Child Parenting Services

Join with other parents and sharpen your parenting skills learning the world renowned Positive Parenting methods. Not only will you get the most cutting-edge, evidenced based parenting strategies, but you will also learn a lot from other parents’ experiences.  Get the most out of your time and money by learning about reasons kids behave the way they do, ways to improve children’s development, ways to improve parent-child communication and relationship, how to increase desirable behaviors, how to teach new skills and behaviors, how to manage misbehaviors, and how to plan for difficult parenting situations.  Not only do you gain skills in parenting your children now, but these skills are proven to help you maintain a great relationship with your child throughout the teenage years and beyond.  Join my parenting course and let me help you to take the stress and guesswork out of parenting!

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Child Parenting Program Content
Program content applies to children ages 3-12

Section 1
Introduction
Principles of Positive Parenting
·   Safe and interesting environment
·   Encourage learning
·   Assertive discipline
·   Realistic expectations
·   Taking care as a parent
Causes of behavior problems
·   Genetics
·   Family influence
·   Influence outside of the home
Goals for change
Keeping track of progress

Section 2
Promoting your child’s development
·   Quality time
·   Talking to kids
·   Showing affection
·   Effective praise
·   Giving attention
·   Keeping things interesting
·   Setting a good example
·   Incidental teaching
·   Teaching new skills
·   Increase good behaviors
Section 3
Managing Misbehavior
·   Ground rules
·   Backing up rules
·   Planned ignoring
·   Clear and calm instructions
·   Logical/natural consequences
·   Use of quiet time strategy
·   Use of time-out strategy
·   Increasing compliance
·   Correcting behaviors

Section 4
How to take care of yourself as a parent
Planning ahead to prevent problems
Dealing with problematic situations
Creating problem prevention plans

Section 5
Mastering of 17 parenting strategies
Problem prevention plan discussion
Key to problem situations & prevention
Action! Live practice & role play

Section 6
Positive parenting progress review
Keep up positive changes and progress
Certification of course completion