NEW Services for Gifted Children and their Families      

• Do you want to find out if your son or daughter is gifted?
• Is your gifted child underachieving?
• Does your child have social problems associated with high intelligence?
• Do you need parenting advice for raising a gifted child or teenager?
• Do you live in a location with few services for gifted children?

If you do, Dr. Sally G. Hoyle can develop creative solutions to the unique challenges of children with giftedness. Drawing from her training in both developmental and clinical child psychology, Dr. Hoyle assesses the social and emotional adjustment of the child or teenager in the context of their family and school. She uses many traditional, research-based interventions, such as Cognitive Behavior Therapy, in creative ways that reflect each child's talents and intellectual abilities.  Psychological testing for giftedness requires special skills which Dr. Hoyle has honed over 25 years of administrating I.Q. and other psychological tests. As an experienced clinician, Dr. Hoyle has a reputation for coming up with creative solutions to problems. She believes that "thinking outside the box" is essential to understanding and helping children with giftedness. For questions or gifted services contact Dr. Hoyle at [email protected].

NHPA is pleased to offer co-parenting classes to help Pittsburgh parents who are in conflict to parent in a healthy and respectful way. Our classes run Wednesday evenings from 6:15 to 8:15 pm.  We also offer private Co-Parenting Coaching. 

Participants may be separated, in the process of a divorce or post-divorce and struggling with their co-parent. Participants may attend with or without their co-parents.  This is a video based psycho educational class led by a licensed clinician focusing on the enhancement of the child(ren)'s functioning within their family  . The program addresses the relationship between separate households created as a result of divorce or family separation. It is designed to improve the quality of the parental relationship. This  program consists of eight sessions lasting two hours each.

The Cooperative Parenting and Divorce program benefits divorcing or divorced parents by:

• Assisting parents in shifting their role from former spouses to co-parents
• Educating parents regarding the impact of parental conflict on their child's development
• Helping parents identify their contribution to conflict while increasing impulse control
• Teaching parents anger management, communication and conflict resolution skills, and children's issues in divorce

The Cooperative Parenting and Divorce program may benefit children by:

• Reducing the child's symptoms of stress as parental conflict decreases 
• Diminishing the child's sense of loyalty binds 
• Creating a more relaxed home atmosphere allowing the child to adjust more effectively 
• Teaching effective communication and conflict resolution skills as modeled by their parents 
• Increasing the likelihood of keeping two active parents in the child's life 
• Ensuring the child's safety through open parental communication
• Enhancing the child's confidence and self-esteem by creating an optimal environment for growth
• Diminishing the likelihood of future relationship difficulties and divorce in the child's future
• Reducing the possibility of adolescent drug and alcohol problems, teenage pregnancy, school drop-out rates, and crime associated with children of divorce  

Call 724-759-7500 today to register and reserve your space for the next class. Each class is limited to 12 parents.