5-Hour Module: Positive Parenting Training Series: Using the Knowledge of the Brain to Parent (Ages 3-8) (Category D)

This 10-part parenting series is geared toward caregivers, parents, foster care providers, grandparents all who work with children ages 3-8 years old. Each segment is approximately 30 minutes and will include opportunities to pause, take part in activities and/or read handouts and free resources provided for you throughout. The training can be completed at your own pace. It is recommended to start with segment 1 and to take in order through 10 since each section builds on information that will be learned in the next. A professional development certificate of completion will be provided upon completion for a total of 5 hours credit. 

Title of Each Segment:

1     Parenting with the Brain in Mind

2     Parents are Brain Architects

3     Attachment, Attunement and Co-Regulation

4     Sugar Praise vs Nutritional Praise: Building a Positive Internal Narrative

5     Avoiding Power Struggles with your Child

6     Environments that Support Optimal Regulation

7     Promoting Sensory and Emotion Literacy and Body Awareness for Children

8     Promoting Emotional Literacy and Self-Regulation

9     Teaching Children About their Own Brain

10 Strengthening Self-Awareness and Self-Care

Goals:

·     To understand the meaning behind your child’s challenging behavior

·     Learn about positive and proactive parenting strategies

·     To cultivate self-awareness and self-care to optimize your own energy to deal with the emotional challenges of raising a child/ren and everyday life

·     To learn about the different parts of the brain and how/why they impact your behavior and your child’s behavior

·     Learn to raise human(e) beings socially, emotionally and physically