REGISTER FOR 6-WEEK GROUP COACHING PROGRAM
Home-Based Education: How to Build Confidence for a Successful Academic Year

Cheryl Pitcher
Certified Professional Life Coach
About Cheryl
Cheryl Pitcher is a Certified Professional Life Coach (CPLC) with 25 years’ experience in teaching and training individuals to create and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Over the last 30 years, Cheryl has been proactive in her own self-care, physical, emotional, and spiritual development, while striving to raise a healthy family and managing the demands of life. She understands firsthand how difficult it can be to tackle and overcome the many obstacles in personal health, marriage, parenting, home-based education and building a small business. Coaching has allowed her to take the years of wins and losses and her passion for developing others, to partner with clients in creating strategic steps, targeted support and key resources that empower people to achieve success.

Dr. Kevin Chapman
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
About Dr. Chapman

Dr. Chelsea Mitchell
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
About Dr. Mitchell
Dr. Chelsea Mitchell, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist providing evidence-based mental health services for children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Mitchell has a particular interest in treating children and adolescents with mood and anxiety disorders as well as those who have experienced trauma. She specializes in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Transdiagnostic Treatment (Unified Protocol), utilizing developmentally appropriate evidence-based interventions. Specialty areas include social anxiety, separation anxiety, generalized anxiety, phobias, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Leah Ann Richmer
Certified Professional Life Coach
About Leah Ann
Leah Ann Richmer is a wife, mother of eleven children, Mimi of twelve grandchildren, teacher, and Certified Professional Life Coach. She made the decision twenty-eight years ago to leave her previous career and begin home educating when their fourth child was born. She has one child remaining who will graduate in four years. From her personal life experience, she shares candidly and transparently about the mistakes she made, as well as the challenges, benefits, fears, failures, uncertainties, joy and the ultimate fulfillment of investing in her children and educating from home. Her humor, authenticity, and years of wisdom bring valuable insight for those who find themselves embarking on the new adventure of home-based education.
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Leah Ann Richmer, CPLC
YES YOU CAN !!
Succeeding Outside the Traditional Classroom
Many parents are finding themselves in unchartered territory this academic year with their children’s education. Whether you are doing virtual learning from public school, private school, PODS, Co-Ops, or are navigating out on your own through full time home schooling, , a common theme among parents and students traversing through Home Based Education has been “Overwhelmed.” I will address some of the common challenges, help calm your fears, and provide you with tools I learned along my 28 year journey to feel more confident, empowered and equipped for moving forward.
- You Can Do This! Shifting your paradigm surrounding home based education
- Developing a daily routine that works for your family in an ever-changing environment
- Personal examples and experiences of what “not” to do
- Overcoming Self-Sabotage: fears, failures, comparison, and uncertainty
- Creating Support Systems: You’re not alone!

Ginny Tackett
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
About Ginny
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MS, LMFT
Licensed School Counselor, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Emotional Regulation – Keeping your Cool when things Heat up
Anxiety, Angry and Stressful emotions can start to get the best of us when things begin to feel out of control. I will provide helpful tips to keep you regulated when your child is experiencing overwhelm. What is your first response to a meltdown?
Neuroscience researchers can show us through brain imaging what is happening in the brain during painful emotions and have developed strategies to help us regulate difficult emotions by being relationally present with a caring other.
I will be explaining some of this research through techniques such as:
- Window of Tolerance
- Validation
- Attunement
- Containment
- Repairing Ruptures
If time allows, we will also discuss Helicopter and Lawnmower Parenting Styles and why it is important to allow space for your child to struggle.

Susan T. Holt
Board-Certified Family Life Coach
About Susan
Susan Townsend Holt is a Board-Certified Family Life Coach and Director of Everyday Parenting Solutions in Richmond, Virginia. She holds a master’s degree in education, 27 years teaching adults and children and the Dean of Students directing the social/emotional learning for elementary students at an independent school. Currently, Susan is Director of Family Ministry for Community West Church and owns her own business as a Family Life Coach through which she helps families create a calmer and healthier homelife through workshops and individual appointments. She is blessed with a husband of 37 years, two grown daughters and a geriatric shih-tzu named Cookie.
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Susan T. Holt
Board-Certified Family Life Coach and Director of Everyday Parenting Solutions
THE SCREENTIME DILEMMA
Parenting Solutions for Managing Screen Time, Social Media, and Gaming
We know that teen depression, anxiety, and mental illness has steadily increased over the last two decades. Many studies link this trend to both isolation and helplessness exacerbated by time on screens, and yet the current pandemic is creating an ever-increasing need for more… for our teens, tweens, and children of all ages.
In this workshop, you will gain an understanding of how overuse of screen time affects your child’s brain and some strategies for problem-solving this dilemma as a family. Key points will be:
- Is Screen Addiction real?
- High Dopamine and Low Dopamine Activities
- Your Anchor: Core Family Values
- The Parenting Pyramid: Maintaining a Balance of Love and Boundaries
- The 50/50 Rule
- C-A-L-M

Dana Bracey
Educator
About Dana
Dana Bracey has been an educator for over 25 years. Working in and out of the classroom to support students, teachers, and parents she has served in private and public school settings. She has administered 2 early childhood programs and is the founder and Director at Grace Christian Academy, a private, non-public PS-12th grade Christian school in Indiana. She studied at Johnson Bible College for her Bible degree, IU Southeast for her Bachelors in Elementary Education, and received her Master’s in Education from IU Southeast. Dana and her husband Ken have four children, are members of Southeast Christian Church and reside in Scottsburg, Indiana.
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Dana Bracey, AS, BS, MA
Director, Grace Christian Academy
Building bridges of understanding between teachers and parents to help students be successful during home-based learning.
I will provide help in:
- Understanding the heart of a teacher.
- Trusting a teacher’s guidance.
- Building effective communication to build an educational support team that is right for your family.
- Understanding Home-based learning compared to Homeschool Learning
6-Week Group Coaching Program
Home-Based Education: How to Build Confidence for a Successful Academic Year.
Who Should Attend:
Parents/Guardians, Grandparents, Family Support, Educators and Administrators seeking support this school year.
FREE Interest Meeting
Thursday, September 10th @ 6:00-7:30 PM – ZOOM Meeting
Meet the Speakers – Hear more on each topic – Register for the 6-Week Program
Program Topics:
Week One: Succeeding Outside the Traditional Classroom
Week Two: Navigating Emotions: Keeping Your Cool when things Heat Up
Week Three: Parenting Solutions & Managing Screen Time, Social Media, and Gaming
Week Four: Bridging the Gap between Teachers, Parents and Home-Based Learning
Week Five: Helping Parents and Kids Cope with the Anxiety of Returning to School
Week Six: Panel Discussion with 7 Professionals to Support Families and Education
Register to Attend September 10th Zoom Meeting