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Childhood is fleeting and the clock is ticking when it comes to creating capable kids...

Creating capability that goes beyond IQ

How do we foster the capability and emotional well-being of children and adolescents in the 21st century?  As parents, teachers, and mental health professionals, access to practical, science-based information is critical to success. 

Adam Cox, PhD is a leading advocate for fostering the cognitive abilities and emotional wellbeing of youth. Providing a revolutionary perspective in how we understand and foster child development, his books, presentations, and this website are geared to provide the tools needed to make immediate, positive changes in the lives of children and teens. Whether you’re concerned with helping children with special needs or maximizing the potential of the gifted, you’ll find help here. 

We can help you bring a program on-site. Dr. Cox’s presentations have been described as "life-changing, fascinating, and of "immediate practical benefit." We can all move beyond diagnostic labels and limited concepts such as IQ to pinpoint the critical differences in capable children of the 21st century – and most important – learn what we can do to build those skills now!

For information on core workshops click HERE

Workshops and lectures for parents and professionals include:

• Building the Eight Pillars of Capable Young Minds
• Helping Boys to Communicate and Connect
• Mighty Good Kids™: The Essentials of Teaching Social Skills
• The Executive Teacher Program: an advanced seminar for educators
• Seven New Faces of Student Excellence
  
• Twelve Natural Laws for the Compassionate, Practical Improvement of Behavior
  
• Exceptional Learners, Extraordinary Challenges I: Orchestrating the Transition to Middle School with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities
  
• Exceptional Learners, Extraordinary Challenges II: Orchestrating the Transition to High School with ADHD and/or Learning Disabilities
  
• Executive Thinking Skills: Foundation for College Success
  
• Why’s That Kid Acting So Weird?: Making the Distinction Between Cultural Differences and Cognitive Deficits
  

CE / CME Programs:

• Community-based Intervention for Conduct Disordered Boys
  
• Beyond ADHD: A Primer on Executive Dysfunction
  
• Neurodevelopmental Differences Affecting the Social Communication of Boys