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IN THIS NEWSLETTER

Book Reviews of TPT
Endorsements of TPT
PTC Business News
Ambris Publishing News
Parent's Toolshop in the Media
PTC President's News
Group Facilitator News
Parent's Toolshop Schedule


Endorsements of The Parent's Toolshop

The Parent's Toolshop received the endorsement of one very well-known author who has a habit of writing best-selling books that help people become highly effective in their businesses and families. He is also so humble he doesn't allow his name to be listed in any publicity, only on the cover of the books he endorses (see the back cover of the 2000 edition of The Parent's Toolshop). In order for a book to receive this author's endorsement, it has to pass through three screening committees. The Parent's Toolshop succeeded in being reviewed by this mega-star author, who gave the following endorsement:

"The proven principles and practical examples within this tremendous book are a phenomenal resource for parents to turn to again and again. This toolshop is definitely one-stop shopping."

Susan Kendrick is a nationally-known consultant who has written the following publicity materials for ToolshopTM products and services: the back cover of The Parent's Toolshop, a brochure for Jody Pawel's upcoming national tour of professional CEU training programs, Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons ad and Jody's speaker publicity kit. To write these materials, Susan needed to become familiar with The Parent's Toolshop. As the mother of two children, Susan had a personal interest in learning more about effective parenting. Upon reviewing The Parent's Toolshop, Susan gave the following endorsement:

"I feel like I've tumbled head first into a treasure chest of jewels. This is amazing! Here, finally, I feel like I've found a parenting book that supports my own perspective and approach, but doesn't leave me just feeling good about my intentions. You supply the mortar that holds all those concepts together. The dialogues alone make the book priceless. At first, I thought this "system" might prove over-whelming. But like any good learning aid, it leads you along effortlessly as you collect and put to use all that you find. Thanks for a tremendous resource."

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PTC Business News

We hope the year 2000 has brought many exciting new opportunities to you and your "families" -- it certainly has to ours! We've been so busy managing the national expansion of Parent's Toolshop Consulting, Ltd. and the national debut of The Parent's Toolshop that we skipped a few newsletters! As a result, we have lots of exciting news to share with you!



New PTC Logo

We hope you like the new PTC logo on our masthead! Kathi Dunn, of Dunn & Associates, designed it just for us. Kathi is a nationally-recognized graphic designer who specializes in book covers, speaker publicity kits, and company identity development--and is assisting PTC in all these areas.



ToolshopTM Registers Trademarks

We are in the process of registering the trade and service names of ToolshopTM and Universal BlueprintTM. These words and phrases have become recognizable identities for our top-quality products and services. By registering these trademarks, we can protect the reputation of any products/services bearing these names and license the use of our names.



Get Your PTC Newsletter by E-mail

Beginning with the September 2000 issue, the PTC newsletter will be primarily distributed by e-mail. The time and cost savings associated with electronic publishing are astonishing--as are the full-color capabilities. More importantly, we can guarantee quicker, more frequent and up-to-date communication with our supporters. You will also notice how many resources and Internet links we now list (underlined text). Receiving the newsletter by e-mail will make it possible for you to check out these resources with the click of a button.

We will also be adding an exciting new feature: an advice column and/or informational articles on parenting, written by certified Parent's ToolshopSM Group Facilitators. (Tour Guides, see below for more details.) After initial publication, we will archive our newsletter on our website.

The PTC newsletter will continue to be distributed free of charge to anyone who wants to receive it by e-mail. E-mail subscribers will receive notices of special discounts on select products and services and sneak previews of new products. They can also receive immediate notification of program schedules and media appearances, which are often on short notice, for the geographic area they specify.

Subscribe to our free PTC newsletter by sending an e-mail to info@parentstoolshop .com with the information in the subscription form below. If you would like to continue receiving your newsletter in print, you can do so for $5 per year. Just mail or fax the subscription order form and your payment. We will continue to mail printed flyers with schedules only to referral sources in the local areas where we are offering PTC programs.

Redesigned and Improved
PTC Website

We literally searched the world, via the Internet, and requested proposal submissions from the top website designers whose professionalism and artistic flair impressed us. Then, as we were signing our business loan papers at River Valley Credit Union, we admired their website and got their designer's name. Of all the designers whose work we've seen, we chose David Ferguson, who lives less than five minutes from the Pawel's home! Who would have thought such a talented graphic designer would be in our own backyard. David has been spending many hours redesigning our website, and designing phenomenal publicity materials for PTC and Ambris Publishing. We are looking forward to a long and prosperous relationship with David, who is just establishing his private designing business--with the help of River Valley Credit Union! His skills and talents are helping us present ToolshopTM products and services to the world through colorful, exciting, professionally-designed publicity.

New Webite HomepageThe Parent's ToolshopSM website is updating its standard features and adding many new features. We are so excited for everyone to see and explore our new site which should be ready by June 1, 2000. Join our e-mail list and we'll notify you as soon as the site is available for all to see.

  • You can continue to find descriptions of The Parent's Toolshop and other Ambris Products for parents, family-service professionals and Group Facilitators in our on-line catalog -- and soon, we will have secure on-line ordering on our website.
  • Learn more about ToolshopSM programs and services -- and find current up-to-date descriptions and schedules for any programs we offer or any media appearances we make, anywhere in the world!
  • Read endorsements and testimonials of The Parent's Toolshop book, parenting classes and Jody Pawel's presentations -- and offer your own testimonial with an on-line submission form.
  • Learn more about becoming a certified Toolshop® Group Facilitator by reading the "GF certification section" or PTLeader Standards & Practices Manual on-line.
  • Read PTC newsletters, archived for 2 years -- and receive new newsletters by e-mail complete with Internet links to exciting resources for parents and family-service professionals. We've also added a special web page with recommended site links.
     
  • Read parenting advice articles Jody Pawel has written over the past ten years. Submit your parenting questions and requests for advice and Jody Pawel or a certified Group Facilitator will post the answer on-line! Get personalized advice from Jody Pawel by scheduling an e-mail, chat or phone consultation.
  • Read PTC's company mission, history and FAQs, Frequently Asked Questions about The Parent's Toolshop book, programs, and Group Facilitator certification.
  • Get free parenting handouts like the "Top Ten Parenting Myths and Truths" and the "Parenting Styles Quiz," currently only found in The Parent's Toolshop book and scriptural references organized by The Parent's ToolshopTM toolsets, found nowhere else.
     
  • We also have Jody Pawel's speaker information available on-line. This full-color downloadable Adobe Acrobat PDF file describes her programs for organizations and parents.




Be the First to Review and Rate The Parent's Toolshop
on www.Amazon.com and Enter to Win a $50 Gift Certificate

Also review and rate the book at shop.barnesandnoble.com or www.borders.com.
At each site, search using the keyword "toolshop" (one word).
Select the 2000 edition of The Parent's Toolshop and follow the links to give reviews and ratings, sometimes at the bottom of the page.
Anyone who has read the 1997 or 2000 edition of The Parent's Toolshop can rate/review the book.

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Ambris Publishing News

2000 TNPC Seal of ApprovalThe Parent's Toolshop, which recently won "The National Parenting Center's 2000 Seal of Approval," is now in bookstores nationwide and available for on-line purchase at the following sites: Order direct from Ambris Publishing or visit Amazon.com, Barnes&Noble or Borders' on-line bookstores (see links below).



Parent's Toolshop Represented at Book Expo America

Steve and Jody Pawel will be attending Book Expo America (BEA) in Chicago from June 2-4. The Parent's Toolshop will be displayed at the following booths: MarketAbility and Publisher's Marketing Association. It will also appear in the following publications being distributed at BEA: the Small Press Association of North America (SPAN) catalog, Radio-TV Interview Report, and Book Reader book reviews. Jody will be autographing books at the ACCESS Publishers Network booth on Friday and Sunday.

Association Book Exhibit features The Parent's Toolshop

Association Book Exhibit attends dozens of professional conferences each year throughout the U.S. to display books and resources related to that profession. ABE is exhibiting The Parent's Toolshop at twenty conferences this year, primarily those attended by counselors, psychologists, social workers, early childhood educators, school counselors and universities with social work or parenting curricula.



Shop at Home for The Parent's Toolshop

MarketAbility is submitting applications to Home Shopping Network and QVC networks to feature The Parent's Toolshop in their upcoming product line-ups. The visual and interactive nature of ToolshopTM products makes them good candidates for TV demonstrations. PTC e-mail list subscribers will be notified when and how to find The Parent's Toolshop for sale on TV. Then you can tell your friends to tune in, buy their copy, and watch the numbers count up as Jody entertains and informs the viewers about the Universal BlueprintTM and its practical parenting tools.



National Direct Mail Campaigns Begin

Summer and Fall 2000 will see Ambris sending direct mail packages to social ser-vice and parenting associations, book catalogs and clubs, and family-service professionals who have yet to hear about The Parent's Toolshop. Colleges with parenting courses will receive a preview of 3 special curriculum packages including different combinations of The Parent's Toolshop book, instructor's guide, classroom study guides, presentation aids, skill assessments and interactive activities. College professors and high school teachers can adopt The Parent's Toolshop as a class curriculum. (See the Tour Guide certification issues this raised.)

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PTC President's News

While always busy with PTC and Ambris projects, Jody continues to pursue independent professional projects that positively impact PTC and Ambris' success. Here are a few of her most recent pursuits.



Pawel Receives CFLE Certification

CFLE logoJody recently received "Certified Family Life Educator" (CFLE) certification through the National Council on Family Relations. NCFR sponsors the only national program to certify family life educators. The CFLE program encourages applications from all professionals with course work and experience in family life education that verifies their expertise in ten "substance areas." Although over 1200 family life educators have received CFLE certification since 1985, Jody is the only CFLE in the entire Miami Valley, greater-Dayton, and twelve-county area. For more information about CFLE certification, visit www.ncfr.org.



National Speaking Tour

Jody will begin her national CEU training tour in September. She will be offering a six-hour, one-day training for family-service professionals for continuing education credits. If you would like her to offer this training in your area or if you would like to be or find a sponsor for a presentation to parents while she is in your town, contact Jody at PTC headquarters (see contact information at top of newsletter).

Jody is also available to provide Toolshop-based training programs for corporate sponsors on organizational team-building and other topics that build personal and professional productivity. Contact Jody for more information about these programs or join the e-mail list to be notified when her speaker publicity packet is available on-line at the PTC website.



Pawel Recognized Nationwide as Parenting Expert

Jody Pawel is one of many experts who are listed in the following publications:

Radio & TV Interview Report is a twice- monthly resource that media hosts and producers use to find stimulating guests for their talk shows. Jody has already been featured in the directory seven times. Her listing will next appear in the issues that are distributed at Book Expo America and the special "Parenting Experts" issue.

The Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons is a huge publication that includes invitation-only advertisements from hundreds of experts in a variety of professions. The directory is actively used by media producers who need an "expert" opinion. To view Jody's listing, get more information about YEAS or to view their list of experts on-line, visit their website: www.yearbook.com.



Pawel Seeks Advice Forum

Parents and professionals often suggest that Jody "get a call-in advice radio show" or "get a parenting advice column in the local newspaper." She has been giving parenting advice on TV and call-in radio shows for over twenty years and is regularly interviewed by newspapers, magazines, TV and radio talk shows throughout North America. She has written dozens of articles and had an advice column in Dayton Parent for two years, until the paper stopped publication.

In the Dayton (Ohio) area, there are call-in radio shows for home repairs, car repairs, pets and gardening -- but none for parents. John Rosemond's syndicated parenting advice column runs once a week in the Dayton Daily News, but his advice is often criticized as extreme, controversial, and sometimes inaccurate and unhealthy. Several times, Jody has contacted both WHIO-AM radio, which has featured Jody Pawel as a radio guest several times and the Dayton Daily News to offer her services. She has consistently found a common attitude in the Dayton area that "anyone who is local can't possibly be an expert." Consequently, her advice can be read or heard somewhere in America almost every day, but media in her own hometown continue looking beyond their own backyard, where Jody is ready and able to help. If you have any ideas, connections, or inclination to help Jody pursue these possibilities further, either directly through letters to the editor/producer or indirectly, discuss your ideas with Jody by calling the PTC office at (513) 748-4541 (a local toll-free call in the Dayton area).

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The Parent's Toolshop in the Media

Here is a list of media appearances Jody Pawel has made since the last newsletter. Join the PTC e-mail list to get notices of any media appearances in your area.

Radio

  • WTVN, Columbus, OH, Steve Cannon, TPT, 3/2/00
  • KWLM, Willmar, MN, Bill Dean, TPT, 3/14/00
  • KPVU, Prairie View, TX, Gwendolyn Richie, TPT, 3/20/00
  • WFCJ, Miamisburg, OH, Jim Williams, TPT, 3/21/00
  • WRVL, Lynchburg, VA, Ryan Rush, TPT, 3/23/00
  • WOGY, Memphis, TN, Jeremy Mol-der, "Parenting Styles," 3/29/00
  • KRVI, Fargo, ND, Kim Douglas, TPT, 3/30/00
  • KKID, Rolla, MO, Dan Michaels, TPT, 3/31/00
  • WELI, New Haven, CT, Jerry Kristafer, "Parenting Styles," 4/3/00
  • KNES, San Antonio, TX, Tom Clay, "Parenting Styles," 4/5/00
  • WCKS, Atlanta, GA, Lori & Mike, "Parenting Styles," 4/7/00
  • WMET, Washington, D.C., Cassandra St. John, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 4/8/00
  • KQZZ, Devil's Lake, ND, Nancy Roberts, "Parenting Styles" 4/10/00
  • WPAW, Ft. Myers, FL, Jim Dawson, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 4/17/00
  • KTLD, Alexandria, LA, Troy DeRamus, TPT, 4/19/00
  • WRMM, Rochester, NY, Tony & Dee, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 5/2/00

Newspapers

  • Charlotte Post, La Toya Hankins, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 12/28/99
  • Staten Island Advance, Jennifer Sammartino, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 2/10/00.
  • 6 papers in San Francisco-Oakland -San Jose, CA metro area, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 2/13/00.
  • Chicago Tribune (IL), William Hageman, "Mad About Fads," 3/26/00. Syndicated in Santa Fe New Mexican (NM) 4/9/00, San Jose, Mercury News (San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose metro area, CA) 4/20/00.
  • Tidewater & Peninsula Parent, Virginia Beach, VA, Karen Queen, "The Truth About Lying," 4/00
  • Baton Rouge Parent, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 3/10/00.
  • Your Family, a publication of Reader's Digest, Leah Ingram, "Teaching Kids to Lie?" 3/8/00
  • Providence Journal (RI), "Making Allowances," Laura Kirk, 4/16/00
  • Scripps-Howard News Service, "Teach Honesty by Practicing it Yourself," Leslie Boyd, 3/27/00. Syndicated in Courier-News, Bridgewater, NJ; Knoxville Maryville- Alcoa Times (TN), 4/2/00; Iowa City Press-Citizen (IA), 4/3/00; Springfield News-Leader (MO), 4/9/00
  • Ft. Collins Coloradoan, Anna Maria Basquez, "Where do Kids Learn to Lie?" 3/19/00.
  • Daily News, FL, Sandee Launch, "A Lesson in Lessons" (extra- curricular activities), 3/7/00
  • Waterloo Courier, IA, Melody Parker, "Liar, Liar: Are Parents Teaching Their Kids to Lie?" 2/18/00
  • Daily News, FL, Sandee Launch, "It's My Potty and I'll Cry If I Want to" 2/29/00.


Magazines

  • Target the Family, Tullan Spitz, "Early Lessons in Self-Care," Summer, 1999
  • Family Life from the publishers of Parenting magazine, "Teach Decision-Making," 11/99
  • Parenting Magazine, "Helping Kids Keep Tabs on Their Stuff," 11/99
  • Moms on Call, Janna Graber, "Friends Can be Different," 11/99
  • Working Mother, Sally Stitch, "Caregiver Style Clashes," 7/00


TV

  • WKEF-22, Amy Warner, interview for many clips
  • Miami Valley Cable Council, Community Access, Dayton, OH, "Peacemaking Skills for Parents," filmed at St. Francis of Assisi in Bellbrook, 9/27/99. Aired 3 time/month for 3 months, Nov. 1999-Jan. 2000.


Book Reviews

  • The Book Reader, CA, 6/00
  • Waco Tribune, TX, Stephanie Allmon, 4/00
  • Argus Observer, Ontario, Oregon, 2/8/00
  • Fearless Reviews, 4/00, www.fearlessbooks.com.


Articles Written by Jody Pawel

  • PEP Talk: Ideas and Information for Parenting Practitioners, Tips from the Field, "Responding to Wrong Advice" Winter, 2000

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Tour Guide News

There are currently 20 active certified ToolshopSM Group Facilitators throughout the U.S. Here is what is happening with some of them. Group Facilitators, please send updates about your ToolshopSM activities and any schedules for programs open to the general public to  info@parentstoolshop.com.



Outstanding Group Facilitator of 1999
By Deb Ruscitelli, PTC Group Facilitator Coordinator

Deanna Campbell Todd was recognized at the March PTLeader Standards & Practices committee meeting for her outstanding contributions to Parent's ToolshopSM programming. Deanna has been a Group Facilitator since March 1998. She has worked with the Greene County Family and Children First project as a Parent Support Coordinator since September 1999

Just since October, Deanna has presented 22 series presentations with a total of 110 class sessions. She primarily teaches 3-, 4-, or 6- week parenting classes for mandated and self-referred parents of K-8th grade children in Greene County. In 1999, she also offered classes to court-mandated parents through Montgomery County Juvenile Court. She has started a quarterly Parent Educator Resource Group in Greene County, has offered professional in-service workshops and wants to start a parent-to-parent mentor program in Greene County.

Outstanding Group Facilitator of 1999 Award

An excerpt from the letter nominating Deanna states, "Rather than wait for requests [for presentations] to come to her, Deanna has established a positive and active networking system with the schools and court agencies in Greene County. Her presentation style is so down-to-earth, funny, yet informative and practical that participants in her training programs immediately develop rapport with her and are motivated to learn more about Parent's ToolshopSM programs and products."

To thank Deanna for her outstanding service and representation of The Parent's Toolshop, she received an award certificate, a $50 Ambris gift certificate and a leather briefcase. Congratulations Deanna!

 

Tour Guide Updates

Nancy Ordonia, our Outstanding Group Facilitator of 1998, moved from Dayton (OH) back to Niceville, Florida last Summer. (Deanna Campbell Todd was hired into her old job.) Nancy is now working as a Family Child Care Specialist at Child Care Services, which is a resource and referral agency for childcare providers. This is where she was working before her family was transferred to Ohio and where she got her start as a parent educator. She is planning to start providing ToolshopSM programs in her area in the near future. We are happy her move went well, she's settled in, has a job she loves and will be diving back into her Group Facilitator activities soon, because she is truly a talented and skillful parent educator.

Bryelle Broome will be teaching Parent's ToolshopSM parenting classes at Erma's House in Dayton (OH) this summer, through a United Way grant to the Families Count Project of Catholic Social Services of the Miami Valley. Bryelle continues to teach Parent's ToolshopSM classes at the YWCA and also works as a family counselor for the Dayton Public Schools.



Tour Guide Directory Update
by Deb Ruscitelli, PTC Group Facilitator Coordinator

I am still in the midst of compiling the Group Facilitator Directory. Thanks to all of you who have submitted information. Typically, halfway through the process, more ideas are thought of to be included with the directory. Briefly, we want to include Group Facilitator name, home address and phone, work address and phone, area of expertise, and FAX and e-mail information. I will be contacting everyone for this information. If you would like to submit the above information to me by e-mail, you may send it to info@parentstoolshop.com rather than by phone. Thank you!



Ask a Group Facilitator For Advice

We'd like to invite all ToolshopSM Group Facilitators to submit articles of interest to parents and offer advice to parents who submit questions to the PTC website and newsletter. We'd like to have a list of Group Facilitators who will volunteer to give advice so we can direct questions to them based on their areas of expertise. This is your opportunity to help parents and to build your expertise as a parent educator. The S&P committee decided there will be no by-lines on these answers unless requested or specified by the Group Facilitator. All articles and answers may be screened and edited for accuracy and brevity prior to publication. Answers to questions will be posted in the e-mail newsletter and PTC website. If you are interested in being on this list of advisors, send an e-mail to info@parentstoolshop.com.



S&P Policy Updates

The PTLeader Standards & Practices (S&P) manual was amended at the 9/1/99 S&P committee meeting as follows:

Page 8, "Pre-Certification Training" section, Item 1b: Replace with:
All Group Facilitator applicants must complete the correspondence study guide and witness a minimum of six (6) hours of a Parent's ToolshopSM program, either in person or by video. Graduation from a full-length (10+ hour) TPT class is desirable, but not mandatory. The correspondence training fee is $100. If an applicant attends a Parent's ToolshopSM workshop or class in person, a $70 dis-count will be applied to the correspondence training fee. If they buy a video to "witness" the six hours of ToolshopSM programming, the purchaser of the video will receive a discount on the Correspondence Study Guide equal to the price of the video.

Page 6, "Associate Group Facilitators" section, bullet 3, add:
Any agency who markets programs based on The Parent's Toolshop for profit will be required to give 10% of the gross speaker's fee to PTC for using its copyrighted material to make a profit.

Page 12, first paragraph. Replace with:
The GF training is a fifteen-hour program that takes an applicant's knowledge of The Parent's Toolshop to a higher level.
Add the following bullet under "The GF certification training teaches participants":
How to perform outcome-focused parenting skill assessments using a tool specifically designed for Parent's ToolshopSM classes that meets United Way evaluation criteria.

At the 3/24/00 S&P meeting, the following policy was adopted:
When a college or school adopts The Parent's Toolshop is as a course curriculum, the instructor does not need to be a certified ToolshopSM Group Facilitator. These instructors' class participants, however, cannot receive Parent's ToolshopSM graduation certificates nor can they use the class time towards Group Facilitator pre-certification requirements. For students to be able to apply for Parent's ToolshopSM Group Facilitator certification, they must receive a "graduation" certificate for a 6+-hour ToolshopSM program taught by a certified ToolshopSM Group Facilitator -- like all other Group Facilitator applicants.





Tour Guide Certification

At a March in-service training Jody Pawel gave at Montgomery County Children's Services Board, six participants expressed an interest in becoming certified Group Facilitators. There is one Group Facilitator applicant from Atlanta (GA) completing the pre-certification process and there are agencies in Buffalo (NY) and Darke County (OH) who are planning to schedule in-service training so some of their staff can become certified Group Facilitators. If there are at least 4 Group Facilitator applicants who have completed their pre-certification requirements by July 31, 2000, Jody will schedule a Group Facilitator certification training for August. This would enable these new Tour Guides to start teaching parenting classes in Fall, 2000. If you want certified by Fall, please contact  info@parentstoolshop.com to find out how you can be ready to participate in the August certification training.

Parent Educator Resources

If you are a parent educator, check out these resources:

  • Parenting Educator Newsletter, $34.95/yr., P.O. Box 39744, Edina, MN, 55439-0744, (612) 713-0898, www.parenting-education.com
  • PepTalk, published by Parenting Press, $24.95/year for 4 issues. Group discounts available. Contact: P.O. Box 75267, Seattle, WA, 98125, (206) 364-2900, fax: (206) 364-0702, e-mail: office@ParentingPress.com. Jody Pawel wrote an article for this newsletter and they may be reviewing The Parent's Toolshop in an upcoming issue. Group Facilitators are eligible for discounts when ordering subscriptions through PTC.


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Parent's ToolshopSM Schedule

Parent's ToolshopSM classes use group discussion, interactive activities, and practice exercises to help parents apply the unique "Universal BlueprintSM" and its 100+ practical tools to their individual family situations. Group Facilitator applicants and parents with children in the stated age range are welcome to attend.



Families Count Project: Sizzling Summer 2000 Parenting Series



Parent's ToolshopSM Graduate Refresher Group - - Weds. 6/14 and/or Tues. 7/25

If you have previously attended or graduated from a Families Count or Parent's ToolshopSM parenting class, you are welcome to attend these programs (and bring a spouse/ friend). At each session, you will learn . . .

  • Three simple questions you can ask to find an individualized solution to any challenge
  • Four steps to planning and delivering an effective response--every time.
  • Individualized group problem-solving and question/answer time.
  • In-depth, advanced learning of skills taught in full-length Parent's ToolshopSM classes.


Hot Topic Programs (Participants can attend any or all sessions)

Building Strong Families--From the Inside Out -- Tues. June 20

  • Learn what styles of parenting you have, what it reveals about your personality and how to build teamwork with your parenting partners.
  • Build each family members' self-esteem without creating "praise junkies" or dependency on others for self-worth.
  • Set rules children will follow--the first time--by fostering internal motivation without power struggles or bribes.

Get the F-A-X about Healthy Communication -- Tues. June 27

  • Learn three steps for helping children solve their own solutions, without giving advice or taking over.
  • Mediate sibling, peer and school problems in ways that teach children nonviolent problem-solving skills.
  • Teach children tasks, behaviors and values that will help them become responsible and independent.

Keep Your Cool All Year Long -- Even When You're Angry or Stressed --Wed. July 5

  • Reduce conflicts by reprogramming anger cycles and trigger buttons.
  • Develop individualized anger and stress management plans for yourself and your children.
  • Express concerns assertively, with as little as one word, so children want to listen!

Secret Truths about Misbehavior and Effective Discipline -- Tues. July 11

  • Understand "age-appropriate" behavior and the five causes of "unintentional" misbehavior.
  • Discover the four purposes behind "intentional" misbehavior and how to respond to each.
  • Learn the "Four R's of Discipline" and five effective techniques you can use without being "the bad guy."


  • All Programs are from 7-9 p.m. at Otterbein United Methodist Church (corner of Xenia Ave. & Keowee St.)
  • Suggested Donation to FCP/CSSMV for services provided: $10/session/per person, 4 sessions for $30 or 6 sessions for $50. * Low- income discounts available. Call for details.
  • Refreshments provided. Sorry, no child care available.
  • Instructor: Maureen Hamilton, ACSW, LISW, certified Parent's ToolshopSM.
  • To Register: Call Sheila Wright at (937) 223-7217 ext.123

Greene County Families and Children First

Parent's ToolshopSM Parenting Class

Learn the "Universal BlueprintTM," a revolutionary problem-solving system, and 100+ practical language and action tools that empower parents to find a customized solution to any parenting challenge. All parents will have access to their own copy of The Parent's Toolshop.

  • Open to Greene Co. residents who are parents of school-age children
  • 6 consecutive Tuesdays, beginning 6/6/00, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
  • Instructor: Deanna Todd, M.A., Certified Parent's ToolshopSM instructor and the winner of the "Outstanding Parent's ToolshopSM Group Facilitator of 1999" award.


Parent Educator Resource Group- Quarterly Meeting

Join this group for all parent educators in Greene County. This is your opportunity to meet and network with other colleagues in your field, share resources, and coordinate efforts to improve parent education resources and results in Greene County.

  • Wed., 6/21/00, 2-4 p.m.
  • Both programs will meet at the Greene Co. Families & Children First Building, 158 E. Main, Xenia, OH.
    To Register
    : call Deanna Todd at 937-562-5606


Tour Guide Standards & Practices Committee

The S&P Committee meeting is open to committee members, who evaluate/report on Group Facilitator applications, correspondence training reports, recertification applications, and make Group Facilitator policy decisions.



  • 6/13/00, 6:45 - 9:00 p.m., Deb Ruscitelli's house, Oakwood, RSVP to Deb
  • 9/12/00, 6:45 - 9:00 p.m., location TBA, RSVP to Deb


Dayton Parent Educator Dialogue Circle

All Dayton (OH) area parent educators are invited to attend this quarterly networking action group, which is organized and presented by parent educators for parent educators. Learn what services are available in the Dayton area, share information about your program, and get involved in an action group that focuses on ways to make parent education services more accessible and known in our community.

  • 8/16/00, 8:30 - 10:30 a.m. at the OSU Cooperative Extension Office, Montgomery County Fairgrounds
  • R.S.V.P. to Chris Olinsky, OSU-CES, 937-224-9654


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