Meeting Pattern

Zoom sessions on Tuesdays from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon - Classes will not be recorded and attendance is required. In the event of an emergency requiring participants to miss class, the instructor should be contacted and a make-up assignment will be required per instructor’s discretion to receive partial-attendance points.

• July 11
• July 18
• July 25
• August 1
• August 8

Read chapters 1, 2 & 3 prior to first zoom session on July 11, 2023.

Description

Learn behavioral strategies that don’t require tokens, and can improve a child's mental well-being at the same time. Create the building blocks to a strong self-esteem. Recognize positive aspects of a child’s intensity. In addition to improving your professional practice, take home parenting strategies that will transform your home.

Syllabus, Objectives, and Outcomes

Objectives:

Participants will:

• be able to communicate the key foundational principles of the Nurtured Heart Approach (NHA).
• demonstrate through practical applications the four recognitions within NHA, implementing behavioral strategies that don’t require tokens and rewards.
• identify the basics of consequences within the nurtured heart approach.
• give evidence of the use of NHA with children.

Required Text:

Transforming the Difficult Child by Howard Glasser and Jennifer Easley, Fifth Edition 2016

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