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5 Criteria for Effective Discipline
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The 5 Criteria for Effective Positive Discipline
Thursday, March 25th, 2010Positive Discipline Class – Misbehavior Detectives
Friday, October 16th, 2009I’ll be teaching another parenting class sponsored by PRIDE starting on October 27 and running through November 17. The class, “Misbehavior Detectives” meets from 6:30 – 8:30 pm on Tuesday evenings.
Misbehavior Detectives
Understanding the Beliefs Behind Your Child’s Misbehavior
Use your emotions as clues to reveal the
main reasons for most misbehavior.
This problem solving workshop will
help parents take a closer look at misbehavior
to develop new long term
strategies for teaching children
problem solving skills, responsibility
and recovery skills.PRIDE is a part of the Greenville Hospital System
Brookwood Church kindly donates the meeting space for the PRIDE Parenting Enrichment Workshops.
main reasons for most misbehavior.
This problem solving workshop will
help parents take a closer look at misbehavior
to develop new long term
strategies for teaching children
problem solving skills, responsibility
and recovery skills.PRIDE is a part of the Greenville Hospital System
Brookwood Church kindly donates the meeting space for the PRIDE Parenting Enrichment Workshops.
Location: Brookwood Church
580 Brookwood Point Place
Simpsonville, SC
Cost $10.00
To Register, go to www.brookwoodchurch.org/brookwoodu or call 864-688-8242
Childcare is available for a nominal charge through Brookwood Church
The PRIDE Parent Enrichment Series is based on the nationally recognized Positive Discipline Curriculum
My Other Blog – Inter-child Relationships at Suite101.com
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
When I was promoted to Feature Writer of the Inter-child Relationships section at Suite101.com, I was also given a blog on the Suite101 site. Of course that blog focuses on Inter-child Relationships and mostly I blog about the articles on the Inter-child Relationships section of Suite101.
I’ve added a link to my Inter-child Relationships blog in the “Blogroll” section on this blog. You’ll see the “Blogroll” by scrolling down a bit and looking in the right sidebar section. For those who aren’t yet familiar with blog lingo, a blogroll is a list of other blogs that a blogger recommends. So in my blogroll, I’ve listed some other blogs that I think you might be interested in – other blogs about Positive Discipline for example.
You’ll see I’ve listed Jane Nelsen’s Positive Discipline blog. Jane Nelsen is the author of all of the Positive Discipline books. Dina Emser is another blog I’ve listed. Dina is a Positive Discipline Associate (Trainer) as I am and she’s also an excellent life coach. So if you’d like to hear more great ideas on Positive Discipline, visit these other blogs to get another perspective on the same great tools of Positive Discipline. Just check out the blogroll and click on the blog you’d like to visit.
If you know of a blog that you think I’d like to add to my blogroll, e-mail me at contact@THINKitTHROUGHparenting.com. It can even be your own blog.
Become a Positive Discipline Parent Educator
Monday, August 17th, 2009
A 2 day training,
“Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way”
will be offered in Greenville, SC
Thursday, November 19 and Friday, November 20, 2009
If you’ve ever wanted to teach Positive Discipline parenting classes, this 2 day workshop is where you start. After completing the workshop, you’ll be a “Positive Discipline Facilitator” with skills to teach Positive Discipline parenting classes using experiential activities.
The workshop price includes a book and a notebook teaching manual full of activities. In the workshop, you’ll learn techniques for facilitating experiential activities. Once you’ve taken the 2 day workshop, you can go out and teach Positive Discipline parenting classes for local agencies, for your friends, at your church or perhaps teach classes where you work.
Register by October 19 to receive the early bird registration price.
“Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way” is conducted through the Positive Discipline Association, a non-profit training organization and their website is where you register for the training.
Wheel of Choice Application for Ipod/Itouch/Iphone
Monday, August 10th, 2009
For those who have attended the Positive Discipline “Don’t Flip Your Lid” workshop or have read some of the Positive Discipline books, you’ve been introduced to the “Wheel of Choice”, a wheel drawing on a piece of paper. The wheel is divided into sections and each section has words and a picture to describe one way to solve a conflict between two people (2 children, a child and an adult or even 2 adults). So when a conflict arises, people can look at the wheel to choose a tool that they think would work to solve the problem.
There is a picture of a “Wheel of Choice” at the bottom of this web page about the Indigo Program of the Oak Grove School District in San Jose, CA. Notice that this one has pictures and words which means that pre-readers can use this “Wheel of Choice” to solve problems and I’ve seen 3, 4 and 5 year olds use this tool successfully.
The Sparta Area School District in Sparta, WI website shows a “Wheel of Choice” without pictures and their schoolwide motto is “Wheel Before You Squeal” which encourages students to try to solve a problem on their own using the tools on the wheel before tattling or getting an adult involved.
I was searching the internet recently for “Wheel of Choice” when I came across these two sites with information about the Positive Discipline “Wheel of Choice”.
But my biggest surprise was to find a “Wheel of Choice” download Ipod/Itouch/Iphon application. Costing 99 cents, this wheel does not have pictures and does not have quite as many choices as some other wheels, but that there was a “Wheel of Choice” download at all made my day!
I attended Positive Discipline Training this Summer
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009Hi parents, teachers, church staff and others who may be reading this blog.
In order to stay active as a Positive Discipline Associate/Trainer, I must attend continuing education workshops at least every other year. The Positive Discipline Association hosts an annual workshop called “Think Tank” and I attended Think Tank this past July in beautiful sunny San Diego, CA. It was my first trip to San Diego and the weather was exactly the way everyone has described it to me. Wow! Everyday it was sunny and dry with a slight breeze.
Jane Nelsen attends every Think Tank so it’s always nice to see her and hear about the wonderful new ideas she has for Positive Discipline. This year Jane was very excited about the Positive Discipline social network on-line called the “Positive Discipline Ning“, which I wrote about in a previous blog post. To me it’s been amazing to see the people on the Ning from outside of the U.S. who are excited about Positive Discipline.
Back to talking about Think Tank, I always learn great things at Think Tank – things like new activities or a new way to adjust the way I teach a concept. Here are a few of the activities I learned:
THINK TREE:
I’ll be adding “Think Tree” to the PRIDE parenting class called “Misbehavior Detectives”. This activity is about feeling the difference between being FIRM, being KIND and being KIND & FIRM at the same time.
CHAINS & WINGS:
This activity had several links to Adlerian concepts including “We do better when we feel better” and “the beauty of encouragement”. I am pretty sure I’m adding this to “Coaching from the Sidelines” PRIDE parenting class.
STEP INTO MY SHOES:
Hmm. Where to put this activity. I will have to look at the schedule to see where I can fit this in . “Step into My Shoes” would work well in both “Misbehavior Detectives” and “Coaching from the Sidelines”. I will have to think on this one. “Step into My Shoes” was a great eye opener for me.
I love going to Think Tank and getting to be the “student” instead of the teacher in parent workshops. A section of Think Tank was done in small break out sections where new trainees (Positive Discipline Associates in Training) led activities. I choose to attend a session where the activities were about teenagers since I’m mom to four teens. I had been a student for these activities years before, but it’s different now that my own kids are teens. I loved learning in the “Teen Power” and “Teen Secrets” activities.
I would love to find a place to teach a “Positive Discipline for Parents of Teens” class. If anyone has any contacts on how to make this possible, e-mail me.
You can Join the Positive Discipline Ning
Friday, July 17th, 2009
Ning is a social networking site where anyone can create their own social network. Jane Nelsen, author of the book Positive Discipline as well as a number of other Positive Discipline book titles, has started a Positive Discipline network on Ning as a way for parents, teacher, Positive Discipline facilitators or anyone to share and exchange ideas about Positive Discipline.
Anyone can join the Positive Discipline Ning and there are message boards under the “groups” title which are subtitled into categories like “PD for Preschoolers” or “PD for Special Needs” or “PD for Teens“. The Positive Discipline Ning is new so there may only be a few posts in some of the groups, but I’ve noticed that new members are joining everyday. These group message boards are a great way for parents and teachers to discuss children and issues with children.
There are discussions going on about “bedtime and sleep” and “screaming and hitting 4 yo.” on the “PD for Preschoolers” group message board. The “PD for Single Parents” group message board is discussing ideas for keeping kids busy in the summer.
The Positive Discipline Ning offers a great resource for parents just to read the message boards or to ask for help with a problem. There’s also a “Raves for PD” group message board so people can post success stories.
Check out the Positive Discipline Ning and see what you think.
Click here ———–> Positive Discipline Ning
FREE Parenting Downloads at PositiveDiscipline.com
Monday, August 25th, 2008
For a limited time, the Positive Discipline website is offering some free parenting downloads, parenting resources that might interest you, including Chapter 1 of the audio book version of Positive Discipline.
To receive the free downloads, you do have to add the free items to your shopping cart at the Positive Discipline site and give your mailing address and e-mail address. After you finish your check out, you will see the free items on the screen. Click on them and download them free of charge. So even though you have to check out using the shopping cart, you don’t pay anything at all.
All of the items listed in the links below are free Parenting downloads from the Positive Discipline website.
- The Differences Between PRAISE and ENCOURAGEMENT hand-out (We’ll use this in the October parenting class: Coaching from the Sidelines: Encouragement is Key to Discipline Success)
- The Mistaken Goals Chart which we will be using in the upcoming parenting class, Misbehavior Detectives.
- Audio Book – Chapter 1 of Positive Discipline Audio Book
Enjoy the downloads and hope to see you in the upcoming parenting classes.
Kelly
Certified Positive Discipline Associate
Certified Master Child Care Trainer
Mom/Step Mom to four teens
Jane Nelsen, author of Positive Discipline on YouTube
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008Jane’s on YouTube!
You can watch a television interview with Dr. Jane Nelsen on YouTube.com.
In this interview on a local talk-show, Jane Nelsen discusses
- Using Discipline that Teaches
- Not Rescuing Children
- Why Punitive Time Out doesn’t Work and how Positive Time Out teaches life skills
- What to do when Kids Fight in the Car
Have a great day!
If you live in area, happy “First Day of School” to you parents!
Kelly
Article in Esquire Magazine Discusses Positive Discipline & Politics
Monday, January 18th, 2010Esquire magazine article
posted on-line on January 14 is really is editorial piece about Barack Obama, but it’s amazing how often the author mentions the Positive Discipline, the Positive Discipline class the author attended and how he likes the results he has seen with his own child.
I’m sure it will depend on one’s political and social views as to whether Positive Discipline is seen in a positive or negative light when one reads this Esquire Magazine article. But I thought it was extremely interesting that Positive Discipline is mentioned in a political article and that the magazine was Esquire Magazine and wasn’t in the parenting genre.
If you know me, you know that I do consider Positive Discipline the best approach to teaching children about democracy, joint decision making and respect for others.
If you sign up for the Positive Discipline newsletter (<—click here), you receive a free download of the Positive Discipline Guidelines, pictured here. As you read the guidelines, you’ll notice correlations between the teachings of democracy and the Positive Discipline Guidelines.
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