| 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 12 continuing education hours CEUS 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 $195.00 and you can watch it over and over. It includes the following materials: - 5 DVDS
- A Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way 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
- The Positive Discipline Tool Cards
- Certificate upon completion.
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 (14 questions) 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 - $145.00 (Click Here) is for people who have already purchased the Teaching Parenting Manual—either as a hard copy or as an eBook. Includes everything except the Teaching Parenting Manual. Also includes the certificate when the DVD Training is completed.
Package #3 - $100 (Click Here) is for a certificate only when more than one person wants to share materials, but they would also like to become certified. This does not include any materials, but allows someone to become certified if they are sharing the materials.
There is also one more Package #4 - $145 (Click Here) for people who want to share the DVD's but need their own Teaching Parenting Manual and books and would like to become a certified parent educator. This package includes everything but the DVD's and allows the participant to become certified after completing the DVD Training.
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.
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