How to Talk so Kids Will Listen Workshop

I’m going to start offering a series of communication/parenting classes based on the award winning book “How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk.” As my children have grown, I’ve found that I’m outgrowing my skill set, but I also wish that I had had this tool a few years ago so that I could have been better prepared for these more “communication-challenged” years.

This workshop is not only useful for parents but teachers or any other professional that works with children.

Participants will receive a workbook and a copy of the following books:

How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk
Liberated Parents, Liberated Children: Your Guide to a Happier Family

The workshop runs for 6 weeks, and will begin on June 5th. It will run until July 10th (but I must beg some flexibility in case of a birth, etc.). It will be held at my office, 4736 Eagleridge Circle, from 7-9 pm. Unfortunately, childcare is not available at this time, but of course nursing or non-separating babies are welcome.

For this first series, I am only going to cover my costs. Because I want to guarantee a good rate for the first group, I will cancel the classes if I don’t get four individuals or couples signed up. Here is how the pricing will work:
4 registrants (either an individual or a couple): $100
5 registrants: $88
6 registrants: $80

Since I need to order materials, I’ll collect $100 when you register, but refund the difference if we end up with more registrants. In order to get materials in a timely fashion, I need at least the first four registrants signed up by April 27th. I can take a check or credit cards via Paypal (send money to ginapueblo@gmail.com).

I hope to see lots of interest! Feel free to forward this to any parents, teachers, childcare worksers, etc., that you know. Please call 369-4368 or email with any questions. More information about the workshop follows:

What Will Be Covered in Each Session?

1. Helping Children Deal with Their Feelings An exploration of what happens to children when their feelings are denied. Specific skills that help children to recognize and cope with their negative feelings-disappointment, envy, frustration, resentment, anger, etc. Ways to accept children’s feelings, limit unacceptable behavior, and still maintain goodwill.

2. Engaging Cooperation How children react to commonly used methods to get them to cooperate: threats, warnings, orders, name-calling, sarcasm, lecturing, etc. Five ways to invite cooperation that will leave parents and children feeling good about themselves and each other.

3. Alternatives to Punishment How do children normally react to punishment? Is it necessary to rely on punishment as a means of discipline? Some alternatives to punishment that enable parents to express their strong disapproval as well as encourage children to assume responsibility for their behavior.

4. Encouraging Autonomy Ways to help children become separate, responsible people who can one day function on their own. Specific skills that help children to become more self-reliant.

5. Praise An exploration of the kinds of praise that build a positive and realistic self-image-and the kinds that do not. A variety of ways to help our children become aware of their strengths so that they can put them into action.

6. Freeing Children from Playing Roles A look at how children are sometimes cast into roles (bully, whiner, dawdler, mischief-maker, etc.) and how we can free them from playing out these roles. Six skills that help children see themselves in a different and more positive light.

New Childbirth Series Starting Soon!

Natural Childbirth Classes Starting Soon!

This 8-week series of independent, comprehensive classes are held on
Monday nights from May 4 through June 22, from 6:30-9:30 pm.

Classes cover a wide range of topics including:
       Birth in our culture
       Pregnancy and prenatal care
       Labor and birth physiology
       Comfort measures and techniques
       Interventions and complications
       Postpartum and baby care
       Breastfeeding
       Community-building

Classes are taught by an ALACE-certified instructor, who is also a
certified doula and lactation consultant. Two excellent books and many
informative handouts are included with registration.

Call Gina today to reserve your spot! 719-369-4368

“Orgasmic Birth” Screening

Come join us for a screening of the “hot” new birth movie, “Orgasmic
Birth” on Friday, April 17th at 7 pm. We’ll watch the movie at my
office at Lancaster Chiropractic, 4736 Eagleridge Circle. The movie is
free. Please bring a snack or beverage to share. Please RSVP by
calling Gina at 719-369-4368 or emailing to
safepassagebirth@gmail.com.

About the movie:

Joyous, sensuous and revolutionary, Orgasmic Birth brings the ultimate
challenge to our cultural myths by inviting viewers to see the
emotional, spiritual, and physical heights attainable through birth.
Witness the passion as birth is revealed as an integral part of
woman’s sexuality and a neglected human right. With commentary by
Christiane Northrup, MD, and midwives Ina May Gaskin, Elizabeth Davis
and other experts in the field . . . and stunning moments of women in
the ecstatic release of childbirth.

Orgasmic Birth has had an international impact on the film festival
circuit and was screened this year at the prestigious Rio de Janeiro
International Film Festival; The Baltimore Women’s Film Festival; Usti
Film Festival in the Czech Republic; Festival Caminhos in Portugal;
and ‘Official Selection’ The European Independent Film Festival (ÉCU)
2009 in Paris. Orgasmic Birth also won the Audience Choice Award at
the 2008 Motherbaby International Film Festival in Bermuda.

Five years in the making, Filmmaker Debra Pascali-Bonaro reveals a
revolutionary approach to birth that is statistically safer for both
mother and child than the birthing and delivery methods that are
standard in many parts of the world today. The viewer becomes an
intimate part of the birth stories of 11 women during this 85 minute
documentary.

The evocative score for the film was created by John McDowell,
composer of the score for the Oscar-winning documentary Born Into
Brothels, with additional composition by Sabina Sciubba of the group
Brazilian Girls.