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Author Bio, Book Synopsis, Interview Questions
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An Exploratory Study on Homeschoolers and...
Roya Dedeaux
General Bio
Roya Dedeaux is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a focus on parenting and play. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Recreation and a Master’s degree in Counseling from California State University, Long Beach where she taught in the Recreation and Leisure Studies department for over a decade.
This experience has led her to a private therapy practice, authoring several books, and creating games and a Play with Purpose online community! She believes strongly in the importance and power of play for all ages, and has spent the majority of her personal and professional life inspiring others to become more playful. She has been a featured or keynote speaker at over 60 conferences, speaking about the importance of parents using recreation, leisure, and play to connect with and support their kids.
As a grown homeschooler, she conducted the largest study related to mental health and homeschooling in the United States. Her first book Connect with Courage: practical ways to work through fear and find joy in the places your kids take you is now available at all major book retailers, and her latest children's book This Is The Head That I Have is available as well!
Roya specializes in using art in her therapy practice, and as her own creative outlet, she creates handmade jewelry out of clay and crochet at Royaboya Handmade. She also loves to play, garden, and craft with her wonderful children, husband, and animals where they live and homeschool in Southern California.
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Podcast Interviews
Bubbles & Biz
September 22, 2022
available for download here
Hey! I Want Your Job!
Season 2 Episode 4
available for download here
Should Have Listened to My Mother
Season 3 Episode 1
available for download here
Living Joyfully
Episode 286
available for download here
Badass Women's Work
Episode 43
available for download here
Honey I'm Homeschooling the Kids
Season 3 Episode 64
available for download here
Sage Family
Episode 40
available for download here
Real Women's Work
Episode 22
available for download here
Living Joyfully
Episode 24, June, 2016
available for download here
Workshops
Anxiety in Boss Moms
presented at: MOB Meetup
April 2021
Assertiveness & Boundaries in Business
presented at: MOB Con
September 2019
Connecting with Courage
presented at: California Homeschool Network Expo
May 2019
Values at Play
presented to Unschooling Mom2Mom Coaching group
March 2019
Discovery of Learning
June 2017
Keynotes/Mainstage Speaking
Keynote Address
presented at California Homeschool Network Expo, May 2021
Commencement Address
presented at California Homeschool Network Expo, May 2021
Confessions of an Unschooled College Professor
presented at Life is Good Conference, May 2021
Anxiety and All It's Friends
presented at Life is Good Conference, May 2021
Values at Play
presented at: California Homeschool Network Expo
May 2019
Commencement Address
presented at California Homeschool Network Expo, May 2019
Keynote Address Part 1: Protect their Passions
California Homeschool Network Expo
September, 2018
Keynote Address Part 2: Protect their Passions
California Homeschool Network Expo
September, 2018
Protect their Passions, part 1
presented at Homeschool Association of California
August 2018
Protect their Passions, part 2
presented at Homeschool Association of California
August 2018
Articles
The Importance of Protecting their Passions
article for the California Homeschool Network
February, 2019
available here
Studies
An Exploratory Study on Mental Health and Attitude Towards Psychotherapy Among Grown Homeschoolers and Homeschooling Parents