Discipline from the Inside Out

The Discipline from the Inside Out three day intensive workshop is designed for parents who want to guide their children through life using discipline that is based on relationship. The workshop is for parents who are committed to creating a family environment based on love, who believe that punishments and rewards just don't work and who are looking for a better way to respond to their child/ren.

During the Discipline from the Inside Out workshop, participants take an experiential journey from the roots of their own childhood, examining the challenges that impact on their family to exploring their current discipline approach.

The workshop is both educational and experiential – it is a unique journey into participant's own wisdom, offering some time to connect within and with a small, supportive and like minded peer group whilst also providing an opportunity to discover unowned parts of self that can support the parenting journey.

The educational journey will cover the following topics: The four styles of discipline; the connection between discipline styles and attachment styles; punitive vs non-punitive approaches; the ten principles of positive discipline; introduction to discipline through relationship - the seven key skills that enhance cooperation and mutual respect; and the process of conscious communication.

Working with experiential and creative modalities, participants will re-connect with their innate parenting wisdom, discovering answers to their discipline challenges from within, creating an opportunity for long lasting change.

Discipline from the Inside Out is the sequel to Parenting from the Inside Out. It focusses on enhancing the behavioural well-being of children and parents and is offered twice a year. Parenting from the Inside Out is the foundation and pre-requisite to this workshop and is also offered twice a year. It focusses largely on increasing children and parent's emotional well-being, the key building block to resiliency, successful peer relationships and learning potential.

Workshop Times

Registration and Arrival: 8.45am

Workshop: 9.00am sharp - 4.30pm

Venue and Dates

Venue: INSIDE OUT Centre for Children's Well-Being, Buderim, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Directions will be posted to you on registration.

Dates: Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd February, 2009

Content

This workshop is for parents, step parents, foster carers, kinship carers or anyone wanting to learn alternatives to punishment, rewards, shaming and blaming. It is aimed at developing a better understanding of the role of discipline and at promoting the development of positive relationships. The workshop is especially helpful for parents whose child has experienced a trauma or stressful life event or is in an ongoing stressful situation.

Over the weekend workshop we will cover:

Discipline styles

The connection between discipline styles & attachment styles

Punitive vs non-punitive discipline approaches

The ten principals of positive discipline

The seven key skills of attachment oriented discipline

Conscious communication processes

Managing behaviours through relationship

At the completion of the workshop program participants should have an enhanced understanding of a discipline approach that promotes positive behaviours in both their child and themselves.

Investment

The three day workshop is $395 per person or $695 per couple. Early Bird Registration, paid in full by 23rd January, 2009 is $345 per person or $595 per couple.

Fees include a comprehensive manual, relaxing and peaceful venue, healthy & plentiful lunch and delicious morning and afternoon tea each day.

Your participation in these workshops and commitment to being the best parent you can be is an important investment in your child's life and behavioural well-being and is a gift to the world. Parenting is the most important job you can do and one we rarely get training in, yet when we do, the gifts of parenting are more joyous,deeper, richer and heart warming.

For further information please phone Monique on (07) 5476 8084 or send an email.

To register for this workshop, download registration form here.

Download brochure.

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