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How to Get Kids Cooperating without Yelling, Bribes, Threats or Punishment featuring parenting expert and author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting. Dr. Laura Markham Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at 9pm EST and 6pm PST
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Barbara Nicholson	Dr. Laura Markham	Lysa Parker

Register Now to listen to guest Dr. Laura Markham along with hosts Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker as they discuss how to get kids cooperating without yelling, bribes, threats or punishment. API has invited Dr. Laura to share with us about how we can stop yelling and start connecting, including: Why attachment is the foundation of your child’s ability to manage herself, from babyhood right through the teen years. Regulating your own emotions so you can help your child. Why kids misbehave — and how to help them WANT to cooperate. What the last thirty years of research tell us about the kind of discipline that helps kids turn out great. How to set effective limits — and when it’s ok to “give in.” Why your relationship with your child is the most important factor in effective discipline. Helping kids process their emotions. How to use play to get better behavior from your child. Why Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is more important to your child’s success in life than IQ Send your questions for Dr. Laura to apilive@attachmentparenting.org – and afree copy of Dr. Laura’s new book will be given to someone selected among the questions submitted.

About Dr. Laura Markham Dr. Laura Markham is the author of Peaceful Parent, Happy Kids: How To Stop Yelling and Start Connecting. She combines her PhD in Clinical Psychology, her mom in the trenches experience and the latest research into a highly effective relationship-based approach that raises resilient, emotionally intelligent kids. Dr. Laura, as her readers call her, serves as an expert for Mothering Magazine, Pregnancy.org and a number of other web sites. Her free Daily Inspiration and Weekly newsletters reach a list of over 35,000 parents. You can find her online at http://AhaParenting.com, home of Aha! moments for parents of babies through teens.

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Playing for Keeps: Play that Keeps Love, Creativity, and Belonging First Want to know: How can “play” solve discipline problems? Eliminate power struggles? Restore our relationships with our kids to peace and ease? featuring international play expert Fred Donaldson Dr. Fred Donaldson has played with thousands of people all over the world. He has changed the lives of children and families, students and teachers, and touched the lives of hurting children, gang members, prisoners–even made a charging rhino stop and turn around. How? Don’t miss this interview with a rare and wise man who knows how power of play can heal us all.
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Lu Hanessian	Fred Donaldson	Lysa Parker

Purchase Now to listen to guest Fred Donaldson along with hosts Lu Hanessian and Lysa Parker as they discuss Original Play®. API has invited Fred Donaldson to share with us about “Original Play”® and how it: • Presents an alternative to aggression and violence without the use of force, while maintaining self esteem for oneself as well as others • Provides choices of possible reactions to aggression, violence and fear without the need for revenge • Transforms deep-rooted negative habits and patterns of behaviour into new habits based on feelings of love, belonging and safety • Creates a safe space for the transformation of physical or verbal aggression • Promotes the feeling of belonging as the best alternative for fear and competition • Creates a foundation for the optimal conditions for learning, creativity and self-development • Increases the possibility of adaptation to new environments in life’s ever changing conditions. From Original Play

About Fred O. Fred Donaldson, Ph. D. - the author of an innovative programme called Original Play® , a world-famous specialist in the use of play as an alternative to aggression, violence and abuse, and an international consultant in the field of education. The Original Play® programme is the result of thirty years of research on children’s, adults’ and wild animals’ play behaviour. Fred Donaldson coined the term „Original Play”® and was the first to describe the process. He wrote a book entitled „Playing by Heart: The Vision and Practice of Belonging”, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of The Sanctuary Alliance – a project which is introduced and practised in many countries. Fred Donaldson is a former professor at The University of Washington and The California State University, Hayward and The California School of Professional Psychology. Currently he gives lectures and workshops for organizations and institutions throughout the world. He has worked with special needs children, culturally diverse communities, gangs and children living on the streets.  In play he shares with them a different world, without fear, aggression, and persecution.

You can support API’s mission and take advantage of the knowledge and experience of API Live’s special guests by registering for the live program and/or purchasing the mp3 recording. Every dollar of your purchase goes toward education, support and outreach for parents in need.

Peaceful Parenting

Understanding our children’s emotional needs Parents moving societies toward peace featuring special guest Robin Grille Purchase now to listen at your convenience.

Lu Hanessian	Robin Grille	Barbara Nicholson

Purchase Now this API Live! teleseminar event and hear hosts Lu Hanessian and API co-founder Barbara Nicholson talk with Robin Grille about: Eye-contact, when breastfeeding is not working, parents’ moods and babies, relationships and community – What does it all have to do with attachment and our happiness? Connecting with my toddler and child – How does it differ from early childhood attachment? My parenting, it shapes the world?

About Robin Grille Robin Grille is an Australian psychologist, author and parenting educator. His articles on parenting and child development have been widely published and translated in Australia and around the world. Robin’s first book: Parenting for a Peaceful World (2005) has received international acclaim and led to speaking engagements around Australia, USA and New Zealand. His second book, Heart to Heart Parenting (2008), is published in Australia by ABC Books. Robin’s work is animated by his belief that humanity’s future is largely dependent on the way we collectively relate to our children. Robin’s experiential, skills-based and informational parenting courses have helped many people to embrace parenting as a transformative, personal growth journey. Drawing from over 20 years’ clinical experience and from leading-edge neuropsychological research, Robin’s seminars and courses focus on healthy emotional development for children as well as parents; while building supportive, co-operative parenting communities. In June-July this year Robin visited the USA and delivered a series of workshops in California and Austin, Texas. He is hoping to release an American edition of Heart to Heart Parenting in USA in 2012.

You can support API’s mission and take advantage of the knowledge and experience of API Live’s special guests by registering and/or purchasing the mp3 recording. Every dollar of your purchase goes toward education, support and outreach for parents in need.

Lu Hanessian	Larry Cohen	Lysa Parker

Register now for this API Live! teleseminar event and hear hosts Lu Hanessian, author of the new playful book for parents and children: Picnic on a Cloud, and API co-founder Lysa Parker talk with Dr. Larry Cohen about:

• What is Playful Parenting and what does it have to do with attachment security?
• Will my children know how to take life, or take me, seriously if we’re playful?
• What does playful parenting have to do with confidence building and helping children resolve problems?
• What is the impact of parent playfulness on my child’s development and emotion?
• Can being playful make me a better parent?
• Can it make parenting more satisfying, more fun for me?
• I’m not so playful naturally. What do I do?
• When roughhousing, how do we help it end on a happy note?
• Your questions about playful parenting – send them to apilive@attachmentparenting.org

And Larry Cohen’s favorite playful parenting ideas you don’t want to miss

About Larry Cohen

Lawrence J. Cohen, Ph.D., the author of PLAYFUL PARENTING, is a licensed psychologist specializing in children’s play and play therapy. In addition to his private therapy practice, he is also a speaker and consultant to public and independent schools, and a teacher of parenting classes and classes for daycare teachers. Dr. Cohen is also the co-author, with Michael Thompson and Catherine O’Neill Grace, of Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Friendship, Popularity and Social Cruelty in the Lives of Boys and Girls, and Mom, They’re Teasing Me: Helping Children Solve Social Problems. His regular column in Nick Jr. Magazine was the winner of the 2003 Golden Lamp award from Education Press, and he also answers parents’ questions online at NickJr.com.

His new book is The Art of Roughhousing.

Dr. Cohen is the author of numerous published articles in professional journals and popular magazines, and he has presented his work at professional conferences, workshops, classes, and public appearances.

Dr. Cohen attended Haverford College and received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Duke University. After an internship at Tulane University, he began a research and private practice career in Madison, Wisconsin. His treatment innovations have included the first groups in the country for husbands and boyfriends of sexual abuse survivors, as well as one of the first therapy groups for male survivors of sexual abuse. All of his work — with children, parents, couples, abuse survivors, and families — has pointed him towards writing about human connections.

Dr. Cohen lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.

The API Reads book club recently read Playful Parenting and welcomed Dr. Cohen for its author chat. You can still join the discussion in the API Reads Forum.

API Live Teleseminar Sponsor  – the “Million Minute Family Challenge”

The Million Minute Family Challenge encourages interaction and communication among family and friends by setting a national goal of playing games for a total of one million minutes from Sept. 1 through Dec. 31. Read more.

You can support API’s mission and take advantage of the knowledge and experience of API Live’s special guests by purchasing the mp3 recording. Every dollar of your purchase goes toward education, support and outreach for parents in need.

Lu Hanessian	Jean Illsley Clarke	Barbara Nicholson

Purchase this live recorded teleseminar to hear hosts Lu Hanessian and API co-founder Barbara Nicholson talk with Jean Illsley Clarke as they talk about current information regarding parenting and tough traits like greed, helplessness, and self-centeredness, and discuss:

* Can I give my children too much?* How do I recognize overindulgence?
* Toys, events, and activities: meeting the child’s needs or the parent’s needs?
* What effect does overindulgence have on effort, learning, and potential and my child’s life aspirations?
* Overindulgence and common parenting challenges like television/screen time and chores

About Jean Illsley Clarke

Jean Illsley Clarke, Ph.D., CFLE, coauthor of How Much is Enough? is author of more than twenty books including: Self-Esteem: A Family Affair and Growing Up Again: Parenting Ourselves, Parenting Our Children. Jean is a dynamic sought-after speaker who holds a Master of Arts degree in Human Development. Jean has been awarded two honorary doctorates. The first, from Sierra University and the second from Concordia University, St. Paul in the Spring of 2003. She is a teaching and supervising member of the International Transactional Analysis Association and a Nationally Certified Family Life Educator. Recently she was named Distinguished Alumna of the Year and given the Larry Wilson Award by theCollege of Human Ecology at the University of Minnesota.

The overindulgence project began in 1996 with the mission of studying the relationship between childhood overindulgence and subsequent adult problems and parenting practices. To date, David Bredehoft, Jean Illsley Clarke, Connie Dawson and our research assistants have completed five studies and currently have two additional studies in process investigating overindulgence involving a combined 2,614 participants to date.

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Monday, October 25th, 2010 9pm EST/6pm PST

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The MP3 recording of Homework, Bullies, and More:  Challenges at Home and School, with special guest Judy Arnall, is now available. Click here to purchase.

API Live! Presents

Homework, Bullies, and More:

Challenges at home and school

with Judy Arnall

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Purchase this call to hear hosts Lu Hanessian and API co-founder Lysa Parker talk with Judy Arnall about common school related issues including bullying, homework, time management and peer relationships.

The call will take place on Monday September 27th at 9PM EST/ 6PM EST.

Please submit your questions for Judy to API Live (apilive@attachmentparenting.org) in advance and we will try to address them during the call.

You can support API’s misson and take advantage of the knowledge and experience of API Live’s special guests by signing up today. Every dollar of your sign up fee goes toward education, support and outreach for parents in need.  And don’t wory about last minute conflicts–everyone who signs up will receive a link to download the MP3 the week after the event.  After purchase, you will get an email with the conference call dial-in details.

About Judy

Judy is the co-founder of Attachment Parenting Canada.She is an award-winning speaker, parenting expert and author of the bestseller “Discipline Without Distress: 135 Tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery.”  She has published numerous articles on a variety of parenting related topics as well as being a regular contributor and guest in Canadian Media.

Her background includes a B.A. degree, and an Advanced Toastmaster Silver speaker award. She has been employed by Alberta Health Services, Perinatal Education, for the past eleven years and Families Matter Society for ten years. Judy has delivered hundreds of quality parent education sessions to thousands of parents in schools, libraries, corporate workplaces, and social agencies. She teaches Parent Effectiveness Training at The University of Calgary, Continuing Education and speaks for LifeSpeak Inc. as well as Womens Health Resources and Southern Alberta Child and Youth Health Network. An authorized facilitator of the P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training) series, Judy has helped develop and present the Alberta wide “Terrific Toddlers” four-week course curriculum with Alberta Health Services’ Three Cheers for the Early Years Program.

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Purchase this special API Live! Teleseminar

Monday September 13 9PM EST/6 PM PST

Parenting Without Power Struggles

Raising Joyful Resilient Kids While Staying Cool Calm and Connected

With special guest Susan Stiffelman

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Hosts Lu Hanessian and Barbara Nicholson will speak with special guest Susan Stiffelman.

You’ll discover how to:

• Transform frustration and aggression into adaptation and cooperation
• Keep your cool when your kids push your buttons, talk back or refuse to “play nice”
• Nourish deep attachment with young and older kids
• Help your ADD’ish child survive and thrive, even if you’re ADD’ish yourself
• Inoculate your kids from negative thinking and peer pressure that lead to anger, anxiety, depression, or behavior issues
• Help children manage the emotional challenges of divorce

The call will take place on

Monday September 13 at 9PM EST/ 6PM EST.

Please submit your questions for Susan to API Live (apilive@attachmentparenting.org) in advance and we will try to address them during the call.

You can support API’s misson and take advantage of the knowledge and experience of API Live’s special guests by signing up today. Every dollar of your sign up fee goes toward education, support and outreach for parents in need.  And don’t wory about last minute conflicts–everyone who signs up will receive a link to download the MP3 the week after the event.  After purchase, you will get an email with the conference call dial-in details.

About Susan

Susan Stiffelman is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor, an Educational Therapist, Parent Educator and Professional Speaker. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Developmental Psychology from Johnston College/ University of Redlands, a California K-9 Teaching Credential, a Masters of Arts degree from Antioch University in Clinical Psychology, and a California Marriage and Family Therapist licensesince 1991.

Susan works with children, teens, adults, couples and families with academic, circumstantial, and/or emotional challenges, including anxiety, depression, relationship problems, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, AD/HD, explosive behavior, and communication problems.

She helps parents of young and grade school-aged children learn how to manage meltdowns, childhood anxiety, challenges with friends and siblings, academic bumps-in-the-road, and the various array of other typical childhood issues.

Susan also works extensively with teens and their parents, guiding them to reconnect with one another, move out of depression, resistance and the many other stumbling blocks of adolescence, and get back on track emotionally, academically and in their relationships.

Perhaps of most importance is the fact that everything Susan teaches has been “tested” as she has raised her now 17-year old son, who is still joyful, resilient, authentic…and appropriately cool with his Mom!

Lu Hanessian	Nadine Block	Barbara Nicholson

* the practice and effect of spanking on cognitive and physical well-being

* the confusion surrounding spanking and good behavior

* how our own childhood experience drives our decision to spank or not

* what to do if your spouse and you disagree on spanking

and more

* the practice and effect of spanking on cognitive and physical well-being

* the confusion surrounding spanking and good behavior

* how our own childhood experience drives our decision to spank or not

* what to do if your spouse and you disagree on spanking

and more.

Register for this call to hear hosts Lu Hanessian and API cofounder Barbara Nicholson talk

with Nadine Block

Founder and Director of the Center for Effective Discipline, Founder of the National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools; Past Regional Director, Chair of Governmental Relations for the National Association of School Psychologists; Co-Chair, End Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH -USA); Founder/Chair of SpankOut Day, USA “Raising Good Kids Without Hitting;” and Board Trustee National Child Protection Training Center

• What’s the issue? Here’s a summary to get you going. Or more: The Report on Physical Punishment in the United States: What Research Tells Us About Its Effects on Children
• Reality check on how physical punishment of children persists:
  • In the United States
    
  • Around the world
• Register for the API Live Teleseminar with Nadine Block on August 30 at 9pm EST and learn more about what you can do in your community to end corporal punishment, ask her your questions (apilive@attachmentparenting.org) and learn about H.R. 5628, the Ending Corporal Punishment in Schools Act.
• API Support Groups can make plans for next year’s Spank Out Day grants now, Applications are due in October 2010.

About Nadine Block

Nadine Block served from l987 to 2010 as the Executive Director of the Center for Effective Discipline, a non-profit organization which provides information about the effects of corporal punishment of children and alternatives. She serves as co-chair of End Physical Punishment of Children (EPOCH-USA).

Nadine has a long history of advocacy on behalf of children and families. She has served as a teacher, a school psychologist, and a consultant to mental health and child abuse prevention organizations. She developed policies and directed legislative action to affect bans on corporal punishment of children in schools at state and national levels. In 2009, a coalition of fifty organizations she coordinated achieved a ban on school paddling in Ohio making it the 30th state to do so.   Her commitment to ending all corporal punishment of children stems from a firm belief that children are entitled to the same right that all other citizens enjoy, to be free from physical assault.

She is recognized as a national leader in the effort to ban corporal punishment of children and has gained international recognition in that effort. She founded the Center for Effective Discipline and co-founded the National Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in Schools. She founded SpankOut Day USA April 30th and served as its coordinator from since l998. The Center provides mini-grants for non-profit agencies to support educational programs for parents on positive discipline and effects of physical punishment on SpankOut Day each year. More than 600 grants have been awarded. SpankOut Day April 30th is recognized internationally by NGO’s who observe the day with education programs for parents. The observance is sometimes called “No Hitting Day” or “No Smacking Day.”  She is a founder emeritus of Support for Talented Students, non-profit organization which provides scholarships for programs outside of the regular school day for gifted and talented students.

Nadine has appeared before the Human Rights Commission of the Organization of American States on this issue and has presented workshops overseas at the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, She was invited to attend a UNICEF regional consultation on Violence Against Children in 2005, and a meeting of the Committee on the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child in Geneva, Switzerland.

She organized the development and dissemination of a research report on physical punishment of children and youth for EPOCH-USA. The Report on Physical Punishment in the United States: What Research Tells Us About Its Effects on Children, authored by Elizabeth T. Gershoff, PhD, brings together over one hundred years of social science research and dozens of published studies on physical punishment conducted by professionals in the fields of psychology, medicine, education, social work, and sociology, among other fields.  The report has been endorsed by many major family/child serving organizations in the U.S.

Nadine has been interviewed by many live and print media sources including Larry King Live, Hannity and Comb, ABC News, New York Times, USA Today, Good Morning America, BBC Channel 4, London, CBS 48 Hours, Redbook, Reuters Health Network, NBC Today, Family Circle Magazine, PBS, Youth Today, Village Voice, Parenting Magazine, Time Magazine, and many state and local newspapers.

She has received awards from Prevent Child Abuse America (Donna Stone Award), the Ohio PTA (Oak Tree Award), the National Association of School Psychologists (Friend of Children), the Child Abuse and Neglect Committee of the Ohio Academy of Pediatrics and several others. Nadine is active in her community in a variety of organizations and has held leadership positions in several of them. She is married and the grandmother of ten children.