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Talking 101 (formerly "Part One"): Oct. 27 to Nov. 17
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HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK weekly series
Talking 101 (formerly "Part 1"):
4 Wednesdays, Oct. 27 through Nov. 17
7 to 9 PM
850 Drake Ave., Marin City
$189 per person, or $289 per couple, plus $10 workbook
Advanced Talk (formerly "Part 2"):
4 weekly sessions, 2 hours per session
$189 per person, or $289 per couple.
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Are you getting worn down by food fights, bedtime challenges, morning-rush madness, homework meltdowns, dawdling, whining, or other child-like behavior? |
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Do you find yourself using threats, bribes or a raised voice, though you swore you never would? |
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Are you committed to raising your children to become respectful, ethical adults, but wondering how? |
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| Come learn a proven approach to enhance cooperation and good will, strengthen character and self-esteem, and build respectful, compassionate relationships.
How To Talk is a program for parents and caregivers of children ages two to twelve, based on the best-selling books by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. The Talking 101 workshop will cover the first three of the six topics in the How To Talk series: Helping Children Deal with their Feelings, Engaging Cooperation, and Alternatives to Punishment. The Advanced Talk workshop will cover the remaining topics: Encouraging Autonomy, Praise and Self-Esteem, and Freeing Children from Playing Roles. Each week you will leave the session with practical strategies that you can implement immediately to improve communication and discipline and enhance your relationships at home. |
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HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK Sunday Intensives
Talking 101 (formerly "Part One"):
Fall '10, Sunday, 10 to 4:30, Private Home, SF
(A special workshop day for parents of SPD kids, only. Write or call if interested.)
$189, plus $10 workbook
Advanced Talk (formerly "Part Two"):
6-1/2 hour one-day sesssion
$189, (bring workbook from Talking 101)
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Are you getting worn down by food fights, bedtime challenges, morning-rush madness, homework meltdowns, dawdling, whining, or other child-like behavior? |
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Do you find yourself using threats, bribes or a raised voice, though you swore you never would? |
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Are you committed to raising your children to become respectful, ethical adults, but wondering how? |
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Have you never signed up for a How To Talk workshop because you can't commit to a multi-week series, or evening workshops don't fit with your schedule? |
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| These one-day workshop retreats will provide you with renewed confidence as a parent and concrete skills that you can implement immediately. You will practice a proven approach to enhance cooperation and good will, strengthen character and self-esteem, and build respectful, compassionate relationships. The Talking 101 workshop will cover the first three of the six topics in the How To Talk series: Helping Children Deal with their Feelings, Engaging Cooperation, and Alternatives to Punishment. The Advanced Talk workshop will cover the remaining topics: Encouraging Autonomy, Praise and Self-Esteem, and Freeing Children from Playing Roles. |
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SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY weekly series
4 weekly sessions, 2 hours per session
$189 per person, or $289 per couple, plus $10 workbook .
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Are you getting worn down by your children's fighting or complaining, comparisons or competition, or other common kid behavior? |
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Do you find yourself using threats, bribes or a raised voice, though you swore you never would? |
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Are you committed to raising your children to become respectful, ethical adults, but wondering how to manage it all and keep your own sanity? |
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This workshop focuses on the sibling relationship, and what we as parents might do to decrease, or inadvertently increase, the rivalry and conflict. Each week you will leave the session with practical strategies that you can implement immediately to improve communication and discipline and enhance your relationships at home.
SIBLINGS WITHOUT RIVALRY Sunday Intensive
6-1/2 hour one-day sesssion
$189, plus $10 workbook
A one-day version of the Siblings workshop, for parents who cannot make a multi-week workshop. |
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HOW TO GIGGLE SO KIDS WILL LISTEN:
A PLAYFUL APPROACH TO SERIOUS PARENTING ISSUES
3 weekly sessions, 2 hours per session
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Is the monotony of your daily routines starting to feel like drudgery to you and your kids? |
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Are your do's and don'ts - and your children's resistance to observing them - driving a wedge between you? |
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Are you perplexed, confused or challenged by your child's outbursts, sullenness, whining, lying, hitting, insecurity, impulsiveness, shyness or other child-like |
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| Come learn how children use the language of play to address important themes of childhood, and practice using playful approaches that will engage your children's cooperation, create closer family connections, and empower you and your children. |
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REFRESHER AND REUNION FOR WORKSHOP GRADUATES
*NEW* TELECLASS
A class-by-phone for workshop graduates; limited class size.
Must call from a land line.
$21 per person
7 to 9 PM
$47 per person
San Francisco morning group
9:30 to 11 AM
$39 per person
East Bay evening group
7 to 9 PM
$47 per person, $72 per couple
Many workshop graduates say they wish there were a way to follow up after the workshop has ended. Now there is! The Refresher and Reunion workshop, open to graduates of any one or more workshops by Julie King, meets in person or by phone to address issues and challenges from home (or the park, or school, or...). The group serves as a place to refresh each other and further explore the skills and philosophy we have studied, as well as a place to get concrete ideas for specific situations.
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HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LEARN: For Teachers, Tutors, Mental Health Professionals, and Other Professionals who Work with Children
Available to schools and other educational organizations.
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| How and why to apply the principles and tools in the HOW TO TALK series, for professionals involved in school and learning issues. |
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Is the conflict between your kids wearing you down?
Could you use some new strategies to address the arguing and fighting,
or to head it off all together?
Come
learn new skills for dealing with conflict between children, as
well as strategies for achieving more peace at home! |
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PARENTS CAN'T QUIT (but sometimes we'd like to): New Strategies for your everyday concerns
Monday, April 26
7 to 9 PM
850 Drake Ave., Marin
City
$47 per person, or
$72 per couple
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| If you've ever found yourself at the end of your rope, or thought to yourself, "there's GOT to be a better way!" this workshop is for you. Come prepared to learn new strategies for your challenges and everyday concerns. Designed for both previous workshop graduates and "newbies," we will apply the principles of the Faber/Mazlish approach to the issues presented by the participants (you!). |
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PARENTING MORE THAN ONE: New Ideas for Juggling Competing Needs, Dealing with Conflict, Reducing Competition, and Maintaining Your Sanity in the Face of the Everyday Chaos and Pandemonium!
Wednesday, May 19
7 to 9 PM
850 Drake Ave., Marin City
$47 per person, or
$72 per couple
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Do you sometimes feel challenged by the intensity and demands of raising two or more children simultaneously?
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Does even an hour in the dentist chair -- sans kids -- sometimes sound like bliss? | |
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Bring your current issues-with-kids and leave with new strategies you can try right away (unless you wisely choose to stop for a movie on the way home)!
For parents of two or more children over the age of two. |
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HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WILL LISTEN, AND LISTEN SO YOU HEAR WHAT KIDS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS HAVE TO SAY
Tuesdays, Oct. 5 through Oct. 26
7 to 9 PM
Kidspace
3401 Mission St., San Francisco
$189 per person, $289 per couple, plus $10 per workbook
Do you sometimes find yourself perplexed or depleted by the daily demands of raising, treating, or teaching a child with special needs?
Is your child challenged by everyday routines like getting dressed in the morning or going to bed at night, or coping with transitions such as starting or ending a therapy session, or staying calm when hearing a bell ring on the school yard?
Join other parents and professionals working and living with children with special needs. Learn concrete strategies that:
- help children express their feelings
- engage children's cooperation
- provide alternatives to punishment
- build self-esteem
- enhance relationships
A practical, experiential, and lively workshop is based on the bestselling books by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish, including HOW TO TALK SO KIDS WILL LISTEN AND LISTEN SO KIDS WILL TALK.
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