Society Winter Workshop 2025 – Introduction to Teens in a digital age – rekindling communication – Recorded sessions
Session with Lou Harvey-Zahra
This inspiring talk provides greater wisdom and practical tips for connecting strongly with teenagers.
Lou describes the ‘teenage world’ and guide us through the key changes for the teenage years.
The teen years are a time to re-connect to the changing teen. Lou provides many easy ideas to help strengthen bonds with teenagers and understand how to speak to teens so that they can hear. These ideas lead to greater harmony and a stable and loving teenage time before adult life. The ideas have far-reaching effects for families as well as people working with teenagers.
About Lou
Lou facilitates parenting talks and teacher training worldwide each year (UK, USA and Australia). But how did it all begin…? Lou obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from Liverpool University, a Postgraduate Degree in Education from West Sussex Institute of Higher Education, followed by a Postgraduate Diploma in Special Educational Needs from Kingston University. Twenty-five years ago, Lou completed her Rudolf Steiner teacher training. Lou was a key presenter at the World Autism Conference and is a key lecturer for Sydney Rudolf Steiner College for the past 8 years. Lou pioneered a Saturday Social Skills Club for children with Autism/Asperger’s and their families, which obtained Government funding and still runs today, 25 years on. Lou is a co-founder of a Steiner Kindergarten, and a successful Steiner-inspired curriculum in a primary school in Melbourne, which has over 250 students and has run for 19 years. Lou was the ‘Teenage Editor’ for Juno magazine for 4 years, writing 38 articles on all aspects of parenting teens. Lou is also author of several best-selling Steiner parenting books.
Recording of presentation:
This is part of our Society Winter Workshop 2025 – Introduction to Teens in a digital age: rekindling communication – with Cori Anderberg, Dr Michaela Glöckler, Lou Harvey-Zahra and Christian Taylor RSHom
