Become a Certified Positive Discipline
Parent Educator
Attend a Teaching Parenting
the Positive Discipline Way Workshop
with Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott -- in your own home.
by
Jane Nelsen & Lynn Lott
For many years we have wondered how we could provide training for people who are unable to attend our workshops. We knew it wouldn’t work to have an online class that did not include experiential activities. DVD training is the only possibility we could think of because you can at least watch others participating in the activities and learning to teach the activities. Then you can practice the activities with friends or a “practice group.”
Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott have completed a DVD training that includes 6 1/2 hours filmed at a live training and requires about 5 1/2 hours of homework to practice the skills in order to receive a certificate as a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator (and continuing education hours for California license holders that are regulated by the Board of Behavioral Sciences—which may be accepted by other organizations.). At the end of this training, you will be ready to lead parenting classes and/or improve your skills as a parent educator regardless of the setting in which you work (counseling office, pre-school, etc.)
The cost of the training is $195 and includes the materials listed in Package #1 below. Package # 2 is for people who have already purchased the Teaching Parenting Manual—either as a hard copy or as an eBook. Package # 3 is in addition to Packages # 1 or # 2 when more than one person wants to share materials, but want to receive a certificate.
Save airfare and hotel costs when you can't find a live training near you--and enjoy the workshop in the comfort of your own home. Find a friend and do the workshop together.
A hallmark of the Positive Discipline workshops (and classes) is experiential activities. Role-playing is the most profound way to learn, not only in your head, but also in your heart and gut. Participating in experiential activities and role-playing is the best way to “get into the child’s world” to understand what children are thinking, feeling, and deciding in response to the discipline methods used with them. How else can we really understand the long-term effects of discipline methods? Even parents who initially resist role-playing soon discover how much more they learn when they participate (or at least watch others role-playing). They soon give up their resistance and enjoy the fun and deep learning from experiential activities.
Another hallmark of Positive Discipline workshops is how much participants learn from each other. You will learn how to avoid long lectures and invite participants to share what they are learning from “getting into the child’s world” through the experiential activities. The insights they share with each other is much more meaningful and heartfelt than any lectures they could hear from “experts.”
Another great hallmark of Positive Discipline parenting classes that you will learn is the Parents Helping Parents Problem-Solving-Steps. During each parenting class, a volunteer parent shares a specific challenge with a child and you, the facilitator, lead the parent through a 14 step process that includes role-playing to “get into the child’s world,” and involves the whole group to brainstorm for solutions. This is very empowering to everyone one. The volunteer then chooses one suggestion and role-plays practicing it, or being the child to experience what the suggestion “feels” like to the child. This soon becomes the favorite part of every parenting class where all the Positive Discipline tools come together for practical application for “real” challenges.
The disadvantage is that video training cannot provide the same energy as participating in a live workshop.
The advantages are:
Videos you can watch over and over. (If you give the videos your full attention, and practice with friends, you can come close to "being there.")
Can do on your own time schedule (especially beneficial for people with small children or a busy schedule)
Save travel expenses (airfare, hotel, food) if you can't find training near you.
Money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Package #1 $195 -
5 DVDS
A Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline manual (If you already have the Teaching Parenting Manual, purchase Package No. 2)
A DVD Training Guide manual
A Positive Discipline book
A Positive Discipline A-Z book
A Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator certificate will be awarded to you once the Answer Sheet is completed (including order #) and emailed to Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott, and approved by them. The work involved to complete the answer sheet takes about 5 1/2 hours above and beyond listening to the DVD’s because it includes practicing some of the experiential activities and the Parents Helping Parents Problem-Solving Steps with friends). For California residents, 12 CEUs are available at the completion of the course. You may want to check to see if your organization will accept these CEUs—as some do.
Package #2 $145 -
All of the above, minus the Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Manual (for people who already have this manual)
You and a friend might enjoy participating in this DVD training together. However, if just one person orders the program, and two people want a certificate, the second person will pay $100 (Package # 3) to receive the certificate after filling out the Answer Sheet in the DVD Training Manual. If both people want the materials and the certificate, they would both need to purchase Product # 1. To receive a certificate, the Answer Sheet in the DVD Training Manual requires an order #.
Package #3 $100 -
Certificate only. The order number from Package #1 or Package #2 is required in the appropriate space on the Answer Sheet found in the DVD Training Guide. This package is designed for people who want to share the materials when one person orders Package # 1 or Package #2 and both want to receive a certificate after going through the DVD Training together.
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