Positive Discipline for Preschoolers:

All of the parenting courses are seven sessions long and are for parents looking for long term parenting skills that are effective, non-permissive and non-punitive. Each course is interactive and teaches proven strategies that discipline in a way that encourages the growth of important life and social skills. All courses help parents understand the core of their children misbehavior and help bring harmony to the home.

Positive Discipline for Preschoolers

This course is for parents of children from 3 -5 years. Positive Discipline for Preschoolers, written by Jane Nelsen and Cheryl Irwin is used as the foundation. Through partner work, group work, role play and lecture, participants explore their preschoolers’ world and learn kind and firm strategies that help minimize power-struggles, enhance responsibility and encourage cooperation and self confidence.

Some of the topics covered are:

• Introduction to Positive Discipline
• The use of encouragement versus praise
• Listening for understanding
• Nurturing confidence and competence
• Minimizing power struggles
• Understanding misbehavior
• The effects of punishment
• Making mistakes
• New parenting tools