ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW YORK FAMILY LIFE † RESPECT LIFE OFFICE EDUCATION FOR PARENTING

Are you finding it challenging to raise your children? Do you want to reduce children’s problem behavior? Do you want strong, healthy relationships with your children, with all the support, discipline skills and information you could have for living out your calling from God?

Explore some real solutions in this Education for Parenting workshop.

We will address some practical strategies, proven to work, about why, when and how
to use discipline strategies.Come join us to learn these effective methods and practice them, too.We use presentations, videos and practice opportunities in every session.

PLACE:Our Lady of Mount Carmel + St. Benedicta Grammar School,
285 Clove Road, Staten Island, N.Y. 10310 (Park in the lot adjacent to the school; enter lot from Clove Road. Use the main entrance to the school.)

DATES:Tuesdays, October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3, 10, 17

TIME:7:00-9:00 PM

COST:$30 covers one or both parents, and includes a book and workbook.
(If finances are a problem, alternative arrangements can be made confidentially.)

REGISTRATION:Registration is a MUST
ContactSue DiSisto, 646-794-3191 or

This workshop, which originates from Father Flanagan’s Girls and Boys Town in Omaha, Nebraska, is being offered in conjunction with the Archdiocesan Family Life + Respect Life Office. The presenter will be Sue DiSisto, Education for Parenting Coordinator.Call Sue for information orif you would like to see this program in your parish.

Common Sense Parenting is a
6-session workshop for parents of children ages 6-16

  • Mothers, fathers, foster parents, grandparents, teachers, nannies or daycare workers – anyone participating in raising children would enjoy this program
  • Explore discipline strategies that will make family life more enjoyable
  • Learn real solutions to everyday challenges of getting children to listen and do what they are supposed to do

COMMON SENSE PARENTING PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

  • SESSION 1: How parents are reallyteachers
  1. The difference between discipline and punishment
  2. Importance of clear messages
  3. Consequences: Using natural consequences, both positive and negative, to help shape behavior
  4. Explanation of workshop term: “child-oriented reason” – giving children reasons to do or not do something according to their age level
  • SESSION 2: Skill of using “Effective Praise” – noticing the behavior that you want to see in your child, and reinforcing it
  • SESSION 3: Skill of “Preventive Teaching” – teaching your child how to handle him/herself in situations that arise
  • SESSION 4: Skill of “Corrective Teaching” – stopping behavior that is not correct, giving a consequence, and teaching correct behavior
  • SESSION 5: Skill of “Teaching Self-Control” – How to stay calm; how to teach your child to stay calm
  • SESSION 6: Social Skills - putting it all together (family meetings, etc.)

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