Dear Parents,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend! It was such a pleasure to learn more about you during our activities last week. I really appreciate everyone’s willingness to share their experiences and look forward to more connection in the coming weeks. 

I hope you are enjoying the book, Positive Discipline. If you don’t yet have the book, there are still copies available at the CAC library. Homework Session #2  for this week is to read Chapter 3. The study guide, found in your course binder, has questions that go along with each chapter and can be quite helpful for remembering the concepts taught. 

Our take away tool for the week is Special Time. I encourage you to set up special time for each child in your family. To learn more about Special Time, read the following articles from Positive Discipline. 

Schedule Special Time for Connection

How Do You Spend Time that Counts (Teens)

7 Ways Busy Parents Can Help Their Child Feel Special

As promised, I have uploaded the take away tools we discussed under Session 2 of this website.

You will find links to the presentation slides, as well as more tips and stories on ways to implement  SPECIAL TIME. I hope you find them helpful!

Have a lovely week, 

Carey

Dear Parents, 

It was a pleasure meeting all of you on Tuesday at our first Parenting Together (Jan. 2023) class.  Signing up for an 8 week course is a big commitment! We appreciate everyone’s willingness to be a part of this and we are looking forward to getting to know you all more. 

We’d also like to give a  big thank you to our course volunteers!

Set Up Crew – Natalie & Sarah

Attendance Keepers  – Sarah & Anne K. 

Time Keeper – Mona

Friend of the Absent – Hoda 

Photographer -Emma 

Handout Helpers -Anne P. & Nour 

Clean Up Crew -Donia & Christina  

Snack Coordinators -Nadine & Nour  

HOMEWORK : Each week we have suggested reading and homework. This week’s homework is as follows:

Read Positive Discipline Chp. 1&2 

Complete Chp. 1&2 Study Guide (found in the Study Guide section of your course binder). 

Journal Prompt:

Journal about times when you are too kind or too firm and how the situation might look different if you were kind and firm. 

If you were absent and would like to pick up your course binder/materials before the next class, please let me know and I will have it ready at the front gate for you to pick up.   

 Please let us know if you have any questions! 

All the best, 

Carey & Amira

Parenting Together with Positive Discipline, facilitated by Carey Harris, School Counselor/Positive Discipline Educator, is designed especially for CAC parents. All CAC parents are invited to join us as we parent together to create more positive and joyful relationships with our children. Courses are offered throughout the school year for parents of Primary (ES) and Tweens/Teens (MS/HS).

Both the Primary and Tweens/Teens courses are 8-weeks long. They take place weekly on Tuesdays, from 8:30 am – 11:00 am, at CAC. To get an idea of topics covered in each course, check out the course outlines below.

October 2022 Tweens/Teens Course Outline

January 2023 Primary Course Outline

Sign up is still open for following 2023 courses:

Parenting Together with Positive Discipline (During the Primary Years) – Jan. 17, 2023

Parenting Together with Positive Discipline (Tweens & Tweens) – March 28, 2023

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