PARENT DAY PRESENTATIONS: ALL DAY
his workshop is designed to empower parents to solve discipline
problems and improve student behavior and academic performance.
In our culture parents are often blamed and seen as the problem.
From this approach parents are seen as the most powerful influence
in the child's life and the school is the second, at least in
terms of educational outcomes. Working together these two powerful
influences can solve behavioral problems. This approach uses no
"logical and natural" consequences, time-out screens, rewards
or punishments. It uses straight forward concrete specific non-punishing
backup techniques designed to solve the problem. The philosophy
is solve the problem and have the child belong in the family and
the school, rather than punish the child and or exclude him from
the family or the school. (i.e. tough love, suspensions, expulsions,
etc.)
Participants will learn:
- How some of our beliefs about why children misbehave become excuses for letting children continue to misbehave;
- How we, as a culture do not give clear direct messages to either stop the inappropriate behavior or to start doing what we really want the child to do. (i.e., "If you cut your foot off with that lawn mower, don't come running to me.");
- How to use legitimate parental power, within the context of love, care and the child's best interest, to stop most inappropriate behavior, even if the child doesn't want to;
- How to develop non-punishing backup techniques and help structure the child's life so they can become successful;
- How to develop strategies to avoid most children's manipulations, (i.e. whining, crying, pouting, verbal debates, anger, etc.) and stay focused on solutions to the problem.
- How to deal with severe behavior problems (i.e. drugs, threats of suicide, violence, gangs, etc.,) and if necessary how to help coordinate community, school and home resources to help solve these problems.
This workshop can be tailored to the school's or parent group's needs and concerns.
Follow up sessions with smaller groups of parents with specific problem areas, (i.e. truancy, poor grades, inappropriate language, etc.) are also available.
Equipment Needs: I will need an overhead projector and a VCR player and TV monitor.
Cost: Negotiated fee plus expenses.
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