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Classes

You have three choices of classes--virtual, in-person, and targeted.

Virtual Classes

Virtual classes "meet" once a week.  Participants call into a private number at the specified time.  This is a very interactive class, with a specific topic each week that is geared to help you to develop new parenting skills.  After the topic is presented and explained, participants will have the opportunity to ask about related situations and get specific feedback.  Home-work will give you more information and allow you to practice the new skilled learned.

Class size is limited to 10 participants.  The price is per family, so it could include two parents, a parent and a grandparent, a parent and a caregiver--you get the idea.  Due to time constraints, one person per family will be able to present a home situation, though both people can ask questions.  Sessions are recorded to allow for replay at your convenience.

Scroll down to see class offerings.  


In-Person Classes 

These classes meet at a specified location, frequently through a school, a religious institution, a parenting group, or through a doctor or therapist. 

Targeted Classes

I am happy to arrange classes for your group.  These can be individual classes or a series, and the topics can be tailored to match your groups interests and concerns.  Feel free to contact me through the Let's Talk page to discuss programming options that would best meet your group's needs. 
  



Virtual Classes
(limited to 10 participants)


Jump Start to Peaceful Parenting   (New class starting April 4th--a few seats are still left)
Mondays at 12:00 PM Eastern (April 4, April 11, April 18, April 25, May 2, May 9)
$150/ $120 for GPU members!!

This 6-week class will get you started on the peaceful parenting journey.  Each session will run between 60-90 minutes, allowing for each family to ask at least 1 question.  You will learn the fundamentals of peaceful parenting, including the reasons your kids aren't doing what you want them to do, 4 major tools to help get your family working the way you want it to, many resources, and plenty of time for asking specific questions about your family's situation.  Here's the layout:

     • Week 1:    Why Kids Don't Listen / Introducing You to Your Child's Brain
     • Week 2:    How Values and Limit-Setting are Related
     • Week 3:    Putting Out the Tantrum Fires
     • Week 4:    Why Re-Direction Doesn't (Usually) Work
     • Week 5:    The 5-Step Plan to Peaceful Parenting
     • Week 6:    Moving Forward

If you are interested in this class, or if you are interested in an evening/night class, please let me know here!!

Going Deeper into Peaceful Parenting   (New class starting May 16th)
Mondays at 12:00 PM Eastern (tentatively May 16, May 23, June 6, June 20, June 27,  July 11)

This 6-week class will give you a deeper understanding of how to parent peacefully.  Here you will learn how and why to be your child's emotional coach, how to interpret your child's behavior, how to make parenting more fun, how our prior experiences might be getting in the way of being the parent we want to be and what to do about it, and what to do when peaceful parenting seems to stop working.  As with the Jump Start class, this will include many resources and plenty of time for asking specific questions about your family's situation.  Here's the layout:

     • Week 1:    What's an Emotional Coach and Why Would I Want to Be One?
     • Week 2:    Are My Kids Really Supposed to be Doing This?
     • Week 3:    Why Do I Sound Like My Mother???
     • Week 4:    Is There a Fun Side to Parenting?
     • Week 5:    Peaceful Parenting is Broken--Now What?
     • Week 6:    Moving Forward


In-Person Classes

New classes coming soon--check back or contact me to be notified of the next class in the NYC Metro Region.





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