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These workshops are part of our Family Tree Program, Universal Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Services. These workshops are funded by TDPRS-STAR and are open to the general public.
All Workshops are 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
@ the Counseling Center of Lewisville
326 Edmonds Lane, Suite # 103,
Lewisville, Texas
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These workshops are FREE, but registration is still required, space is limited.
We will be accepting the first 20 to 25 registrants.
Registration form
Note: Some workshops are offered on multiple dates. Each date is a complete workshop. They are not a series. Just pick the date that's best for you.
Communication Without Casualties
May 3, 2008
Steve Tryling LPC, LCDC
Parents and Teens that attend this workshop will learn to apply proven techniques for resolving conflict without arguing. Learn to communicate without whining, nagging, begging or through the use of brute force. Most importantly, everyone who attends will have fun!
Workshop Goals
1. Learn 10
classic Listening Blocks
2. Learn to turn off
Angry Communication
3. Identify the Dirty Dozen Thinking Distortions
4. Learn the 4 Steps to Effective Listening
5. Learn Fair Fight Rules
6. Learn
to use a Communication Model that really works
Divorce Sanity - Co-Parenting
May 10, 2008
Shelly Turner, LPC/ Patty Arvanites, LPC
This educational workshop is designed to provide parents with the information and skills needed to minimize the impact of divorce on their children and maximize their parenting skills in their life long parenting relationship.
Workshop Goals
By the end of the workshop, parents will know the importance of and learn some techniques to:
1. Avoid/resolve parental conflict without involving their children
2. Provide for free and frequent access to both parents, and
3. Create child environments that are consistent,
predictable and str uctured.
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F.A.M.I.L.Y. Rules
May 17, 2008
Janie Lewis-Zygiel LPC
Are you tired of chaos in your family, not
knowing who is doing what and where they are? Do
you want your kids to develop good habits,
respect you and the “rules” and would you like a
plan to help this happen? This is an introduction
to an evidence based program developed by
Dr. Matthew A. Johnson, Psy.D., MSW, and now
being taught to many of our clients.
Workshop Goals
The workshop will help parents create their
own custom program, including:
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A list of Family Rules,
2. A list of Good Habit suggestions,
3. A
list of Chores, and
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A sample list of Rewards, all tailored to your family.
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Developing Positive Parents
May 24, 2008
Heather Glenn LPC
This educational workshop will improve parents’ knowledge of their child’s stages of development in order to assist them in parenting most effectively for each stage. A parent with this knowledge can improve their parenting skills, decrease frustrations and increase parent/child
bonding.
Workshop Goals
Parents who attend this workshop will
1. Understand challenges of their child’s developmental growth
2. Learn positive parenting skills for each developmental stage
3. Increase opportunities for parent-child bonding.
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