Active Parenting products at a glance
Active Parenting Publishers Products at a Glance
Active Parenting Publishers...innovators
of video-based education programs
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Distributors: Please contact Marian
Adair at 1-800-825-0060 x110 for information
about distributing the Active Parenting products listed below.
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Early Childhood:
Active Parenting: First Five Years
(formerly 1,2,3,4 Parents!) Addresses basic skills
for new parents, caregivers, and early childhood staff training.
Produced in conjunction with Oklahoma State Cooperative Extension.
Video is closed-captioned on DVD.
Available in three convenient formats: video & discussion
program (shown on left), video
library and lunch
& learn program.
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Ages 5 to 12:
Active Parenting 4th Edition
(formerly Active Parenting Now) Helps parents
of children ages 5 to 12 raise responsible, cooperative children
who are able to resist negative peer pressure and thrive in the
21st century. Video is closed-captioned on DVD.
Available in three convenient formats: video & discussion
program (shown on left), video
library and lunch
& learn program.
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Ages 5 to 12:
Christian Active Parenting
Helps parents of children ages 5 to 12 raise responsible,
courageous children who are able to resist negative peer pressure
and thrive in the 21st century. Video is closed-captioned on
DVD.
Available
in three convenient formats: video & discussion program,
video library (shown
on left) and lunch &
learn program.
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Preteens & Teens:
Active Parenting of Teens (3rd ed.)
This video and discussion program is for parents of
preteens and teens. Provides parents with the skills they need
to use effective discipline, teach responsibility and communicate
with their teens. Each session also shows parents how to handle
sensitive issues such as drugs, sexuality and violence. Video
is closed captioned.
Available in three convenient formats: video & discussion
program (shown on left), video
library and lunch & learn
program. Also available dubbed in Spanish.
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Active Parenting of Teens: Families
in Action
Bring parents and teens together at last! There's no
denying it. Parents and teens are often at odds . . .but it doesn't
have to be that way. When parents and teens learn together, they
have common ground for conversationand when they can talk together,
problems get solved. Families in Action provides a unique
approach to improving parent-teen interaction and strengthening
our youth against the risks they face every day.
Videos
are available with captioning
for the hearing impaired
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Parent Involvement:
Parents on Board
Increase parent involvement in school with this program
for grades K-7. Gives parents the tools to help their children
get the best education possible.
Available
in three convenient formats: video & discussion program (shown
on left), video library
and lunch & learn program.
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Parenting After Divorce:
Cooperative Parenting and Divorce
This video-based program helps divorcing parents shield
their children from parental conflict. Over 8 sessions (16 to
20 hours), parents learn to guide their children through the
process of recovery, while establishing a positive, long-term,
cooperative relationship with the child's other parent. Also
available in Spanish.
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Crossroads
of Parenting & Divorce
Crossroads
of Parenting & Divorce
is a 4- to 6-hour seminar designed to prevent divorce abuse—a
specific type of emotional abuse that divorcing parents cause
when, in their anger and bitterness, they lose sight of their
child’s needs.
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Active Parenting for Stepfamilies
This video-based program helps couples work together
to raise children in the challenging stepfamily environment.
The program also teaches how to use powerful communication and
negotiation skills to strengthen marriage and family.
Available
in three convenient formats: video & discussion program (shown
on left), video library
and lunch & learn program.
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Active Parenting for Stepfamilies
in 3
In just 3 sessions, this video-based program helps couples
handle challenges as they build a new stepfamily. The program
also teaches how to use powerful communication and negotiation
skills to strengthen marriage and family.
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Grief and Loss Education:
Windows: Healing and Helping Through Loss
This video series is a valuable resource after a crisis.
Windows: Healing and Helping Through Loss addresses
the issues of grief, loss and disappointment.
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Character Education:
Free the Horses: A Character Education Adventure
Free the Horses is a program which uses an action-packed
video story to capture attention while teaching children in grades
1 to 4 to believe in themselves, their talents and their dreams.
Studies show that children who develop responsibility, cooperation
and courage have higher self-esteem, fewer behavioral problems
and more courage to face life's challenges.
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Teens in Action
Teens in Action is a high-energy, video-based program for
ages 11-16. Developed over a period of five years the program teaches important life skills while helping
teens understand the dangers of risky behavior, such as alcohol
and drug abuse.
Available
in two convenient formats: video & discussion program (shown
on left) and video library.
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ONLINE LEARNING CENTER:
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Active Parenting Online Video Library
Using the Online Video Library (OVL), you can easily
provide high-quality parenting videos for all ages and stages
of childhood. Parents can watch these videos any time, anywhere:
morning, noon or night. At work, at home, on a flight. On a laptop,
on a desktop, on an iPad...all they need is an Internet connection—and
an access code from you.
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Online Leader Training Workshops
Study at your own pace with the Online Leader Training
Workshop (OLTW). It's a comprehensive, 15-20 hour class complete
with video, activities, and discussion. The online class is self-study
and you will also have the ability to communicate with experienced
trainers and leaders via the bulletin board. CE hours and certification
available, too!
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Active Parenting Online Groups
Our award-winning parenting education workshops
Active Parenting 4th Edition (for parents of children ages
5 to 12), Active Parenting of Teens, Christian Active Parenting, and the short divorce
seminar Crossroads of Parenting & Divorce are all
available online! Led by an experienced educator, these courses
include all the fun features of a regular workshop: video, discussion,
reading and activities.
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CHIEFS
This documentary video follows a team of Native American
teens as they strive to recapture the state basketball championship
while battling against poverty, alcoholism, drugs and racism.
After graduation, the young men's next challenge is to convert
the pride they experience on the basketball court into success
in their adult lives.
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Homeboys
In these three videos, African-American gang members
speak openly about their lives in order to promote violence prevention.
By interviewing the same young men eight years apart, the videos
make clear the tragic long-term consequences of violence and
paternal neglect.
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Connecting with Kids (for children)
Connecting
with Parents & Kids
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Connecting with Kids for Parents
and Kids
This video library is a great resource for children,
teens and parents. The Connecting with Kids videos explore
a variety of character issues important to parents, children
and teens. Produced by the award-winning CWK Network, each video
is presented in a fast-moving documentary style that packs a
lot of information while keeping the viewer's attention.
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Families Talk About . . .
Parents of at-risk children speak openly about their
experiences in these warm and inspirational videos. They describe
how they relate to their children in ways that reflect kindness,
love and considerationeven in the harshest of poverty-stricken,
urban environments. Available in English and Spanish. A discussion
guide is included with each video.
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The
Heart of Parenting Series
Successful
Parenting in Spanish
The Single-Parent Family
Series
The School Success Series
More
Successful Parenting
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Successful Parenting
A popular set of short videos and facilitator's guides
by Barbara-Lynn Taylor, M.Ed., on a variety of essential issues
for parents and professionals. Also available in Spanish.
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Paternidad Activa: Los primeros cinco años(para madres y padres de niños de recién nacidos a 5 años de edad) (Active Parenting First Five Years)
Introducing comprehensive new classes for parents of children from birth through age four. The first five years of parenting! Paternidad Activa: Los primeros cinco años is the all-new revision of our popular ¡1,2,3,4 Padres! parenting program.
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in three convenient formats: video & discussion program (shown
on left), video
library and lunch
& learn program.
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Paternidad Activa 4a Edición
(Active Parenting 4th Edition)
Paternidad Activa 4a Edición is an interactive
video-and-discussion program that will help Spanish-speaking
parents learn how to encourage cooperation, courage and responsibility
in their children. For parents of children ages 5 to 12. Video
is dubbed; all print materials are in Spanish.
Available
in three convenient formats: video & discussion program (shown
on left), video library
and lunch & learn program.
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Paternidad Activa de Adolescentes
(Active Parenting of Teens)
The Spanish version of the Active Parenting of Teens
(3rd ed.) program. Dubbed.
Available
in two convenient formats: video & discussion program (shown
on left) and video library.
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Padres Cooperando en Medio de un
Divorcio (Cooperative Parenting and Divorce)
This video-based program gives divorcing parents the power to
make positive changes that shield their children from parental
conflict and guide them into establishing a long-term relationship
with the child’s other parents.
All materials (except the Leader's Guide) are in Spanish. Video
is dubbed by professional actors in Mexico.
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Padres a Bordo (Parents
on Board)
The Spanish video library version of the Parents on Board:
Building Academic Success Through Parent Involvement program.
Dubbed.
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Las Familias Hablan Sobre . . .
(Families Talk About . . .)
Parents of at-risk children speak openly about their experiences
in these warm and inspirational videos. Dubbed by professional
actors in Mexico. A discussion guide in Spanish is included
with each video.
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Connect with Kids for Kids &
Parents
These flexible videos can be used with both parents
and students. Each 22-minute video contains five segments and
is dubbed in Spanish.
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Paternidad Exitosa (Successful
Parenting)
The Spanish version (dubbed) of the "Heart of Parenting"
video series covers self-esteem, communication, and nonviolent
discipline. Each video comes with a downloadable Facilitator's
Guide (in English) and a sample Parent Take-Home Booklet (in
Spanish).
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Classes
for Parents
Click Here for a listing
of some of the many Active Parenting workshops for parents being
held around the world.
Or . .
.if you don't have time to attend a training workshop take advantage
of our parenting education groups online. Click here to
learn about Active Parenting Online Groups.
Classes for Leaders
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Leader Training Workshops
Active Parenting Publishers conducts leader training
workshops throughout the country to teach professionals and
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Training of Trainers
Active Parenting's annual Training of Trainers
(ToT) seminars are a mixture of fun and learning. Three days
of vigorous training will help you expand your professional skills
while learning to train new family educators for your organization
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Why our video-based
programs get results
A successful education program depends as much on how it is taught
as on what is taught. The goal in founding Active Parenting Publishers
in 1983 was to apply state-of-the-art educational technology
to the field of parenting education. Three years of research
and development led Active Parenting founder Michael Popkin to
conclude that video-based training was the most cost-efffective
innovation available, and we were the first to produce video-based
parent education programs. Today this powerful delivery system
continues to be ideal. In fact, most Fortune 500 companies have
adopted video-based training as their standard. Here’s why:
- Video shows as well
as tells, and behavioral modeling is a powerful learning method.
- According to one study
on learning attributed to Xerox, people retain:
- 10% of what they read
- 20% of what they hear
- 50% of what they see
- When integrated into
a multi-sensory approach (using the Participant’s Guide,
activities, video, discussion, practice and feedback), retention
has been as high as 80-90%.
- Because it is more
interesting, stimulating and entertaining, participation is higher
- A complete video-based
package saves the leader preparation time that can be used in
other activities
- During group sessions
the video is like a co-leader, giving the leader a chance to
relax and plan while the course is still progressing
- Our society grew up
on TV. We identify with the medium. We like it.
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