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Reviews of The Parent's Toolshop “If you have
kids–I don’t care what age–this book is IT. It’s
like a parenting Bible.” - - Rain Morgan, PhD, host of “Mother
Earth and Family,” KUCI-FM, Anaheim, CA “I do this
program 5 days a week. Regular listeners to the program know that I
have a lot of parenting authors on the program. . . have for many years
now. I don’t think I’ve ever seen – ever – any book
as comprehensive. You can tell it’s a decade worth of work.”
- - Dr. David McMillian, Host of Strategies for Living, KFLO-radio, Shreveport LA “Ditch your
Dr. Spock paperback; eschew Miss Manner’s guidebook on the proper
way for your children to eat petit fours; pitch ‘Parenting for
Dummies.’ This book is it – a parenting guide par excellence!
It’s chock full of tips, trends and positive parenting techniques
that are truly informative and most important – effective.”
- - Lance Winkler, Oakwood Register,
OH. “If I had a million dollars, I’d buy
up all of Jody’s books and give them to everybody who has any kind
of interaction with children at all.” - - Rain Morgan, PhD, host
of “Mother Earth and Family,” KUCI-FM, Anaheim, CA Parent's Toolshop in the Media
Here are some upcoming media appearances by Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE. Radio KUCI-FM - Mother Earth & Family - weekly Thursdays 9-10
a.m. PST Irvine, CA. Broadcast LIVE over the Internet at KUCI.org.
TV Good Day Dallas, live, Fox network, Dallas, TX 2/20/01 - 7
a.m. National TV Open House Live, 10-11 a.m. Dallas, TX 2/23/01
- 10 a.m. (Syndicated live nationwide on WUCT. Check your local listings.) Book Signings Barnes & Noble, Plano TX 2/16/01 - 6:30 p.m. Walden Books, Denton, TX 2/17/01 - 4:00 p.m. Walden Books, Houston, TX 2/21/01 - 6:00 p.m. Print Parents
Magazine, “Respecting Pre-teens' Privacy” in the
“As They Grow” section, Anna Roufus July, 2001 issue Hagerstown Herald Mail, Maryland, Lisa Tedrick, “Teaching
Kids How to Pick up Their Things,” February 2, 2001 issue “Fair is Fair,” (Getting kids to do chores
without bribes or payoffs) Katy Vopal, Freeman
daily newspaper, Waukesha, WI. “Sweet Sleepovers,” Katie Herrick, Nick
Jr. magazine, Feb/Mar issue “Knowing When to Turn Off the Toy Spigot,” Ross
Atkin, Christian Science Monitor,
11/29/00 issue “The Gift-Giving
Divide,” Angie Toole, Northwest Florida Daily
News, 12/12/00 “Meet Needs, Not Gift Quota,” Kandis Carpter, Spokesman-Review,
Spokane, WA, 12/11/00 “Taming the Holiday
Gimmes,” Jody Johnston Pawel, LSW, CFLE, Oakwood Register, OH, 12/12/00 PTC Business News
We were sad that
Becky Dial, Jody’s Administrative Assistant, resigned from her
position, but encourage her desire to devote herself to the home schooling
of her two girls. She was a tremendous asset to PTC and covered the
office while Jody was traveling the U.S. this fall. We are thrilled
to welcome Vicki Battin to the PTC team as Becky’s replacement.
Vicki has a multitude of valuable skills, experience, and important
connections for getting projects organized and finished. She’s
already taken on the huge and important project of developing an Access
database that will compile and cross-reference our many mailing lists.
She is also helping us identify the gaps in our Group Facilitator certification
process and automating our GF correspondence process. This will help
us catch up on overdue correspondences, help us stay on track and prevent
us from losing track of our many Group Facilitator inquirers and applicants.
We sincerely hope Vicki will stay with PTC for “the long haul”
as this is an exciting time in PTC’s growth and we see Vicki’s
contributions being a crucial factor in our future success. Welcome,
Vicki! Ambris Publishing News
The secure on-line
ordering option on the Parent’s Toolshop website is finally
live after many months of waiting and having the website updates on
hold. Yeah! We are happy we can now get the site updated and to allow
visitors to purchase Toolshop products with a simple mouse click. PTC President's News
In Fall, 2000,
Jody spent an exciting two months training social-service professionals
in Florida, California and Minnesota. Her trips were filled with exciting
new adventures, many new contacts and leads and very few crises.
Jody exhibited
at the NACCRRA/Florida Children’s Forum, Southern California AEYC
and National Council on Family Relations annual conferences. There,
she received wonderful compliments on the professionalism and quality
of her exhibit booth display, which was written by Susan Kendrick and
designed by David Ferguson, the PTC website designer. (See photos to
right.) While in each state/city,
Jody also offered a one-day continuing education (CEU) workshop for
family professionals. Feedback was quite positive, with many participants
asking Jody to add a second day to the workshop schedule for practical
application of the skills learned the first day. In Texas (February)
and California (March), Jody will test this new format. (See GF
Section below for schedule details.) In California,
20 people expressed an interest in Group Facilitator (GF) certification. To
date, 9 have purchased a Group Facilitator pre-certification kit. In Minnesota,
6 people expressed interested in certification and 13 people did so
in Florida, where 4 people have purchased a GF kit. Many of these potential
GFs are actively pursuing their pre-certification requirements, so GF
certification training workshops are planned in Ohio and California
for March (see the schedules section of
this website or the Group Facilitator section of this newsletter
below). Once at least 4 Florida GF applicants are ready for certification,
a certification-training workshop will be scheduled there, too. Parenting Advice Corner
Parents’ Question: My
three-year-old son is very active and gets more so around bedtime. We
have a routine that begins at 8:30 p.m. and includes a bath, healthy
snack, storytelling, teeth brushing and three books. After I turn out
the lights, I sit by the bed until he falls asleep. Otherwise he will
jump up and follow me, making a game out of us chasing him. When he
does, I bring him back to bed, tell him he doesn't have to go to sleep
but he must stay in his room. Most nights I lie next to him and hold
him so he can't get up. He cries in protest and eventually falls asleep
from the exhaustion. By then, I’ve fallen asleep too. My husband and I have tried turning out all of the house lights, pretend to go to bed and get up after he was asleep. This sort of worked, but sometimes he fell asleep as late as midnight and we were exhausted. Now I'm toying with the idea of putting an outside lock on his door. This approach seems barbaric, but if we don't get some sleep soon we're going to fall apart. Please advise!!!
Lara from Alameda, CA Parenting resources If you are a parent with a hectic schedule that doesn’t
allow much time for reading, check out Quick
TIPS: A Bedside Guide to Parenting. This easy-to-read book is loaded
with practical quick tips on subjects such as: anger, bedtime, biting,
hitting, discipline, eating, fears, and much, much more! This wonderful
resource is the latest book compiled and written by Marcia Treno and
Jean Breitenbacher, publishers of Parenting
Education Newsletter. To order your copy ($15.00 + $2.95 S&H)
or to subscribe to the Parenting Education Newsletter ($34.95
for 9 issues), call 952-941-6560 or write to Parenting Education, P.O.
Box 390744, Edina, MN 55439-0744. Mention you heard about them from
the Parent’s Toolshop.
Parenting Class Schedule
Families Count
Project T.I.P.S. (Tools for Improving Parenting Skills) FOR (parents
of) TOTS Introductory program:
Monday, 1/29/01 Eight-week series
starts Monday, 2/12/01 Elizabeth New Life
Center Times: 7:00-8:15
p.m. 10 spaces open
to the public. Pre-registration necessary. Call Karrie Braun at 937-274-1674
January 17
and 24 Abiding Christ
Lutheran Church 326 Dayton-Yellow
Springs Road, Fairborn Xenia YMCA 135 E. Church St. Beavercreek YMCA 560 Grange Hall
Rd Times (all dates):
6:30-8:30 p.m. Child care provided, free refreshments Pre-registration is required: Call
Jill Simon at Greene County Combined Health District at 374-5600 Greene County Families
and Children First The Parent’s Toolshop: Click
here
for a full agenda.
Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Series 4 –– February 20-27, March
6-13-20-27 Series 5 –– April 3-10-17-24, May
1-8 Jamestown, Ohio: Greeneview High School, 53
N. Limestone Street Wednesday s 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (Call for start date) Fairborn, Ohio: Fairborn High School, 900
E. Dayton-Yellow Springs Road Thursdays 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (Call for start date) The classes, use
of a book and childcare are provided free
of charge. If schools are canceled due to weather conditions, Family
Focus classes will also be canceled. Certificates of completion depend
on attendance and participation. Classes are open to all residents of
Greene County. Note: You must be registered BEFORE classes begin!
Registration
Information. Group Facilitator News
Three new Tour
Guides graduated from the September certification training in Dayton. Welcome these
new Group Facilitators to our nationwide team: Annette Poth is a Parent’s Toolshop parent educator
consultant who has quickly gotten her feet wet teaching Toolshop programs
for PTC through the Greene County Combined Health District in Xenia,
Ohio. She is also teaching the Winter quarter classes at Families Count
in Dayton, which will help her receive her final certification this
month. Jill Parker works at Montgomery County Combined Health
District in Dayton, Ohio, where she provides a wide variety of family
life education programs to the public and community-based sponsors.
She also taught a special two-part topic program for the Families Count
Project at the Erma’s House visitation center in Dayton, which
helped her earn her final Group Facilitator certificate. Kathy Peroutka works at the Women’s Recovery Center
in Xenia, Ohio, where she sees many parallels between Toolshop teachings
and recovery issues. She’s been co-teaching (and solo teaching)
the full-length Toolshop program with Deanna Todd in preparation for
receiving her final certification. The Families Count
Project of Catholic Social Services has hired a new Toolshop Group Facilitator
parent educator to provide ongoing programming in the Miami Valley (OH) area.
Cambra Mockabee will be attending the March Group Facilitator certification
training in Dayton. We’ll share her more complete bio in the next
newsletter, along with the other applicants who graduated. Welcome Cambra! PTLeader Standards & Practices Committee
The new 2001 members
held their first quarterly meeting Monday, January 29, 2001. All active
Group Facilitator applicants and certified Group Facilitators will receive a list
of their contact numbers. Primary members (who serve
as liaisons for Group Facilitator applicants): Mary Ann Holevas (Columbus,
OH) Nancy Ordonio (Niceville, FL) Denise Jenkins (Beavercreek,
OH) Deanna Todd (Kettering, OH)
Secondary members: Deb Ruscitelli (Oakwood, OH) As we expand nationwide,
it has been a challenge to make the certification process quick and
easy without sacrificing the quality programming that is a trademark
of Parent’s Toolshop programs. As Group Facilitator applicants nationwide
join our team, we’ve recognized loopholes and oversights we’d
never thought of before and had many agenda items to discuss. Below,
read the amendments they made to the PTLeader Standards & Practices
Manual. All active inquirers, applicants and Group Facilitators will receive
a complimentary printed copy of these amendments and a revised manual
the next time they are printed. Amendments to the PTLeader Standards & Practices Manual
Effective 1/29/01: I. GF classifications and fee splits: Page 3 A. There is a new GF classification, “Private Consultant” (different from
“PTC Consultants”). These are GFs who are self-employed,
own their own consulting or counseling practice and pay for their own
business expenses. 1. These “Private consultants” will only be required to submit
a 10% fee split of speaker or program registration fees. They will report
on same schedule as PTC GF Consultants. 2. These GFs will need to submit proof of business ownership (such as
a copy of their Certificate of Incorporation, issued by the applicable
Secretary of State) to qualify for this classification. 3. More specific details and clarifications will be incorporated into
the next reprinting of the S&P manual. II. Status changes and correspondence triggers: These will be
incorporated throughout the revised S&P manual and are included on
a new "Steps of the Pre- and Post-Certification Process" handout
every level of Group Facilitator will receive (from inquirer to Active certified
Group Facilitators.) A. "Browsers" can pick up a free brochure
that summarizes the certification process. (to be developed) B. "Inquirers" are people who want more detailed
information and purchase the S&P manual for $2.00. Their status
becomes “GF inquirer” and PTC will correspond with them for
up to 1 year. C. "Pre-applicants" are people who have purchased
a GF Application Kit for They receive specialized correspondence to
track their progress on meeting the pre-certification requirements.
Group Facilitator liaisons are now assigned when someone purchases a kit and
will assist PTC with follow-up calls. D. "Applicants" have actually submitted their
application and Part I of the study guide, triggering their commitment
to complete the pre-certification requirements. These applicants will
receive specialized notices about upcoming training events and other
news that affects applicants and certified Group Facilitators. There will be
trigger correspondences throughout the pre-certification process to
encourage them to keep up with assignments so they can avoid extension
fees. 1. Pre-certification extension fees. Applicants may apply for a one-time
six-month extension for $50. After one year, they need to restart the
pre-certification process. E. "Certified Group Facilitators" still follow the various
status categories: Active, Inactive, Expired, Terminated, Revoked. See
pages 15 & 16 for details. III. PTC/S&P’s authority to screen out inappropriate inquirers/applicants. Page 9 A. “The S&P committee, under the guidance of the PTC president
and/or author of the copyrighted materials to which instructors are
representatives, reserve the right to deny certification to any applicant
that demonstrates behavior or qualities that could potentially blemish
the positive reputation of PTC and/or The Parent's Toolshop.
These include but are not limited to unprofessional, unethical or illegal
behavior or activities, proven or unproven in a court of law, negative
reference reports or poor financial standing with PTC. The S&P committee
may not, however, discriminate against any applicant due to race,
culture, religion, gender or other Equal Opportunity Employer guidelines.
In the event that such denial occurs, PTC agrees to reimburse the applicant
for any certification fees they have incurred, including the application
kit ($50) and certification training ($500), with the exception of educational
workshop fees paid to witness 6 hours of Toolshop program.” IV. Initial probation: page 9 A. Probationary program provision: Probationary
GFs have up to six months in which to solo teach at least one program
that is a minimum of two hours long and covers at least three “toolsets”
from The Parent's Toolshop. Upon submitting evaluations (and
skill assessments if appropriate) for that program, they will receive
their final Group Facilitator certification (certificate and ID badge). 1. There will be several contacts made by PTC and the probationary GF's
liaison to support and assist in meeting this requirement. 2. If a probationary GF still hasn’t submitted results at 6 months,
they can apply for up to 3 six-month extensions. The first is $50, the
second is $75 the third is $100. 3. After two years, their status is changed to “inactive.”
(See page 15 of S&P manual.) 4. If a probationary GF or certified GF either changes his/her mind
about being a GF or“declines” their certification prior to
the two-year certification deadline or recertification period, their
status will be listed as “terminated.” (See page 16 of the
S&P manual.) V. Additional benefits for S&P members: Page 12 & 13 A. If a primary or secondary GF serves on the S&P committee for 2 consecutive
years and is an active member who meets all performance, liaison and
attendance requirements of S&P committee membership, PTC will waive
their recertification fee. B. S&P members will receive a complimentary PEPtalk magazine subscription
for parent educators. Other GFs can get a discount subscription by ordering
with PTC’s group rate. Professional Conferences
Ninth Annual Conference on Parent Education in Denton TX (Dallas-Ft.Worth area) February 16 & 17, 2001. Jody will be presenting two workshops and exhibiting. It’s rare to find CEU workshops specific to parent education and even more rare to find ones where you can meet and network with other parent educators nationwide. Professional Training Schedule
Secrets for Empowering Any Parent: By popular request, we’ll be testing a new two-day format, with
the second day being an interactive practice workshop that applies the
skills to a variety of situations (that participants contribute) and
delves into diversity and divorce/remarriage issues we have limited
time to explore on the first day. If you have previously attended the
first day overview, you can attend just the second day. Similar workshops are being planned for Ohio in May and in Florida
later in 2001. For a complete brochure of the workshop click
here to download a file to read on Adobe Acrobat Reader. To register:
Call 1-800-307-0470 San
Antonio: February 13 & 14 American Red Cross 3642 East Houston San Antonio, TX 78219 Dallas:
February 19 & 20 University of North Texas Denton, TX 76203-0560 Houston:
February 21 & 22 Hilton Houston Hobby Airport 8181 Airport Blvd. Houston, TX 77061 San
Diego: March 14 & 15 The Handlery Hotel & Resort 950 Hotel Circle North San Diego, CA 82108 Los
Angeles: March 21 & 22 Holiday Inn Select – Beverly Hills 1150 S. Beverly Drive Los Angeles, CA 90035 Parent Educator Resources
Family Coordinator for Family
and Children First at the Southwest District Extension Center (303 Corporate Center Drive,
Suite 208, Headquarters) in Vandalia, Ohio. Application deadline: February
8, 2001 or until filled. Bachelor degree required. For more details
or to request an application, contact: Ohio State University Extension,
Personnel Unit, 700 Ackerman Road,
Suite 240, Columbus, OH 43202-1575.
Phone: 614/292-5683 Fax: 614/292-7413. Family and Children First Regional
Coordinator for Northeast District Extension. If interested in applying,
contact Jane Wiechel, (614)752-4044. CFLE Experience Recognition Application deadline extended. Due
to the success of the CFLE Experience
Recognition option, NCFR has extended the submission deadline to June 30, 2001. However, the application fee
will increase from $200 to $225 ($300 to $325 non-members) on January
1, 2001. Anyone who is serious about obtaining credentials and recognition
for excellence in family life education is encouraged to pursue this
time-limited opportunity. Information on the Experience Recognition
process is available on the NCFR website at www.ncfr.org or by contacting
Dawn Cassidy at 888-781-9331. |
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