Eileen Stevie, CPO-CD®

This course will explore working with adult clients with Asperger’s Syndrome. Resources and strategies will be explored.

Note: This class does not include coverage of children with high functioning Autism or children with Asperger’s Syndrome.

Phyllis Flood Knerr, CPO-CD®

This course is an introduction to learning styles. It includes a brief introduction to visual, auditory and kinesthetic perceptual modalities. It also surveys some major learning disabilities and provides a list of major resources for learning more about these topics.

Note: This teleclass is required for the Level I Certificate of Study in Learning Styles and Modalities.

Sheila Delson, CPO-CD®

Professional Organizers and Related Professionals will learn the importance of being prepared; the value of developmental listening skills, and the value of letting the client guide through listening, but also the importance that you, as the professional, need to LEAD in that process.

Mo Osborn, CPO-CD®

This class will provide insights to some specific challenges an organizer might encounter when working with the elderly CD client, as well as provide sound suggestions for handling such challenges.

Sandra Einstein

This teleclass offers proven techniques, tools and strategies any professional can use use when working with individuals with ADHD and other CD issues.

Louise Kurzeka

This class covers a wide range of strategies and techniques for desk organization in the workplace. This class is geared for clients with ADHD and CD issues.

Kit Anderson, CPO-CD®

Many CD clients may be experiencing grief. Learn about the various stages of grief and find out when it’s the right time to work with a client undergoing grief, and when it’s time to step back. Attendees will gain a better understanding about grief and its physiological, psychological and behavioral characteristics.

Mo Osborn, CPO-CD®

This class will discuss types of storage facilities across the USA and Canada – strategies on how to downsize a client with excessive belongings, and when storage utilization may be the best solution for a CD client or their family.

Denslow Brown, CPO-CD®, MCC, CPO®

This course provides a basic overview of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD). An understanding of ADD (or AD/HD) will help professional organizers and related professionals be more effective in working with clients who have ADD.

Note: 1) This class is a requirement for attaining the Certificate of Study in Basic ADD Issues with the CD Client.
2) This is a foundational class and recommended as a precursor to the Following June 11, 2008 teleclass – see below.

Denslow Brown, CPO-CD®, MCC, CPO®

Beyond the concept of the familiar three learning modalities (visual, auditory and kinesthetic) lay five other ways to identify how our clients relate to information and their environment (tactile, verbal processing, emotions, cognitive and intuitive). Together these eight are more accurately called processing modalities. These are not complicated, rather they clarify and even simplify what you have been doing with the standard thee modalities. By introducing them to your clients, you can reveal how and why organizing systems work for them, unlock their enthusiasm and curiosity, and create custom systems they truly enjoy using. Resources include a testing inventory you can obtain and use with your clients – and yourself!

Laurene Livesey Park, CPO-CD®

Working with couples can be both fun and challenging. This class will discuss the many facets involved in working with couples and provide effective strategies in helping them attain mutual, realistic organizational goals.

Phyllis Flood Knerr, CPO-CD®

This class will provide an overview of various neurological conditions that might lead one to enlist the services of a professional organizer or related professional. These will include: Parkinson Disease, minor strokes, Cerebral Palsy, and Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Tips and strategies for working with clients will be addressed.