Programs

Outcome Focused Programs for Parents and School Staff

Parents and school staff attend separate, 1-3 hour short topic programs or 10+ hour full-length Toolshop® programs that provide evidence-based, proven tools for preventing and resolving common parenting and classroom behavior issues. The full Toolshop® curriculum is your best option for both immediate and long term results and includes the following Core Content Toolsets:

1. Foundation-Building Toolset: Improve Parent-teacher Teamwork by adopting “balanced”
   styles that meet everyone’s needs. Identify your long-term goals, see a parent or teacher
   “style show” and learn which style will best reach your goals.
2. Using the Universal Blueprint®: Quickly and Effectively Respond to Any Classroom or
   Parenting Challenge by learning a simple problem-solving formula. Simply ask 3
   questions and take up to 5 steps and you can respond effectively to any situation with
   any child any time, anywhere!
3.  Self-Esteem Toolset: Give Children encouragement to boost their confidence, resistance to
   peer pressure, and internal motivation — without creating “praise junkies.”
4. Cooperation Toolset: Foster internal motivation in children without bribes, incentives,
   stickers, or rewards. Watch children take action the first time you make a request —
   without power struggles, tantrums or sass. These simple tools usually get quick results
   while bringing long-term benefits.
5. Independence Toolset: Foster Responsibility by teaching children the tasks, skills,
   behaviors & values they need to succeed — at home, in the classroom and in life.
6. F-A-X Listening & Problem-Solving Toolsets: Guide Children To Their Own Solutions
   — so they learn how to peacefully resolve conflict, solve problems, and make decisions
   independently & responsibly.
7. Keep Your Cool Toolset: Help Children Calm Down with individualized stress/anger
   plans that are useful at home and in the classroom.
8. Communication Toolset: Express Concerns With as Little as One Word — without
   lectures, threats, guilt or blame. These “Ten Tactful Talking Tools” will get children to
   listen, with no rolling eyes, covered ears, or back-talk.
9. Misbehavior Toolset: Understand Why Children Misbehave – and What to Do About It
   by knowing how to identify unintentional misbehavior and the 4 goals of deliberate
   misbehavior. Know how to respond effectively to each type, without reacting in ways
   that accidentally escalate the problem or give a payoff.
10. Discipline Toolset: Help Children Develop Self-Discipline by following the “Four R’s” of
    effective discipline and avoiding the pitfalls of punishment.
11. Family/Class Council Toolset: Build Strong Bonds by involving children/teens in family
    and class councils that teach children good communication skills, consensus decision
    making and team leadership skills.
12. Using the Universal Blueprint® in Adult Relationships: Improve Relationships with other
    adults — including students’ parents, partners, coworkers, and staff – so everyone
    works as a team, on the same page, with fewer disagreements and more consistency.

Teacher’s Toolshop®

• 1 or 2-day Universal Blueprint^® program for teachers and educational staff
  • Offers an easy, step-by-step, no-fail formula for helping parents find an individualized effective response to any challenge.
  • Get practical solutions to use, model and teach effective parenting skills for life! You can use these tools every time, every day, with tots, teens and in between— adults, too!
  • Teaches the 12 Core Content Toolsets
• 3-6 hour stand-alone workshops can include
  • Cultural Sensitivity & Diversity Appreciation,
  • Building a Bridge to Better Teacher-Parent Teamwork, and
  • Your Team Can Be One Big [Happy] Family

Download a list of the programs most commonly requested by early childhood educators and teachers.

Parent’s Toolshop®

• Full Length T.I.P.S (Tools for Improving Parenting Success) Programs
  • Available in 6-9 evenings (best), 2 Saturdays (next best), or 10 lunchtime hours (shortest)
  • Teaches the 12 Core Content Toolsets
  • Empowers parents with a reliable problem-solving system for preventing and responding to common parenting challenges involving children ages 1-18
• Short Topic Programs are 2-3 hour stand-alone workshops that offer advanced skill mastery of selected Core Content Toolsets or focus on Common Parenting Challenges, such as
  • Back-to-School,
  • Bedtime,
  • Homework,
  • Morning Delays,
  • Picky Eaters,
  • Bullying Prevention and more.

Download a list with descriptions of the most commonly requested Parents Toolshop® programs.  If you don’t see the topic you are looking for on the list, please ask and we will most likely be able to custom design a program to fit your needs.

Keynotes, custom designed seminars & ongoing support also available.  For additional information, get Jody Johnston Pawel’s speaker kit.

To discuss booking a program for your school staff or parents contact us.