Parenting Workshop Topic List

Common Children’s Issues

• Potty Training
• Mealtimes and Picky Eaters
• Sleep Issues
• Aggression
• Aggression in Girls
• Competition
• Stress: Risk and Resilience
• Overscheduling
• Honesty
• Respect
• Role of Fathers
• Sibling Rivalry
• Birth Order
• Introducing a New Baby
• Perfectionism
• Separation Anxiety
• Fears
• TV and technology
• Understanding Death

Education Issues

• Choosing a Preschool     
• Parental Involvement
• Communicating with Parents/Conferences

• Reading with Children
• Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligence
• Managing Transitions
• Observing and Recording Behavior
• Pre-reading and Pre-writing
• Pre-math and Pre-science
• Academic Motivation
• Kindergarten Readiness
• Managing Homework
• Gifted Issues
• Learning Through Play
• Learning Disabilities and Special Education

General Development        

• Language Development                                                  
• Scaffolding and Private Speech
• Cognitive Development
• Motivation
• Emotional Development
• Social Development
• Motor Development
• Sexual Development
• Temperament
• Attachment
• Boys v. Girls
• Self-Esteem

Discipline

• Role of Emotions
• The Steps (2 hours)
• Proactive Techniques (60 or 90 minutes)
• Positive Intent and Praise
• Offering Choices and Style
• Consequences
• Setting Boundaries and Power Struggles
• Tantrums, Whining, Backtalk
• The Use of Rewards and Power Assertive
• Time-Out and 1-2-3 Magic

Play

• Floortime
• Power of Play
• Toys
• Playrooms

Other Issues

• Divorce
• Gay and Lesbian Parenting
• Empathy, Guilt and Forgiveness
• Travel
• Music/Art/Sports
• Grandparenting
• Money and Allowance
• Overindulgence
• Teaching Personal Safety
• Dealing with Bullies