Facilitators: Kelly Pfeiffer, CPDLT & Yogi Patel, CPDT
Dates and Times: July 9 - 10, 2025
9:00 am - 5:00 pm - CST
Location: Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel
900 E Lookout Dr, Richardson
Dallas, Texas 75082
Language: This workshop will be conducted in English.
Cost: $449.00 Early Registration, available until 06/09/2025. $499.00 Regular Registration. Group discount: Four (4) or more registering together take $50 off the fee. Registration limit: 40 participants.
Facilitator Information:
A graduate of Furman University, Kelly Pfeiffer is a Certified Positive Discipline Lead Trainer. She is also a Certified Trainer for the South Carolina Child Care Training System. Kelly has been leading parenting workshops in the upstate of South Carolina since 2000. Kelly offers 2-day "Teaching Parenting The Positive Discipline Way" and "Positive Discipline for Early Childhood Educators" workshops in Greenville, SC and around the world. One of Kelly's specialty areas includes a deep knowledge of social emotional development, child guidance strategies and developmentally appropriate practice for young children. Kelly offers workshops on all of these topics and how to integrate Positive Discipline tools into the early childhood classroom. Kelly can also blend Adverse Childhood Experiences research and applications into workshops and training events for Parent Educators and Early Childhood Staff. In addition, Kelly offers workshops to teach trainers and facilitators how to use active learning strategies with adult learners.
Yogi Patel
Positive Discipline Educator | Leadership Trainer | Montessori Guide
Yogi Patel is a certified Positive Discipline Trainer and experienced educator dedicated to empowering parents and caregivers through respectful, effective parenting strategies. With over 25 years of experience in education and leadership, Yogi specializes in creating nurturing environments where children thrive and families build strong, meaningful connections.
Drawing from Positive Discipline principles, Montessori education, and Adlerian theory, Yogi equips parents with practical tools to foster independence, resilience, and mutual respect at home. Her engaging workshops focus on encouraging cooperation, reducing power struggles, and nurturing emotionally healthy children.
Yogi's mission is to help families replace challenges with connection and discipline with guidance, empowering parents to raise confident, capable, and compassionate children.
Workshop Description:
Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way (developed by Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen) is a research-based parent education program that provides a step-by-step approach to starting and leading experientially based parenting groups. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to any program. It provides experiential activities that reach the heart to inspire deeper understanding and change.
Participants in this workshop will:
- Learn research based effective tools and techniques for teaching parents how to use discipline that is kind and firm at the same time (non-punitive, non-permissive).
- Learn how to facilitate a parent class from the position of a non-expert.
- Gain practice with experiential exercises that help parents go beyond intellectual understanding to be able to respond in empowering ways that teach children.
- Learn how to use materials and activities in group settings, parenting classes, and individual work with families.
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Contact: Yogi Patel, yogi@yogipateltte.com, 6193561149
Special needs/accommodations: If you have any special accommodation needs, please contact Yogi Patel, in advance.
The Positive Discipline Association is pleased to provide the opportunity for educators to earn graduate-level university credit. Whether you attend one of our live workshops or participate in an online workshop, you may choose to earn 1 to 4 non-degree credits. These credits are for licensure renewal and salary step increases only. The cost of graduate-level credit is separate from the workshop registration fee. Click Here for more information.
Positive Discipline Association courses approved for Graduate-Level Semester Credits through University of the Pacific will appear on an Official Transcript with a letter grade.
CES: The Positive Discipline Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No. 6723.
This program is AMS CE approved!
Cancellation/Refund Policy: Workshop Registrations: A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days prior to the first day of a workshop. Refunds are not available for cancellations less than 30 days before a workshop. However, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost. Refunds are not available after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not be attending the workshop.
In the event of cancellation, participants will be notified by email.
