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Parent Workshop Specifics |
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Positive Discipline
Workshop |
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Not many connect
the word discipline with the term positive, but under the direction and
expertise of Dr. Rene you’ll learn how to use techniques to instill
positive, healthy behaviors. The Positive Discipline Workshop will help
parents learn:
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 Various ways to
approach discipline situations with your child
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Methods to help
your child express their emotions without “melting down”
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Specific language
to effectively solve discipline exchanges
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The role of
consequences in discipline situations
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The importance of
consistent response from parents
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How to diffuse
potentially difficult situations such as tantrums and power struggles
The Positive
Discipline Workshop will provide parents with useful skills and methods
that will improve communication and will allow you to spend more quality
time together. Parents will learn about expected behaviors by age and a
wide range of ways to solve common issues. Fewer battles, better
listening, more peace! The Workshop is designed for parents of children 1
to 10 years old.
Eight Hour
Series – 4 sessions each running two hours will be offered in the
evenings. This workshop costs $120 per single participant, $200 per couple.
One
day/five-hour workshop - is offered from 9:00am-3:00pm with a one hour
lunch break on Saturdays throughout the year. The cost is $75 per single
participant, $125 per couple.
Positive
Discipline Review Session – is a two hour session offered in the
evening. During the first hour we review the goals and language of I
messages, empathy, positive intent, choices and consequences with practice
items. We also highlight the techniques for managing power struggles and
tantrums with 30 minutes of open Q&A time. This is available to anyone who
has taken the five or eight hour workshop. The cost of the review session is
$30 per single participant, $50 per couple.
Positive
Discipline for Nannies and Babysitters -
based
on our popular Positive Discipline workshops, this class time will cover
an hour on proactive discipline techniques and two hours on the steps of
positive discipline. All discussion will be focused on the needs of
extended caregivers.
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Play & Workshop
Series |
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 Learning
Together - A Shared Experience with Your Child
The Play & Workshop Series is a 90 minute weekly class for you and your
child. Each weekly class includes 30 minutes of play and art done
together. For the next hour, parents – mostly moms but dads are always
welcome – will join Dr. Rene for in depth discussion on a specific
parenting topic.
For more information, please
click here to visit the Play & Workshop page.
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Expectant and Newborn Parent Series |
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In this three-week
series, Dr. Rene will cover hours on Temperament, Attachment, Sleep,
Language Development, Feeding and Mealtimes, and the Role of Fathers
and Mothers. This is presented through a well-researched
workshop and open discussion. Babies are welcome under six
months old.
The cost of this
workshop is $90 for an individual. A discounted $60 spouse seat
is available, making the cost $150 per couple for the three-week (six
hour) series.
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Dads
Only Workshops |
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Many of the moms in our
workshops have said their husbands "don't want to be the only dad in
the room" during our evening and weekend sessions. Their
suggestion was to offer Dads Only Workshops. We are looking
forward to the challenge!
Our Dads Only Workshops
will happen on Sunday evenings from 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Please click
below to see our most current schedule of workshops.
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Book Club |
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Our new book club offers
a 90-minute discussion of a current or classic parenting book with Dr.
Rene Hackney. Discussion questions will be provided in advance,
but the time is interactive and often moves in different directions.
The cost is $15 per person.
Upcoming books include
Screamfree Parenting: The Revolutionary Approach to Raising Your
Kids by Keeping Your Cool by Runkel and Nurture Shock: New
Thinking About Children by Bronson and Merryman. See below
for dates, times and upcoming books for discussion.
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Parenting Topic Workshops |
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Join us for
parenting workshops throughout the year that address many of the specific
challenges and opportunities facing families. During these two or three
hour workshops, Dr. Rene will provide detailed information including the
range of options available, what methods work or don’t and why and what is
considered best practice. Your specific questions will be addressed, and
parents will feel empowered.
Topics include:
Dr. Rene’s
balanced and straightforward approach cuts through the clutter surrounding
each topic area, and distills information into an enjoyable, interactive
workshop. These workshops provide parents with solutions that work for
their families. Parents will leave with real, actionable options and
solutions to put into practice immediately.
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Eight Weeks to Positive Discipline
A Workbook by Rene Hackney, PhD |
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Based on her
popular 8-hour Positive Discipline Workshop, Dr. Rene presents this
practical and well researched workbook.
This is an
important book for parents of one- to ten-year-old children. The 200 page
text covers the steps in discipline from "I" messages, empathy and choices
to logical and natural consequences. It also thoroughly addresses managing
tantrums, whining, backtalk, picky eaters and sleep issues. There are
sections on forced apologies, alternatives to "no," parenting style, the
use of rewards and catching children being good. The text also presents
ways to effectively use time-outs and 1-2-3 magic.
The workbook
includes ten practice items per discipline technique with three to four
sample answers. This provides the reader with thirty to forty models of
each technique in action. It is the perfect complement to the Positive
Discipline Workshop and will help parents reinforce what they learned in
the Workshop to apply in the home.
Click here to view excerpt
from Eight Weeks to Positive Discipline.
Click here to
purchase the Workbook.
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AskDrRene.com |
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From Dr.
Rene: "I am so
excited to share my new AskDrRene.com with all of you who have gotten
to know me through Parenting Playgroups.
I hope you will find
this new online effort to be an economical and convenient way to
further your skills in dealing with the challenges presented to us by
our wonderful children."
For more information,
please click
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Video
Workshop Segments |
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As a recognized
specialist on parenting and early childhood development issues, Dr. Rene
content is posted at numerous parenting related websites. Click on the
links below to watch Dr. Rene speak on 100+ parenting topics:
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