Credentials
Where Professional Expertise Meets Real Family Life
Dr. Randi G. Brown is a School Psychologist/School Neuropsychologist, Child Development Expert, and parent who created these cleanup games from both professional knowledge and real family experience. After years of helping children develop executive functioning skills in school settings, she saw an opportunity to bring those same principles into homes through play.
But the idea for this book came from more than years spent working with students in schools. It came from home — from her own experience as a parent navigating the familiar chaos of toy-scattered floors, cleanup-time struggles, and the daily challenge of raising children who were wonderfully capable, and yet sometimes overwhelmed.
Her approach combines evidence-based developmental strategies with the warmth, humor, and flexibility that real family life demands. She believes that every child can learn organization and responsibility — when the process feels safe, supported, and fun.
Dr. Brown believes deeply that children rise to meet expectations that are developmentally appropriate, warmly delivered, and rooted in play. Her mission is to help families — and the professionals who support them — build these expectations into the fabric of everyday life.
Dr. Brown's Philosophy
The core beliefs that shape every strategy in the book.
Play Is Not Optional
Children learn through play. It is not a reward or a break — it is the primary vehicle for cognitive, social, and emotional development. Every strategy in this book honors that reality.
Behavior Has Meaning
When a child resists cleanup, they are communicating something — overwhelm, transition difficulty, unclear expectations, or simply the need for connection. Understanding the behavior is the first step to changing it.
Progress Over Perfection
A partially clean room and a connected, cooperative child is a better outcome than a perfect room reached through conflict. Small wins, sustained over time, build lasting habits.
Parents Are the Experts on Their Children
No book, specialist, or strategy knows your child better than you do. This book offers tools — you supply the knowledge of your child's unique personality, needs, and strengths.
Speaking, Interviews & Media
Dr. Brown is available for podcast interviews, school psychologist professional development events, parent education nights, and media appearances related to executive functioning, play-based learning, and children's organization.
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