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	For Professionals: Certification Consulting Training & Certification     - When Your Kids Push Your Buttons Certification Training     - Effective Parenting Workshop Certification Training     - Certified "Buttons" Educators When Your Kids Push Your Buttons Certification Training The When Your Kids Push Your Buttons Certification Training is designed for parent educators, therapists, guidance counselors, social workers, teachers, childcare workers — anyone working with children and families. You will learn to incorporate the "Buttons" methods into your work and will be certified to teach "Buttons" workshops to parents. Now accredited by the National Association of Social Workers — receive NASW credit hours! Agenda In this two full day and two part day training, we explore concepts, theories and ideas that will help you serve and better understand the parents and children you work with. You will learn what our buttons are, where they come from, why they get pushed, and how they can be defused so they do not control our reactions to children. You will learn that it is not behavior that does the pushing but what we create in our own heads. We discuss the cognitive chain reaction model of button-pushing and then explore the layers below to understand the role of expectations, standards, and beliefs that play their role in ineffective and often harmful reactions to children's behavior. We cover the meaning beneath that behavior, what it is attempting to say, and how to respond to it effectively. The exercises are the key to personalizing the theories into our lives. You will have the opportunity to work them through individually. We will hear each other's, discuss them, and analyze them, so you will be able to facilitate them yourself. Within the dynamic of our group, you will share stories; the issues other professionals are working with and how this approach can help. Whether you incorporate the ideas and methods into your personal work or decide to teach a "Buttons" class for parents, you will be encouraged to use your own style and approach. The manual will provide you with the information you need and assist you in dealing with everyday situations you come upon in your work. Click here to Register Now! Session Schedule We convene at 7:00 pm the first evening and meet for two hours to cover introductions, overview of goals, and the basic principles of the "Buttons" method. In order to get the most from your training, participants should have read When Your Kids Push Your Buttons And What You Can Do About It prior to this first meeting. The next two days are both full days, starting at 9:00 am with light breakfast, and finishing up at 6:00 pm. We break for one hour at lunch time. The final day of the training is a shorter day, beginning at 9:00 am and ending at 2:00 pm. Day One 7:00 - 9:00pm Introductions Group Dynamics The Art of Core Parenting Day Two 9:00am - 6:00pm Part 1: Identifying Buttons Our Agendas The Gap The Buttons Chain Reaction Model The Role of Assumptions Understanding Standards and Expectations Day Three 9:00am - 6:00pm Part 2: Adjusting Expectations Uncovering Beliefs How Beliefs Serve The Eight Buttons The Four Stages of Parenting The Nine Habits to Defusing Buttons Day Four 9:00am - 2:00pm: Re-parenting Individual Presentations Click here to Register Now! What's Included The first evening you will receive the "Buttons" manual, which we use throughout the training. It includes all the information you will need to run a parenting group plus a set of parent handouts and exercises for your use. In addition, you will have ample opportunity to network and enjoy the company of the group as we meet each morning for bagels, fruit, coffee and juice; and gather at the end of the last full class day to celebrate our work together with conversation and light appetizers. Now accredited by the National Association of Social Workers — receive NASW credit hours! Build your practice and enjoy the company of colleagues in a relaxed setting — and register now; space is limited to twelve participants! Click here to Register Now! The Effective Parenting Workshop Certification Training The Effective Parenting Workshop (EPW), developed by Bonnie for a parent education program, is designed for parents of 1-5 year-old children. In the program, parents learn to understand their children's developmental stages and unique, individual temperament characteristics. They learn what to expect from their children's behavior and how best to communicate empathically with both preverbal and verbal children and to encourage responsibility even in very young children. Encouragement, motivation and conflict resolution are used instead of reward and punishment. Effective limits are set positively so that children are motivated to cooperate. All the skills used are designed to support self-esteem, self-confidence, and capability. Healthy boundaries are highlighted to ensure proper balance between the needs of the parent and those of the child. The professional training course for The EPW is given over 4 days with a certification option to teach the program. It includes a training manual and parent handouts. The manual includes a syllabus for a 12 week course, two 6 week courses, a 10 week course and an 8 week course. The training manual contains material for the trainers' preparation for each session plus the applicable parent handouts with each session. The beginning of the training covers the basic principles of Effective Parenting, tips for being an effective Parent Educator, and how to handle group dynamics. In addition a master copy of the parent handouts for all sessions are included for copying. The EPW is designed in two parts: Part I: Understanding Your Child: Development, Communication and Behavior The Art of Parenting Developmental Expectations Making Expectations Realistic Connective Communication Making the Connections Temperament Part II: Developing Responsibility: The Power of Positive Discipline Building Self-Esteem Encouragement and Motivation Setting Effective Limits Developing Responsible Behavior Conflict Resolution Creating Boundaries Email Bonnie with questions or comments at bh@bonnieharris.com. ^ Top © 2008 Bonnie Harris, LLC | P : 603.924.6639 | E : bh@bonnieharris.com