Maggie Dent

Maggie Dent is an author, educator, and parenting and resilience specialist with a particular interest in the early years and adolescence. She is a passionate advocate for the healthy, commonsense raising of children in order to strengthen families and communities.

Maggie was a high-school teacher for 17 years before working as a counsellor with young people and their families, in suicide prevention and in palliative care.

Maggie is the proud mother of four adult sons and the author of five books, including: Saving Our Children from Our Chaotic World, Nurturing Kids’ Hearts and Souls, Real Kids in an Unreal World, Black Duck Wisdom, and Saving Our Adolescents

Areas of expertise:

Maggie presents on a range of topics for parents, communities and educators from building resilience, being an excellent educator or understanding adolescence; to the basics of parenting, understanding boys, being a good dad, or grief and loss.

Sample topics:

• Dare to be an Exceptional Teacher
• Excellence is do-able: A few secrets from excellent educators
• Bringing out the best in all students: Really Connecting

Here’s what people say about Maggie:

"My staff are now much more keenly aware of why girls may react and act in the ways that they do and hence view their roles as guiding lights for the girls that we live amongst day by day." Tina Campbell, Head of Boarding, St Mary’s Anglican Girls’ School, Perth WA

"How do I put Maggie Dent into words? I think she shifted everyone’s thinking in that room to a different place and brought us all back to our childhoods and got us to look inside our hearts to see who we really are." Gloria Hackett, Inclusion Support Facilitator ECA, NT

Maggie is available for:

• Conferences (keynotes 1.5 hours; 1.5-2 hour workshops)
• Teacher professional developments (2 hour standalone sessions to full days)
• Parenting presentations (usually 2 hour standalone sessions).

Contact:

For information on availability, bookings and costs, please contact [email protected] or phone 0418 417 305

www.maggiedent.com

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