Speech Title: The Hidden Needs of Emotionally Intense Children: What Mental Health Professionals and Parents Must Know
Biography: Dana Saab, a mother of 2 and founder of Joyful Parenting Platform. She is a certified Parent Coach and a Positive Discipline Educator. She holds a BA in Early Childhood Education emphasis in special needs, a minor in Psychology and a Teaching Diploma from the Lebanese American University. She had worked as a teacher, special educator and a school social worker. After her first child was born, it became her passion to dig deeper and to understand human behavior, brain development and the world of highly sensitivity. She continued her own independent research and took several trainings in positive parenting, life coaching, Neuro Linguistic Programing (NLP), Sensory Processing and others. She works with parents and professionals to help them be the experts of their own children/students. Her mission is to share all her knowledge with fellow parents to help raise kind yet confident future adults that will make our society and this world a better place. She shares her information through her website, Instagram page, @joyful_parenting_, and online consultations.