Facilitator: Cheryl Erwin, CPDLT & Steven Foster, CPDLT
Dates and Times: 07/09/2024 - 07/10/2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM - CST
Location: In Person
900 E. Lookout Drive
Dallas, TX, United States
Cost: $449 Early Registration, available until 06/09/2025. $499 Regular Registration. Four or more registering together take $50 off the fee. Limit 40 participants.
Language: This workshop will be facilitated in English
Facilitator Information:
Steven is a Certified Lead Trainer and has been practicing and teaching Positive Discipline since 2001. For almost all of his professional life, he has worked with young children and their families; first in mental health as a director of treatment programs for young children and later in Early Childhood Special Education. He is a co-author of the Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educators Manual and Tool Cards. He is also a co-author of Positive Discipline for Children with Special Needs.
Cheryl Erwin is a Certified Lead Trainer and the co-author of several books in the bestselling "Positive Discipline" series, including "Positive Discipline: the First Three Years" and "Positive Discipline for Preschoolers," as well as the "Positive Discipline for Early Childhood Educators" manual and accompanying tool cards. Cheryl was the Mental Health Consultant for Early Head Start at the University of Nevada, Reno, and was a marriage and family therapist for 25 years. She is married, has an adult son who still likes her, and two remarkable grandchildren
Workshop Description:
This two-day interactive workshop is designed for early childhood educators, teachers and caregivers who work with children from birth to six years of age. (Parents will also find this workshop helpful, however, the focus is on early childhood education). Participants will learn to apply principles and tools of Positive Discipline, an Adlerian research-based philosophy, to working wit groups of young children. They will also gain a deeper understanding of how young children learn, the importance of belonging and social and emotional learning, and how best to teach those skills in a classroom or care setting. Participants will earn recognitions as Certified Positive Discipline Early Childhood Educators and will learn to:
- Create a classroom or care setting where children can develop a sense of belonging and significance based on the importance of contribution and mutual respect.
- Understand how young children learn and how to adapt teaching to the needs of this age group.
- Foster essential social and emotional skills to support development and school readiness and to understand behavior and how to guide it in groups of young children.
- Teach the essential skills for developmentally appropriate participation in class meetings.
- Learn Positive Discipline and Adlerian concepts for use in the classroom, preschool community, and with parents.
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Contact: Steven Foster, stevenfosterpdx@gmail.com, 971-275-6510
Special needs/accommodations: If you have any special accommodation needs, please contact Steven Foster in advance.
Lodging Information:
Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel
900 E. Lookout Drive
Richardson, Texas 75082
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.
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.
