Adjunct Faculty Member at Virginia Tech's Graduate Marriage and Family Therapy Program

"If You Build It, Will They Come? Increasing Parent Participation at School Programs"

Keynote Speaker - Virginia Association of Specialists in Group Work

"Burnout Prevention - It's More Than Just Self Care"

Keynote Speaker - Virginia Counselors Association

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Neil McNerney, a licensed counselor and parenting expert, will show you ways to help your child do better in school without arguments, yelling, or guilt. In his 25 years working with school-age children and their parents, Neil McNerney has developed a simple and powerful approach that will increase achievement and decrease aggravation!HOMEWORK: A Parent's Guide to Helping Out Without Freaking Out! will guide you through a simple process to find a way to help your child based on which faulty coping pattern your child is using. Most homework books are focused on study techniques. Homework focuses on how parents can be powerful leaders in their kid's education. It answers the most common questions parents ask:When do I reward and when do I punish?How do I give advice about studying without getting backtalk?How much should I review homework?How do I help my stressed out child who takes school too seriously?What do I say when my child says "I don't care" about school?How do I help my disorganized child without feeling like I am his secretary?Praise for Homework "Whether you have an anxious, disorganized or defiant child when it comes to doing schoolwork, McNerney's C.A.L.M. method allows you to tailor your intervention to the specific style of your child. A great way to avoid nightly homework wars!"   - Thomas W. Phelan, PhD, author of Surviving Your Adolescents"Neil is a gifted communicator, able to introduce ideas in a way that make perfect sense out of complicated dynamics, and leaves parents feeling renewed and ready for action. Neil is a professional worth watching and learning from. I know I have."   - Hal Runkel, NY Times bestselling author of ScreamFree Parenting"I've never read a book like this one I will keep it on my professional shelf & continue to recommend to parents and professionals. Thanks for the gem of a book, Neil McNerney! No wonder its flying off shelves!!"  - Laura Chernow, Book Reviewer for The Purcellville Gazette              

Homework: A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!

Neil McNerney is a Licensed Counselor, Professional Trainer, Community Speaker, and Author.

He has worked with parents for the past 25 years as a school counselor and in private practice in Reston, VA.

He serves on the faculty of the Virginia Tech Graduate School of Marriage and Family Therapy, where he teaches courses on counseling children and their parents.

Neil is author of Homework – A Parent’s Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out! which is a guidebook based on his 25 years helping parents become the best leaders they can be.

Neil speaks nationally on many family and school topics. His activities have brought him to 30 Loudoun County schools, where he has spoken to parents and staff on the topics of parenting, discipline, homework, the teenage brain, and leadership.

Neil and his wife, Colleen, have two children, Max 14; and Shannon 12, who attend Blue Ridge Middle School. His kids provide him with plenty of opportunities to be humble and to remember how hard parenting can be.

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Parenting With Purpose

The Five Secrets to Disclipline

Parenting

Homework

Leadership

Recruitment

Children

Website

Blog

Homework - A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!

Reduce Homework Stress

Westfield High School Faculty Training

Dominion High School Parent Presentation

"Just Calm Down"

"Homework Book Club" and "Leadership Through Admiration"

Staff Training

Homework - A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out

Helping Overly Anxious Parents

The Three Things Parents Can Do To Reduce Student Stress

Just Focus! - Five Ways to Help Your Student Increase Willpower

"Just Calm Down!" Helping Parents Calmly Deal With School Issues

Collaborating with Overly Involved Parents

If You Build It, Will They Come? Strategies to Increase Participation For Your Program

The Teenage Brain

Homework Anxiety

Counselor Self Care

Bullying and The Critical Need for Trust, Communication and Leadership

Professional Training

Homework- A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!

Exhausted Parents

Radio interview for Grandparents Today

Radio Interview - Talktainment Radio

Radio Interview

Neil McNerney, a licensed counselor and parenting expert, will show you ways to help your child do better in school without arguments, yelling, or guilt. In his 25 years working with school-age children and their parents, Neil McNerney has developed a simple and powerful approach that will increase achievement and decrease aggravation!

Neil will guide your group through a simple process to find a way to help your child based on which faulty coping pattern your child is using.

You have developed your workshop, copied handouts, and prepared your notes.How do you fill the seats? Although there is still a place for one waycommunication, we now have more powerful ways of recruitingparticipants. This workshop will give school counselors a recruitmentmodel that goes beyond one-way communication.

If You Build It, Will They Come? Increasing Parent Participation

We have been looking at burnout prevention from the wrong perspective. Neglecting our self-care is just a symptom of other issues; it is not the cause of burnout. Focusing only on self-care will never get to the primary issue of burnout.

Neil will share his model of burnout prevention that has its roots in relationship theory. When we can begin to understand our job through the lens of a relationship, we then have the tools to reduce burnout.


Burnout Prevention - It's More Than Just Self Care

“What Were You Thinking?”

That’s the thing…they weren’t thinking. At least in the way we understand “thinking.”  

Neil McNerney, a licensed professional counselor and parenting expert, will share with you an easy-to-understand model of what’s going on inside your teen’s head. Most importantly, he will give you specific ways to deal with your teen without losing your own sanity!


The Teenage Brain -Temporary Insanity?!

Hal Runkel

Author of ScreamFree Parenting

Pam Brott

Immediate Past President

Author, Relationship Expert, Parenting Guru

Neil McNerney shares his ideas about how to help our kids with homework without freaking out!  Based on Neil's book, Homework - A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out!

Fox Channel 8 Cleveland - Homework!

Tips for Talking with Your Teen            - Neil McNerney

Parenting With Purpose Short Clip

Dads have known this for quite some time: Having rough and tumble time with our kids is good for them! Recent studies confirm that having silly roughhouse times with our kids is great for them.

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Neil McNerney, author of "Homework - A Parent's Guide To Helping Out Without Freaking Out" talks about ways parents can have a greater impact on their kid's homework.

Neil McNerney on Fox Channel 8 Cleveland - Homework - A Parent's Guide

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