Kathryn Kvols

Kathryn Kvols Quick Facts

A "catalyst for creating healthy relationships" is the best way to describe Kathryn Kvols. A dynamic and entertaining international speaker, Kathryn has worked with thousands of teachers, nurses, counselors, childcare workers and parents, presenting keynote addresses, workshops, and classes. Kathryn presents fresh new ways at looking at age-old problems. Seeing with these new eyes, her audience is inspired to make amazing shifts toward loving action. These loving actions are creating more satisfying relationships at home, in school and in the workplace.

Kathryn has a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and Social Work with a minor in Education from Concordia College in Minnesota.

She is adept at creating safe learning environments through her heart-felt speaking style, her sense of humor, and insightful observations. Her workshops are interactive and her audiences walk away with practical tools they can implement immediately.

Highlights of her career include being invited to speak at the World Peace Conference in Costa Rica and being interviewed as an expert for the PBS Documentary, "The Children Are Watching."

Kathryn is published in newspapers and magazines such as the Chicago Tribune, Orlando Sentinel, Washington Post, Parent's Journal, Tomorrow's Child, Good Housekeeping and Women's World. She appeared on MSNBC and featured on numerous radio interviews.

Large organization have sought Kathryn for her inspiring keynotes and workshops such as Burger King, NAYEC, the Pediatric Nurse Practioner's Association and the American Montessori Society.

Kathryn's list of published books includes:

* Redirecting Children's Behavior
* Parenting Guidelines* Understanding Yourself and Others
* Success Strategies for Family Meetings

She has also developed several courses:

* Redirecting Children's Behavior
* Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom (co-author)
* Redirecting Corporate America (co-author)
* The Family Empowerment Series
* The Family Puzzle...Putting the Pieces Together
* Understanding Yourself and Others (co-author)
* The Love Course
* Understanding Successful Attitudes (co-author)

Kathryn is the president of the International Network for Children and Families, a worldwide parent-training network that teaches her course life changing course, "Redirecting Children' Behavior." The course teaches skill-building strategies to families. They emphasize teamwork, creating win-win situations, and effectively avoiding power struggles using kind-but-firm methods promoted by Alfred Adler and Dr. Rudolf Dreikurs.

Kathryn and her husband, Brian Harper, reside in Gainesville, Florida and have a blended family of five children: Brianna, Tyler, Chloe, Emily, and Amy. Her experiences as a mom, single mom, and step-mom have made her empathetic to her audience and easy for them to relate to her.