Meet Our ESCAPE Program™ Crisis Prevention Team

Each Legacy4Kids team member is an expert in their field, united by a passion to create a better future for today’s children.

Our professional guidance coaches have been where you are now.

That’s why they are uniquely qualified to offer workshops and group coaching sessions with non-judgmental straight-talk that makes parenting easier.

We, as a team, are working very hard to teach our clients/families to ESCAPE the cycle of despair and to develop a Family Crisis Prevention Plan.

On this page you will find individuals dedicated to the Legacy 4 Kids Foundation mission.

We believe as parents and educators it is our responsibility to create and provide an environment for our children to grow up in and flourish. First we must educate ourselves and then be the mentors to our children.

Our Resident Experts Topics Covered

Teen Pregnancy, NLP, Self Esteem

Kelly Marquet-Bodio, Minister, CDVC

When Kelly tells a client she ‘knows’ what they are going through, she means she has actually gone through it herself.
“I was a pregnant teen and a teen parent,” Kelly tells a new client. “I understand your fear.”

She also knows firsthand what it is like to have to raise your own grandchild. Kelly gained custody of her granddaughter when the mother became unable to provide a stable life for her daughter and asked her family to step in. “It was not an easy choice for her,” reflects Kelly, “but I truly respect her decision to consider the child first.”

“I have experienced the blessings as well as the challenges that come with all of it,” she often tells parents. “I have had to make the same hard choices and decisions that you will have to make. That’s why I am committed to helping you on what is going to be a very transformative journey”.

More than just personal experience, she has the knowledge, training and ability to help young women and their families handle the crisis they are facing.

Kelly Marquet-Bodio often plays the role of counselor, coach, and advocate. She is a Career Counselor, NLP Master Practitioner, Ordained Minister and Certified Domestic Violence Counselor (CDVC). At any point in time she is working with a number of young women, counseling them in regard to their careers, coaching them on life challenges, and advocating for pregnant teens as they try to make smart choices.

Parent Sex Educator

Amy Lang – MA,  Parent and Sexual Health Educator

Amy Lang, A three time Mom’s Choice Award® winner for her book, journal and DVD, Amy Lang teaches the modern mama’s method of the sex talk in the Seattle area and nationally. She offers lectures and consultations for parents, teachers and childcare providers. Visit BirdsAndBeesAndKids.com for video tips, book suggestions, to view her DVD and sign up for her newsletter.

Prevention Educator

Kim Estes – Certified Prevention Educator

Kim Estes is the founder of Savvy Parents Safe Kids. Kim has worked with parents for over 12 years, educating them on various parenting topics. Kim was called into action when a predator’s actions in her community brought to the spotlight the large gap in prevention education for parents on how to help them keep their kids safe. Since 2006 Kim has worked hard to liberate parents from outdated personal safety tactics and fearful parenting! Through non fearful techniques and easy to apply parenting strategies she is working to help empower families to be safe.

Kim is a certified prevention educator through the National Security Alliance, the Kid Safe Network and is a Darkness 2 Light facilitator. She has completed the Bellevue Citizens Police Academy and was the recipient of the 2007 and 2008 Presidential Volunteer Service Awards (Bronze, Gold and Silver) for outstanding volunteerism.

As a Child Safety Expert, Kim has appeared on local and national TV and Radio shows, helping to raise awareness on the importance of prevention education.

Personal Family Lawyer

Darlynn Morgan – Morgan Law Group

Have You Documented Who Should Care for Your Kids if Something Happens to You?

Whether you are a parent or a grandparent raising your grandchildren, it’s every parent’s worst nightmare-suddenly passing away and not having the opportunity to see your minor children grow up and thrive through adulthood.

And while this is definitely a scary thought, have you considered what life would be like for your kids? Who would they stay with? What funds would be used to provide for their care? Who would manage such funds? How easy will their life be in your absence?

Fortunately, you have more control over this than you think. While it’s impossible to predict when a life-threatening illness or accident may occur, as parents we CAN plan ahead to make sure our children will be raised by the people we want, in a way we want, if something unexpectedly happens.

Entitlement Issue Coach

Karen Deerwester – Author and Child Advocate

In a world of quick fixes and instant gratification, children with entitlement issues are everywhere – making demands at the grocery store, bickering at birthday parties, and setting their own rules with mom and dad. But how do you combat this problem at home while still building your child’s confidence and self-esteem?

The Entitlement-Free Child is every parent’s answer to raising children in an entitlement world. This book explains how we got here and how to move away from entitlement behavior. It explains how entitlement thinking (Me! Mine! Now!) is based on the fear and the panic that there won’t be “enough” for me if I don’t get it all now. It then gives parents effective alternatives to the quick fixes and the short-term solutions of giving-in and buying up. By highlighting the entitlement or entitlement-free messages in everyday parenting situations, The Entitlement-Free Child shows parents how to meet a child’s genuine needs while teaching respect and appreciation for others.

Educational Psychologist

Dr. Charlotte Reznick – Educational Psychologist

CHARLOTTE REZNICK, PHD, is an internationally recognized child educational psychologist, an associate clinical professor of psychology at UCLA, and a compelling speaker and media personality who has inspired parents, professionals, educators, and psychologists throughout the world with her original therapeutic approach to helping children and adolescents heal themselves. She is author of The Power of Your Child’s Imagination: How to Transform Stress and Anxiety into Joy and Success (Perigee, 2009, $14.95).

Upon earning her PhD in Educational Psychology from the University of Southern California, Dr. Reznick went on to become a Licensed Educational Psychologist, and for over 20 years has maintained a successful private practice in Los Angeles serving children and adolescents. She is best known for the positive coping skills program she developed, called Imagery for Kids™: Breakthrough for Learning, Creativity, and Empowerment, and therapeutic CDs for kids and teens. Imagery for Kids™ teaches children how to use the power of their imagination to understand and manage their feelings, creatively solve problems, and strengthen their self-esteem.

Dr. Reznick is a dynamic speaker who has shared her techniques with audiences throughout the world, including parents, psychologists and health practitioners, teacher groups, and other professionals. She is passionate about teaching adults how to use imagery to help kids tap into their own tremendous inner resources and develop emotional skills necessary for a happy, successful life.

Dr. Reznick has been a guest on NPR, NBC News, and Lifetime, and has been quoted and featured in a wide variety of print and online publications, including USA Today, The Charlotte Observer, Nick Jr., MSNBC.com, DrKoop.com, iVillage, and Forbes.com, to name a few.

She maintains a lively website (www.imageryforkids.com) featuring a monthly blog, articles she has written, and resources for parents and professionals who work with children and teens.She currently maintains a private practice in Los Angeles, California, as a Licensed Educational Psychologist (LEP 1475).

Self-Esteem/Bullying Coach

Jill Hope – Founder of I Shine

Jill Hope is an international parenting coach, author, and founder of I Shine. I Shine offers programs and educational curriculum’s that facilitate character-building, self-esteem, and inner development in children, as well as tools and teleseminars for parents that emphasize a conscious approach to solving parenting problems.

I Shine’s programs focus on assisting parents and children to break through limiting beliefs and “think big”, so they can achieve their highest potential. Jill’s most popular program, “Child Self-Esteem ‘Bully-Proof’ Program” is gaining transformational results around the globe. The program teaches parents and kids how to tap into the power they already possess to take charge of their circumstances and lead empowered lives.

For more information about I Shine, and to download a copy of Jill’s free report “7 Secrets Conscious Parents Know….and Every Parent Should Know…” click here.

ADD/ADHD Anger Management

Margit’s A.D.D. Ph.D.

Margit Crane is the author of the forthcoming, How to Train Your Parents in 6 1/2 Days: A Teen Handbook, and the award-winning STOP THE STRUGGLE! Solutions for Parenting Gifted Tweens and Teens. She also created the CD program, Gifted With ADD/ADHD: Insider Strategies to Increase Your Child’s Success and Happiness. In 2002, Margit won an award for Inspiring High School Educator from UC San Diego, and her M.Ed. thesis was cited as a notable contribution to 300 years of Jewish Education by the American Jewish Archives. She has been featured in Parent Map and Seattle’s Child magazines, and on Chat With Women Radio and KOMO News Radio.

Margit speaks to groups of teens, parents, school personnel, and family educators on such topics as,”Talking to Teens: Power Conversations not Power Struggles,” “Focus Your Distracted Child,” “The Secret Life of the ADD Family,” “Birds and Bees and Teens: Tools for Parenting Safe & Savvy Kids,” (with Amy Lang) and “Pretending Your Way to Success.”

She has earned three Master’s Degrees, which she refers to as her “A.D.D. Ph.D.” She has been a teacher and school counselor for educationally disadvantaged, special education, and gifted kids, teens, and college students … and everyone in between!

Internet Safety

Donna Rice Hughes – President, Enough Is Enough^SM

Enough Is Enough^SM (EIE) has been a leader on the frontlines of efforts to protect children from online dangers since 1994, working with the Internet industry, the public, and law enforcement to effectively prevent Internet-initiated crime against children. EIE’s President, Donna Rice Hughes is an internationally known Internet safety expert and advocate. As a respected leader of national efforts to protect children from online dangers, Donna has championed EIE’s mission to make the Internet safer for children and families. She has given over 4,000 media interviews, and has been featured on CNN, Fox news, MSNBC, the Today Show, Good Morning America, the New York Times, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal among many others.

Under Donna’s leadership and vision, EIE created the state-of-the-art, multi-media Internet Safety 101^SM Program to educate, equip and empower parents, educators and other caring adults with the knowledge and resources needed to protect children online. Firsthand accounts from law enforcement officers, clinicians, victims, parents, kids, industry leaders and a convicted sex offender are woven into this compelling four-part DVD teaching series, accompanying workbook, website and other resources.

The cornerstone element of the Internet Safety 101^SM Program is the chapter-segmented DVD teaching series (full running time: 2 hours, 17 minutes), which covers the dangers of Internet pornography, predators, cyberbullies and new threats relating to social networking, online gaming and mobile devices. Thefour-part DVD series, hosted and led by EIE President Donna Rice Hughes, was shot in high-definition film in front of a live studio audience, and captures the power of a live Internet safety seminar. Poignant true stories and essential strategies to counter online dangers are woven throughout the Internet Safety 101^SM teaching series (click here to view some of the video vignettes, which run 60 seconds to 6 minutes in length), giving parents, educators and other adults the information, skills and confidence to effectively protect children on all Internet-enabled devices. The plug-and-play Internet Safety 101^SM resource is perfect for individual or group use. You can get your copy of this award-winning resource here.

Endorsed by the U.S. Department of Justice, industry leaders such as AOL, AT&T, Google, Microsoft, MySpace, Verizon and non-profits such as The Salvation Army and the Virginia and Maryland PTAs, this comprehensive program features top experts from the world of law enforcement, psychology and technology. (Some of EIE’s endorsements can be seen here).

 

Dr. John Kirk

Dr. Kirk is one of the newest members of our Teen Crises Prevention Team. He will work with Legacy 4 Kids Foundation offering support for young women regarding Adolescent gynecology and counseling.

John H. Kirk, MD earned his medical degree at Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, and completed his residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology. The primary focus of Dr. Kirk’s practice is minimally invasive surgery, urogynecology and infertility. He is also a certified menopause specialist. He serves as proctor and lecturer for the developer of the DaVinci Robotic Surgery platform and was the co-founder of one of California’s first robotic gynecologic and minimally invasive surgery centers. Dr. Kirk has more than 15 years in the field of obstetrics and gynecology.

Domestic Violence, Assault and hyper-sexuality

Elle Victoria-Vasquez

Elle Victoria-Vasquez brings an intuitive and powerful counseling manner that has helped many families in crisis situations become empowered directors of their own lives. With over twenty years of professional experience helping individuals and groups solve their problems, she has had extensive counseling experience with poverty stressors, teen suicide, domestic violence, “cutting,” divorce, hyper-sexuality, and trauma in both adults and children.

Elle is committed to the promotion of education and volunteerism, and to helping children grow up safe and healthy. As an organizational consultant and social worker, her experience with numerous social service providers in the United States has given her an unparalleled depth of experience with people from diverse cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds. This has helped her understand and respect unique family dynamics and work with those beliefs, not against them.

 

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