Effortless Until Now: Helping High-performing Students Manage Stress and Anxiety

Description: Until now, your high-performing child has excelled in school with little effort. Now, their grades and motivation are plummeting. They assure you that “everything is fine” and that things are controlled. Yet, their failing grades are on the rise and their mental health is on the decline. This workshop is for parents with high-performing children and teens who need solutions to help their kids recover in school and rediscover their happiness and confidence.

CE Broker Tracking #: 20-1272620

This event is sponsored by FMHCA, an NBCC-Approved Continuing Education Provider. FMHCA NBCC Provider# 2058. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified.  FMHCA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program. This course is approved by the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling, LMHC, LMFT, LCSW – FMHCA CE Broker #: 50-748

Learning Objectives:

1. Understand why high-performing kids start struggling in school
2. Understand how and why stress impacts the academics and mental health of high-performing kids
3. Discover solutions to help struggling high performers find their happiness and confidence again

Erica Whitfield is a Licensed Mental Health Therapist, author of the book, Effortless Until Now: What to Do When High-Performing Kids Begin Struggling in School and founder of Positive Development, a therapy practice for gifted and high performing kids. Erica helps kids manage stress and anxiety, improve their organization and executive functioning skills, process difficult life adjustments, form healthier relationships, and perform better in school. Through her extensive history working in schools, the community, and coaching on international platforms, she has helped hundreds of kids unleash their capabilities, transform obstacles into opportunities, and find healthy ways to express their energy and creativity.