

Battling Sexual Addictions

In a culture where sex, like alcohol, is socially acceptable and encouraged, and sexual images and provocation abound, it becomes more challenging to distinguish between normal sexuality and excessive, or abnormal, sexual behavior.  In this seminar you will better understand this sexual disorder as well as be able to answer the following questions:

• What is sexual addiction?
• What causes sexual addiction?
• Differences between men and women in sex addiction?
• How do I or my loved one heal from sex addiction?

“You Wanna Hook Up?”-The Adolescent/College Student Epidemic of Casual Sex

The cultural message we get today is that there is nothing wrong with hooking up, as long as no one is being deceived.  If you say, “I love you,” to get sex, that is not okay, but if you say, “Let’s hook up,” then that is fair play.  This seminar looks at the “hook-up mentality” and the effects it is having on our adolescents and college students.  This seminar addresses the following: 

• “Hook Up Mentality”
• Hook Up Effects
• The Online World
• Hollywood Influence and Low Self-Esteem?

"Thank you for a great presentation and a tough act to follow! The information you presented was interesting, informative, and entertaining. I wanted to let you know I was very impressed by the way you handled the "challenging" question from a student. You remained respectful and professional and that was impressive." - Conference Attendee

Casual Sex in the Private School

The wide range of behaviors that is acceptable to our students today stands in contrast to those of earlier generations, especially in the area of sex.  This seminar will examine the generational trends that have contributed to today’s standard of widespread premarital and casual sex.  Many students have a “hook up mentality” in which they engage in casual sex with various partners and many more are likely to have a series of monogamous sexual relationships.  This seminar addresses the fact that regarding sexual behavior, there is little difference between students in the public school vs. students in the private school. 

Suicide Prevention:  QPR

As a certified QPR Instructor, Janie can teach QPR for Suicide Prevention to churches, schools, and organizations.  QPR stands for Question, Persuade and Refer, three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. Just like CPR, QPR is an emergency response to someone in crisis and can save lives. QPR is the most widely taught gatekeeper training program in the United States, and more than 300,000 adults have been trained in classroom settings in more than 40 states.

As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:

• Recognize the Warning Signs of Suicide
• Know How to Offer Hope
• Know How to Get Help and Save A Life

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LEADERSHIP COACHING INFORMATION

Tools for Building Personal Leadership Skills

Do you have the skills to become an effective leader?  Do you know how to discover and develop your strengths, define and promote your vision, and create a life in harmony with both achievement and satisfaction? In this workshop, you will synthesize concepts and strategies from psychological, physiological, sociological, and entrepreneurial traditions to construct your personal building blocks for leadership.

Habits for Effective Leadership

This workshop is designed based on concepts from Stephen Covey’s THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE.  You will explore some habits of highly effective people that you can begin today or use to renew your leadership career.  Goal setting is the basis for leadership growth, but realistically our goals need to be specifically focused for success.  Learn how to set appropriate goals and to start to accomplish them.  Taking care of business may be your career, but you must take care of yourself first and always.  Learn how to renew yourself as you become the leader of your own future.

Building on the Seven Habits:  A Practical Guide to Action

This seminar introduces the concepts within Stephen Covey’s book, The 8^th Habit, to assist you to begin the process of creating your own action plan based on your personal goals. This seminar examines the whole person (body, mind, heart, and spirit) with four basic needs (to live, to learn, to love, to leave a legacy) and four intelligences (physical, mental, emotional and spiritual) and their highest manifestation (discipline, vision, passion, conscience).  All of which represent the four dimensions of voice (need, talent, passion, & conscience).

Racial Identification in Multi-Racial Adolescents

Identity formation among multiracial adolescents is becoming a highly important area of recent research due to a response to a growing number of children born to couples of interracial marriage. As multiracial adolescents integrate into American society, balancing their unique identity with mainstream American culture becomes an important task in identity development.  This very informative seminar addresses the following:

• What factors motivate a multiracial adolescent in defining their self definition?
• How can multiracial adolescents meet the challenges of their uniqueness in their identity development?
• Do multiracial adolescents as a group face more difficulty in adolescence than members of other mono-racial minority groups

Janie's Speaking Biography

Seminars by Jada Collins, MA Candidate, Author, Image Coach, & Supermodel

IMAGE DEVELOPMENT & LIFE STRATEGY SEMINARS:

TOOLS FOR BUILDING YOUR PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL IMAGE

Do you want to enhance your personal or professional image? Do you know how to highlight your strengths and camouflage your weaknesses? All women vary in shapes and sizes; therefore it is important to dress according to your body type. This workshop is designed especially for you! It will equip you with the tips, secrets and principles of the high fashion industry. You will learn to hide your less than perfect areas, camouflage your imperfections and dress for ultimate success! This revolutionary image curriculum will give you the tools to look your best as you learn to love and accept yourself!

YOU ARE BE-YOU-TIFUL

This workshop is created from the principles of Jada Collins’ book BE-YOU-TIFUL: THE THREEFOLD PROCESS TO BECOMING YOU and Jill Bremer and Cyndi Maxey’s IT’S YOUR MOVE: DEALING YOURSELF THE BEST CARDS IN LIFE AND WORK. You will discover the tools of successful people and how to incorporate them into your everyday life.

IMAGE IS EVERYTHING: A REALISTIC APPROACH TO IMAGE DEVELOPMENT

This seminar presents the necessary principles needed to build or enhance your personal and professional image. By establishing an effective, individual strategy, you will identify practical solutions through eight image-development laws: Preparation, Attitude, Style, Visibility, Skill, Learning, Balance and Flexibility.

LOOSEN YOUR GRIP! LEARNING TO LET GO!

How do you know when to throw in the towel, retreat or let go? How do you know when to pull out of a bad investment or a bad relationship? This workshop will guide you through the decision-making process of identifying what’s a liability or an asset and equip you with the tools to “Just Be You!”

SEARCHING FOR YOU! FINDING THE PERFECT FIT (Peer Pressure)

Where do you fit in? Are you in search of you? This seminar will challenge you to take the “Fit Test”. Women who are psychologically and emotionally challenged to fit in with the social requirements of today’s pop culture often times face loss of confidence, comparison frustrations and competitive insecurities. This presentation will empower you to face the truth and confront the pain and disappointment that produces a lifetime of fear and uncertainties. You will be challenged and encouraged to find You!

Seminars by Sandi Burchfield, MS, IMH-1129

Reporting Abuse:  When should I call?  What symptoms or behaviors should I look for?

Teachers, social workers, and health care workers are all mandated reporters of child abuse.  Make a call, remain anonymous, and the abuse and neglect stops.  If only it were that simple.  Most mandated reporters are familiar with the signs and risks of physical and sexual abuse.  But, do you realize that over 60% of substantiated cases of child abuse are neglect?  This includes educational, emotional, physical, and medical neglect.  What’s more worrisome is that emotional abuse can be the most destructive, often has the deepest mental health damage, is the most prevalent, but yet, it is the most difficult to prove. 

• Before you leave this seminar, you will understand:
• How to recognize the subtle signs and forms of child abuse and neglect.
• Abuse and neglect reaches across all family types:  wealthy, poor, white, black
• The best way to approach the parents and/or family in a non-threatening manner.
• When a report is necessary, how to involve the family in their own healing.

Drug Proof Your Kids in the Schools & Communities

Drug and alcohol abuse is a community issue. It affects the lives of families from any faith, culture or economic status. Regardless of urban or rural living, children are not immune to the influences of a drug culture. But there is hope. It's never too early for prevention or too late for intervention. Consider attending a Parent Program or hosting a Parent Program in your School or Church to help stop drug abuse.

Make parents aware that they are the strongest force against drugs in the lives of their children. Read More

But He Comes From Such a Good Family

Just as a picture says a thousand words, so does a child’s actions.  Though the divorce rate is declining, families are becoming more and more detached from each other.  In today’s society, it has become almost a necessity for both parents to work full-time outside the family.  As a result, children are growing up seeing their adult caregivers for less than 2 hours per day, with only 30 minutes or less of that being “quality time”.  Families have forgotten how to play together, learn together, and this responsibility has been handed over to teachers and church staff.  This seminar will train a parent, teacher, or caregiver how to:

• Recognize when difficult children are not just being difficult.
• Bring the parents and children/teens together as a team in working on rebellious behavior.
• Readjust priorities within the family unit.
• Build lasting memories to share for a lifetime
• Handle a rebellious child in the classroom when the parents remain passive.

Autism, Asbergers, Down Syndrome - I Just Wanted a Normal Family, Not a Special Child

Most couples dream of having children to throw ball with, share vacations together, or be able to pass a legacy on to.  What happens when they are hit with terms like cerebral palsy, autism, or Down syndrome?  Often times, the marriage is put on hold to tend to the child’s medical appointments, therapy treatments, and school staffings.  If you’d like to learn how to support a couple and encourage them to make their marriage a priority, this seminar is for you.  The following topics will be discussed:

• The special needs of children with developmental disabilities
• The stressors that come with having a special needs child
• How to keep a marriage fresh and alive
• Understand how a special needs child can live beyond his/her potential when the parents love, support, and live for each other.