Positive Discipline for School-Aged Children:

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 School-Aged Children

The book, Positive Discipline, by Jane Nelsen is used as a foundation for this course for the parents of children age 6-12. In this highly interactive set of classes, participants learn techniques and strategies to work with their children more effectively, allowing them to achieve long term parenting goals. We learn about how to help children develop self discipline, responsibility, cooperation and problem solving skills, thus bringing more harmony to our homes.

Some of the topics covered are:

• Introduction to Positive Discipline
• The use of encouragement versus praise
• The effects of birth order
• Understanding misbehavior
• Problem solving
• Creating agreements
• The effects of punishment
• The kind language of firmness
• Family meetings
• Chores