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Available Workshops

Skillful Parenting Workshops 

Parenting is some of the most important work we will do in our whole lives. The way we raise our children impacts the way they think about themselves, the way they treat themselves and the way they treat other people in the world. Every parent wants to give their child they best chance to live a joyful, fulfilling life. Loving our children and having the best of intentions, though, is not always enough. Parents are human, too, and we make mistakes, saying or doing things that we wish we hadn’t. Parenting skills workshops like the ones I offer can help parents develop new habits of using skills in even our toughest moments. Each of these workshops support parents with the introduction of new ideas in class and through reading material, the chance to discuss and practice these ideas with other parents, and built-in time to focus on these skills and the parents' relationships with their children over a period of several weeks. Of course, these workshops can also be helpful for people who work with children, whether or not they are parents themselves.

 

Get some answers! Talk with other parents! Attend one of these workshops, based on the books by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, facilitated by an experienced communication skills instructor. Check the Schedule of Workshops to find a series of workshops that work for you, or contact me to set-up a series in your community!


How to Talk So Kids Will Listen Workshops





Are you...

Tired of asking your kids for their cooperation?

Struggling to help your children with their feelings?

Ready for your child to show some more autonomy?

Seeking alternatives to punishment?


Then it's time for you to learn

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen

& Listen So Kids Will Talk


This workshop consists of seven sessions offered over a period of seven weeks. The registration fee for the seven-week How To Talk So Kids Will Listen workshop is $100 per individual participant or $180 per parenting couple. All materials for each workshop are provided, including books! Session topics include:

  • Helping Children Deal with Their Feelings
  • Engaging Cooperation
  • Alternatives to Punishment
  • Encouraging Autonomy
  • Praise
  • Freeing Children from Playing Roles
  • Final Review

Registrants for the How To Talk So Kids Will Listen workshop receive:

    • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen Workbook
    • How To Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk book by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
    • Liberated Parents, Liberated Children book by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
    • Reminder Cards for each week’s skills
    • Certificate of Completion upon completion of the series


View the How To Talk So Kids Will Listen Workshop Schedule and Register today!



Siblings Without Rivalry

Workshops

 


Are you...

Tired of making everything equal for each of your children?

Struggling to help your children through their disagreements?

Seeking to free your children from harmful roles?

Ready for your children to act like they love each other?

Then you're ready for

Siblings Without Rivalry

This workshop consists of six sessions offered over a period of six weeks. The registration fee for the six-week Siblings Without Rivalry workshop is $90 per individual registrant or $160 per parenting couple. All materials for each workshop are provided, including books! Session topics include:

  • Helping Siblings Deal with Their Feelings
  • Keeping Children Separate and Unequal
  • Siblings in Roles
  • When Kids Fight
  • Problem Solving
  • A Final Review

Registrants for the Siblings Without Rivalry workshop receive:

    • Siblings Without Rivalry Workbook
    • Siblings Without Rivalry book by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish
    • Reminder Cards for each week’s skills
    • Certificate of Completion upon completion of the series


View the Siblings Without Rivalry Workshop Schedule and Register today!