Calm, Confident Strategies for Handling Disrespectful Children
INCAF Parenting Classes & Courses
For parents dealing with disrespectful
children…
 Disrespectful children
create a tremendous challenge for adults. Our
parenting classes offer effective strategies for today's adult/child relationships
that can make parenting a lot more fun. More than communication training, the Redirecting
Children's Behavior (RCB) course contains over 100 parenting methods for improving
behavior while enhancing your child's self-esteem...
More.
For teachers dealing with disrespectful children...
 Redirecting
for a Cooperative Classroom (RCC) is a dynamic course with the goal of teacher and
student empowerment. It supports teachers in creating a classroom atmosphere which
promotes high self-esteem. Attempting to simply control disrespectful children and
their students' behavior is not effective. It is through teaching students how to
make decisions, cooperate and be responsible that they will learn and grow. The
RCC course and materials are contagious, fun and effective, and will assist both
teachers and students in the classroom... More
For future instructors dealing with disrespectful children...
The Parent Instructor Network Training (PINT) is an intensive, personal training
that will certify you to teach the popular Redirecting Children's Behavior parent
education course. Your certification offers you the opportunity of being your own
boss and experiencing the joys of teaching a successful course that empowers families,
especially with disrespectful children. Redirecting Children's Behavior is based
on two decades of experience... More
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Redirecting Children's Behavior
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"Redirecting Children's Behavior" is strongly
influenced by the work of Rudolf Dreikurs, MD., author of the highly acclaimed book
"Children: The Challenge". The course was developed by Kathryn Kvols author of the
book "Redirecting Children's Behavior".
All "Redirecting Children's Behavior" instructors are certified by the International
Network for Children and Families.
What you can gain from this course:
- Reduce arguing, scolding and yelling
- Feel positive about your parenting skills
- Create more time for yourself
- Skills to promote agreement instead of fighting
- Promote agreement with your spouse
What your children will gain from this course:
- Responsibility & initiative
- Self-control
- Good decision making skills
- Resistance to peer pressure
- Cooperation skills and develop successful attitudes
Who can benefit from this course:
- Parents expecting or having children of any age, from toddlers to teens
- Step-Parents, Grandparents, aunts and uncles, babysitters
- Teachers, Counselors, Nurses, Social Workers, Pediatricians, or anyone who relates
to children
Challenges Facing Children and Families:
The average child in America receives only 12.5 minutes per day in communication
with his/her parents. On the average a child receives 400 negative comments compared
to only 32 positive comments per day. In a study of children ages 1-12, the single
most important determinant of children's self-esteem is the perception of how much
they are valued by their parents.
Do You Recognize One of These Children?
- A Teenager who breaks the rules
- A Toddler who demands all of your attention
- Siblings who fight
- The Bully who pushes others around
- The Whining Child who says "I CAN'T"
- A Child wanting to be the Center of Attention
- A Child who gets into Power Struggles?
This Course is for YOU!
Children create a tremendous challenge for adults. Effective strategies for today's
adult/child relationships can make parenting a lot more fun. INCAF (the International
Network for Children and Families) offers the "Redirecting Children's Behavior"
course to deal with the stresses in today's family.
Families can be a source of rejuvenation, fun and encouragement. If this is what
you want, this course is for YOU!
More than communication training, this course contains over 100 proven parenting
methods for improving behavior while enhancing your child's self-esteem.
A Democratic Approach
In our fast-paced society, adults and children spend much of their time in separate
environments. We all want to make the most of the time we have together, however,
it can become difficult for us to give of ourselves or get what we want from our
relationships.
You can have the kind of relationship with your children you have dreamed of, and
you can help them develop skills to become loving, motivated and successful adults.
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The Class
Five weekly classes are held for a total of 15 hours of instruction. This allows
adequate time to practice and master the concepts and methods. Weekly goals are
set by each participant. Problems and successes are shared in a warm supportive
environment.
Session 1
- Understanding the child's personality
- Learn to manage stress
- Reducing sibling rivalry and competition
- How to stop fights/ Using action-not-words
- Developing healthy self-concepts
- Promoting cooperation and helpfulness
Session 2
- Develop an effective parenting style
- Teaching self-motivation and self-management
- Building high self-esteem
Session 3
- Minimize power struggles
- What to do when a child is hurtful
- Intervention and corrective measures that work
- What to do when a child demands attention
Session 4
- Improving self-concepts
- Using natural and logical consequences
- How to handle and express feelings
- Punishment and reward vs. "Redirecting"
Session 5
- "Redirecting" in the family
- Promoting agreement for couples
- Working together as parents
- Keeping a good thing going
- Effective family communication
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How to become an Instructor: Parent
Instructor Network Training (PINT)
 Would you like to be your own boss, work at home
and make a difference in your community?
You can do all this by becoming a parenting instructor! The Parent Instructor Network
Training is a 40 hour intensive, personal training that will certify you to teach
the popular Redirecting Children's Behavior parent education course. Your certification
offers you the opportunity of experiencing the joys of teaching a successful course
that empowers families.
Would you like to make a difference in your community?
With your help, we can influence millions of people through this course by the year
2010. Reach out to people in your community!
- Parents
- Foster Parents
- Day Care Staff
- Grandparents
- Pediatricians
- Teachers
- Family Therapists
- Social Workers
The International Network for Children and Families trains people throughout the
world to establish their own local parenting courses based on "Redirecting Children's
Behavior". INCAF provides you with all the skills and materials you need to start
a successful seminar business, facilitating a world-renowned course.
Why should I become a part of this network?
- Empower people in your community to make dramatic changes in their lives
- Network with over 400+ instructors throughout the world that are committed to children
and families
- Experience the joys of teaching
- Achieve your goals of prosperity and success
The time to begin is NOW!
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Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom
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Challenges Facing Teachers:
Schools are searching for ways to enhance their programs and teacher effectiveness.
Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom (RCC) provides practical and valuable classroom
techniques for working cooperatively with students, parents and school staff. Working
together, parents, administrators and teachers can handle students' behavior in
ways that help students accept responsibility.
Are you frustrated by students who...
- continually break the rules
- act lazy and unmotivated
- blame or accuse others of unfairness
- do the opposite of what is asked
- give up and do not participate in class activities
- believe that no one likes them
- blame others and involve you, as the teacher, in their peer conflicts?
This Course is for YOU!
Being a teacher today offers a tremendous challenge. Having effective strategies
for handling today's teacher/student relationships can make teaching and school
a lot more exciting. INCAF offers the "Redirecting for a Cooperative Classroom"
course to support successful relationships in and out of the classroom environment.
Anyone who works with students will benefit from taking this course.
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Common Ground: For Parents of Teens
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The Goal of Common Ground
Common Ground is a course for creating COOPERATION and MUTUAL RESPECT between parents
and their teens. We all want close, loving and empowering families. During the teenage
years, the teen's need to pull away and become independent, often conflicts with
the parent's need to stay close. When this happens, we often experience the "gap."
The frustrations for both parents and teens often result in distance, confusion,
uncertainty and power struggles.
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"This course is a refreshing and effective
approach to bridging the gap between parents and teens. It offers relief to the
frustrations inherent in families and gives parents hope and teens a voice. It truly
establishes common ground!"
- Dr. Jane Bluestein author, Parents, Teens & Boundaries
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Every generation experiences the "gap". It was as true in ancient Greece as it is
today. We believe that teens and parents have many areas in common and that it is
possible to bridge the gap. Finding comon ground may require shifts in perception,
a slowing down to listen to each other, the learning of valuable skills to keep
lines of communication open, or simply taking the time to get to know the changing
personalities of each other.
Magic is what this course is about. Not sleight of hand, pull-the-rabbit-out-of-the-hat
magic, but the magic that happens when people from different worlds and perceptions
begin to cherish each other and join together for a unified goal.
If this is what you are looking for, this course is for you!
BENEFITS (to parents)
- Understand developmental issues and learn how to not take them as a personal attack
on you.
- Learn about detachment and how to problem-solve issues in a way that teaches you
to be more objective.
- Practice listening and paraphrasing skills that promote closeness and respect with
your teens and others.
- Understand the mistaken goals of behavior so you can redirect these goals into positive
directions.
- Learn how to create more peaceful, cooperative relationships.
- Learn strategies and practice resolving conflicts without power struggles.
- Create a positive, encouraging atmosphere that promotes self-esteem, self-sufficiency
and self-confidence
- Learn how to give unconditional love to your teens.
BENEFITS (To Teens)
- Understand the physical and emotional changes that teens go through that are normal
and necessary to become an adult
- Understand how developmental issues affect teen relationships with family and friends
- Learn and practice communication tools that promote respect and cooperation with
parents, siblings and friends
- Learn how your choices influence the direction of your life
- Learn how to get what you want without struggling with parents and friends
- Learn how to handle stress, anger and pressure without hurting others or yourself
- Learn how to ask for what you want in a powerful way
- Learn how to say NO in a confident, convincing way.
How is This Course Different From Other Parenting Courses?
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"Building high self-esteem and improving
communications are vital to healthy family relationships. The Common Ground course
provides priceless information and techniques to help teens and their parents understand,
support and unconditionally love each other even during the difficult times."
- Jack Canfield author, Chicken Soup for the Soul
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The biggest difference is that parents and teens attend the course sessions together.
At some point in each class session, teens and parents will be in a session together
to practice the skills taught in the breakout sessions.
It is important to note that the skills learned transfer to all relationships...teens
with their peers, their boyfriends or girlfriends...adults with their peers, their
spousal relationships, and their co-workers.
The course was developed through the assistance of focus groups of parents and teens,
and teens assisted with the pilot course. The course is taught by two highly trained
instructors, at least one of whom is a certified Redirecting Children's Behavior
instructor. Teens are also trained to assist with these courses.
How the Course Unfolds
The format for this course is usually held for two and one-half hours over six weeks.
Parents and teens practice hands-on techniques through role-playing and group interaction.
Every week each participant takes home an assignment to practice and journal work
to complete in their own individual handbooks.
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Up Coming Events
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"Parenting 101" Conference
San Diego
University of San Diego, Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice September 20, 2008
Contact: (619) 972-0019
"Parenting 101" Conference
Fort Lauderdale
September 20, 2008
Contact: (954) 483-8021
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