This leader training workshop teaches you how to lead the Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action video and discussion program.
You’ll learn tips and techniques for leading parenting education courses in general, plus you’ll gain an understanding of the contents and principles of the program. This comprehensive workshop will teach you:
- Concrete skills to maintain open communication with teens
- How the “method of choice” can prevent power struggles
- How different styles of parenting affect how a teen reacts
- Discipline and problem-solving with kids as they grow older
- The five goals of teen behavior
- What teens are experiencing and their need for challenge
- Roles parents can play in the prevention of alcohol abuse and other drug use
- Effective ways to help parents discuss sexuality with teens
- How to teach positive values to teens
- How to guide frustrated parents of teens to greater self-confidence in their roles as parents
Agenda
- 8:45 – 9:00am
Registration - 9:00 – 9:30am
Introduction and Overview - 9:30 – 10:45am
Session I – The Active Parent (model teaching) - 10:45 – 11:00am
Break - 11:00 – 12:00pm
Session II: Winning Cooperation - 12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch on Your Own - 1:00 – 1:30pm
Program Implementation - 1:30 – 2:30pm
Session III: Responsibility and Discipline - 2:30 – 3:00pm
Session IV: Building Courage, Redirecting Misbehavior - 3:00 – 3:15pm
Break - 3:15 – 4:30pm
Session V: Drugs, Sexuality, and Violence - 4:30 – 4:45pm
Risk-Prevention Strategies - 4:45 – 5:00pm
Closing & Evaluations
Full-Day Workshop – Active Parenting of Teens: Families in Action
Price includes a Parent’s Guide, seven hours of instruction, a Leader’s Guide, a certification packet, and 7 CE hours from NBCC (if needed). Bonus! Take 15% off the price of a program kit for your LTW when ordered at the same time as your registration.
Special offer: Register 3, get the 4th free!
