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Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way!

This interactive training workshop is designed for parents, teachers, parent educators, caregivers, counselors, therapists, nurses and others who want an effective discipline approach that integrates social and emotional learning while reducing challenging behaviors. Upon successful completion of this workshop, participants will be certified as Positive Discipline Parent Educators.

Positive Discipline focuses on discipline that teaches:

  • Children will feel a sense of connection, belonging and significance.
  • It is kind and firm at the same time and effective long- term.
  • It teaches important social and life skills and teaches children to use their power constructively and discover that they are capable.

Participants in this workshop will:

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  • Learn research based effective tools and techniques for teaching parents how to use discipline that is kind and firm at the same time (non-punitive, non-permissive).
  • Learn how to facilitate a parent class from the position of a non-expert.
  • Gain practice with experiential exercises that help parents go beyond intellectual understanding to be able to respond in empowering ways that teach children.
  • Learn how to use materials and activities in group settings, parenting classes and individual work with families.

Date/Time: April 10-11, 2015, 9AM-5PM

Location: Dedham, MA

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This workshop has been approved for 13 CE’s by the National Association of Social Workers, MA Chapter.

Questions? email carolsdores@gmail.com

For more information, and to register, visit http://positivediscipline.org/event-1804591

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