ONLINE Speaker Topics/Parenting Workshops
OR IS YOUR SCHOOL, ORGANIZATION OR BUSINESS IN THE SAN FRANCISCO/BAY AREA?
DO YOU WANT TO PROVIDE PARENTING SUPPORT FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES, PARENTS OR CLIENTS?
I AM HAPPY TO COME TO YOU!
Are you outside the San Francisco/Bay Area? Ask me anyway. I'll see what I can do. I do fly all over the place, and just maybe I am flying towards you.
Call 650.248.8916 or email elisabeth@elisabethstitt.com to check availability.
The content of any workshop can be contracted to as short as a 10 minute overview or expanded to a multiple session, interactive course.
Current Workshop Topics
Building the Bridge: Home to School
When you build a peaceful bridge between a child’s home and school you can increase family involvement, empower the student, and improve the child’s school performance.
I’ll teach parents not to rely solely on report cards to gauge their child’s progress. Having regular check-ins with their kids is essential to ensure that they are S.A.F.E.:
Socially - Ensure they are developing healthy relationships and communication skills.
Academically - Stay updated on their academic progress and offer support when needed.
Functionally - Keep an eye on their executive functioning skills for success.
Emotionally - Be there to listen, understand, and nurture their emotional well-being.
Parents, teachers, and children are all on the same team and can work together to support each other.
Build Your Kid UP by Developing a Growth Mindset
How do we get our kids to give things their all and to keep trying, even when the trying gets hard? Carol Dweck's research has shown that both teaching children about how the brain functions and using the right kind of praise can positively affect children's motivation. Learn how to shift from negative to positive. Learn how to see the best in your child and what to say to your children so they can learn growth mindset self-talk.
4 CHALLENGES MODERN PARENTS FACE THAT KEEP THEM YELLING, NAGGING AND ARGUING WITH THEIR KIDS.
Our kids drive us nuts when they whine, complain, talk back or just don't listen. But have you ever considered what we are doing as parents that bring on that behavior in our kids? Of course, kids vary in their personalities, but there are some common reasons modern moms and dads face that cause their kids to respond defensively and/or to ignore them completely--and cause parents to resort to yelling, nagging and arguing. Not to worry! I have concrete skills that help parents address these challenges and bring harmony and cooperation to their homes.
3 TERRIFIC TIPS FOR GETTING YOUR KIDS TO LISTEN
I have a deep bag of tricks for getting kids’ to listen. In this webinar I go through 3 of my favorite time-tested techniques for cooperation from children small to big. Remember, parenting is a skill that can be taught, learned and practiced. While I cannot guarantee that your children will listen, I have had success using these tips with so many children (100’s and 100’s of kids!) that if you have really given them a try for two weeks and not one of them has made a difference, I will do a 15 minute Tune-Up call to tweak what is not working.
PARENTS AT PLAY
Our kids drive us nuts when they whine, complain, talk back or just don't listen. But have you ever considered what we are doing as parents that brings on that behavior in our kids? Parents, as we learn non-competitive, non-equipment games that can be played anywhere, come learn why play is so essential to kids for their social, emotional and cognitive growth, how being a playful parent will increase harmony and cooperation in your home and concrete tips for incorporating play into your routine.
Follow up workshop: PARENTS AT PLAY IN THE PARK provides a chance for parents and kids to play together, putting into action the tips and games and activities parents learned. This additional hour can be done at a different time or on a different day (Bring kids ages 3-7 only, please).
Taming Temper Tantrums
There isn't a parent in the world who hasn't had to weather at least one temper tantrum. They are universal--a natural developmental stage that kids have to go through. That being said, there are certainly steps we can take to mitigate them. At the very least, it helps to know that eventually tantrums will pass!
3 Steps to Effective Parenting: Clarity, Connection and Consistency
This hour long lecture provides an overview of the pillars of effective parenting: clarity provides your road map so you know where you're going; connection provides the warmth that is the glue that holds the family together and helps kids feel safe, and consistency provides the firm limits your children need to learn to regulate themselves emotionally.
Forming a Close Connection with Your Kids
If there is one silver bullet to making parenting easier, it is forming a close, warm connection with your kids. You are your children's favorite people. When they feel that you welcome them and delight in their company, their world is complete. Get the latest research on how connecting benefits growing brains and get some super tips to use with your family. Learn how to bring more playfulness and heartfelt communication into your home.
Be the Rock Your Kids Can Count On: Becoming a Consistent Parent
Parenting is hard, but being consistent smooths the road. Children like to feel in control, and when their daily routines are consistent, they can take pride in knowing and doing what the moment calls for. Additionally, when your children can trust you absolutely to follow through on your promises—whether that is for a visit to the park at the end of the day or two, not three, books at bedtime, you stop second guessing yourself; and your children start feeling secure. But it's hard, isn't it? Learn my valuable, step-by-step tips for becoming a consistent parent today
Setting Your Kids Up for Success, so you don’t need consequences
When parents ask me for advice on appropriate consequences, I always answer, let me first teach you how to set your kids up for success. Parents can do much to limit the needs for consequences. Good routines and habits, having age-appropriate expectations, and building up the social/emotional skills that will help even preschoolers regulate their big feelings all serve to support kids in making good choices. Of course, there will be times when you still need firm limits, but when held with warmth and empathy, you can maintain the connection that invites your children’s cooperation next time.