Has a child (or student) come to you asking, "Am I smart?" or has a teen you influence ever wanted to know, "How smart am I?" Dr. Kathy Koch wants children to ask an even more important question: "How am I smart?" When children know how they are smart, they can live more fulfilling lives. They may choose to stay in school, take it more seriously, and dream more positive dreams for their future. When parents and teachers understand ways children are smart, they will better meet children's needs.

Kids, parent, and teachers are very encouraged when they recognize themselves as being smart in ways they did not even know existed. Dr. Kathy stresses how people can use their "smarts" for their own benefit while learning and studying and how they can serve others through their unique design. She discusses how paralysis of intelligences occurs and what to do about it. Dr. Kathy's practical and solution-focused instruction also reveals roots of behavior struggles and relationship conflicts, and their possible solutions.

Knowing which smarts are our strengths helps us make informed decisions about how to be more successful in all of life and at school. We'll have new ways of listening, studying, and memorizing. We'll also learn how to enhance relationships, our career, what to do in our spare time, and how to lift depression. We also can choose to strengthen our weakest intelligences, which will improve our lives.

How many of the above emphases are included in Dr. Kathy's presentation depends upon your goal for hiring her, her audience, and how much time she is given to speak. She'll happily discuss your options.

Dr. Koch describes these eight intelligences:

Word Smart - thinking with words
Logic Smart - thinking with questions
Picture Smart - thinking with visuals
Music Smart - thinking with rhythms and melodies
Body Smart - thinking with movement and touch
Nature Smart - thinking with patterns
People Smart - thinking with other people
Self Smart - thinking with reflection

(For more information on Multiple Intelligences go here)

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Audiences: public school teachers, Christian school teachers, parents, grandparents, volunteers who work with children/teens in any setting, social workers, counselors/therapists, children/teens in school or church, families.

Format: half-day, full-day, 90-minute overview, 60-75 minutes when children are present with their parents, 30-60 minutes for school assembly or chapel.