Upcoming Public ​Workshops
Working with students:
Classroom Educator Certification
Working with parents:
Parent Educator Certification
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​​Positive Discipline in the Classroom Workshop: 

When: ​Fall 2019, 2 days, from 9am-5pm
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Where: Sunnyvale, CA.

Description: ​This interactive two-day workshop is designed for teachers, 
counselors, school staff 
and administrators who want an effective discipline approach that integrates social and emotional learning while reducing challenging student behaviors in classrooms and on campus.

Topics covered include:  
  • Developing a large teaching toolbox of kind and firm discipline approaches.
  • Establishing explicit classroom structures and procedures.
  • Creating an equitable classroom community based on mutual respect.   
  • Understanding the motivation behind students' misbehavior and how to encourage positive change.
  • Facilitating effective class meetings teaching social skills and problem-solving.
  • Learning Positive Discipline/Adlerian Psychology for use in the classroom and school community.
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Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way (TP) Workshop: 

When: ​​Fall 2019, 2 days, from 9am-5pm
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Where: San Jose, CA.

Description: ​Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way (developed by Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen) is a research-based parent education program that provides a step-by-step approach to starting and leading experientially based parenting groups. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to any program. It provides experiential activities that reach the heart to inspire deeper understanding and change. ​

Topics covered include:  
  • Effective tools and techniques for teaching parents how to use discipline that is kind and firm at the same time (non-punitive, non-permissive). 
  • How to facilitate a parent class from the position of a non-expert. 
  • Gain practice with experiential exercises that help parents go beyond intellectual understanding to be able to respond in empowering ways that teach children. 
  • How to use materials and activities in group settings, parenting classes and individual work with families
On-Site Services Available

School Staff/Teacher/Administrator Onsite Trainings

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Customized
​on-site staff development trainings for:

  • Preschool
  • Elementary
  • Middle
  • High School
Click the button below to set up a staff development training for your school.  
Classroom and/or Playground Observations
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Observation includes:

  • Onsite visit
  • Written report
  • Online video conference walk-through of report
Click the button below to set up a classroom and/or playground observation for your school.  
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