Title： Understanding different perspectives

Objective：To help parents understand that people have different perspectives on the world that affect how they respond to life’s challenges.

Activity：Top cards

Activity：Bumper Stickers (Life Mottos) Top Card Activity

Warm up

Title：Challenges as opportunities

Option B：

Objective：To help participants identify their Lifestyle Priority (Top Card) to become more 

aware of their “only if” thinking; and to appreciate their strengths and to see 

their challenges as opportunities for improvement.

OPTION A

Session title: 

Learning objectives:


Activities
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OPTION B

Session title: 

Learning objectives:
1- 

Activities
1- 

 

How to Practice Positive Discipline with Youths
 
 Learning objectives:
 1- Help parents better understand their youth’s goals of behaviour

2 – Equip parents with positive discipline communication methods 
 
Activities
 1- Welcome & Introduction

Have everyone introduce themselves:

a)     Name that they would like to be called (‘choice’)

b)    One strength/life skill they think they acquired during their childhood or teenage experiences

 

2- Group Agreements/ Safety-building

Flip chart on the wall. Everyone to agree to the rules.

Emphasize on everyone learning from each other and being a support to each other.

Emphasize on non-expert role of facilitator.

 

3- Brief Workshop Agenda

To introduce them to the space, workshop outline, parking lot etc

 

4 – What is discipline?

5 criteria of Positive Discipline

 

5 – Two lists – Where are we and Where do we want to go

What would they like child to learn vs challenges

 

6 – Make A Fist

7 – Mistaken Goal Chart

8 – Asking vs Telling

9 – Kindness and Firmness

10 – Parents Helping Parents

Learning objectives for the course: 

- Understanding your child’s behaviours (why they do what they do)

- Equipping parents with positive discipline tools

- For parents to share and learn from each other about their parenting experiences 

 

Sessions: 
Warm Up

1.      Agenda: What is positive discipline

o   Warm-up: Getting to know each other

o   Activity 1: Two lists & the iceberg (explanation of the importance of belonging and significance)

o   Activity 2: Curiosity questions

o   Closing activity: sharing reflections, networking & job sharing 

2.      Agenda: Understanding your child’s behaviours (through the mistaken goals chart) + Parents helping parents

o   Warm-up: 

o   Activity 1: Mistaken goals chart

o   Activity 2: Kind and firm

o   Closing activity: Q&A, sharing reflections 

3.      Agenda: PHP - Applying mistaken goals chart and kind and firm 

o   Warm-up: 

o   Activity 1: Parents helping parents (role-plays to apply)

o   Closing activity: Sharing reflections, questions and things that parents would want to continue practicing in their homes

4.      Agenda: Communicating in a family

o   Warm-up:

o   Activity 1: Communicating Ineffectively 

o   Activity 2: Empowering vs Discouraging

o   Closing activity: Q&A, sharing reflections

5.      Agenda: Family decision-making and discussions

o   Warm-up: 

o   Activity 1: Wheel of choice

o   Activity 2: Family meeting

o   Closing activity: 

6.      Agenda: PHP - Applying communication tools and decision making tools in a family context 

o   Warm-up:

o   Activity: Parents helping parents (2 focus points)

o   Closing activity: Q&A, sharing reflections, networking & job sharing