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EPE Presents: ROBIN GRILLE, Author of Parenting for a Peaceful World

Echo Parenting & Education (EPE) is excited to present renowned Australian author, Robin Grille, on December 11 & 12 as part of his U.S. speaking tour. During these two days, he will conduct workshops on how we can better connect with children and nurture their emotional intelligence in order to move us toward a more peaceful and just world.

Robin Grille is a father, psychologist in private practice, and a parenting educator. His articles on parenting and child development have been widely published and translated around the world. Grille’s first book, Parenting for a Peaceful World, was a core text in the development of EPE’s nonviolent parenting philosophy. His second book, Heart to Heart Parenting, has recently been published in the U.S. 

Whether you are a parent, teacher or other child-focused professional, we have something for you!!

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Some details are still being ironed out, but you can check our website www.echoparenting.org or call us (213) 484-6676 for updates!

Workshop One: Connecting with your toddler and child

– setting boundaries without punishment, shaming or manipulation

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Date: December 11th

Time: Day Time TBD

Location: TBD

Language: Spanish 

Description: This workshop looks at how we can connect with our children and set strong boundaries without relying on punishment, shaming and rewards.

  • A brief history of punishment and shaming
  • Why smacking and other forms of punishment are ineffective
  • Being effective and being assertive means being ‘real’
  • Learn appropriate expression of your (the parent’s) needs and limits
  • Active listening
  • The key ingredients of a deep connection with your child

This presentation is for parents, grandparents, child health professionals, early childhood teachers and careers.

Workshop Two: Connecting with your toddler and child

– setting boundaries without punishment, shaming or manipulation

Date: December 11th

Time: Evening 7-9pm

Location: TBD

Language: English

Description: This workshop looks at how we can connect with our children and set strong boundaries without relying on punishment, shaming and rewards.

  • A brief history of punishment and shaming
  • Why smacking and other forms of punishment are ineffective
  • Being effective and being assertive means being ‘real’
  • Learn appropriate expression of your (the parent’s) needs and limits
  • Active listening
  • The key ingredients of a deep connection with your child

This presentation is for parents, grandparents, child health professionals, early childhood teachers and careers.

Workshop three: "Parenting for a Peaceful World" (geared toward professionals)

Date: December 12th

Time: Daytime 10am-12pm

Location: TBD

Language: English

Description: Robin Grille invites you on a journey that begins with the surprising and often shocking history and evolution of parenting. With the aid of recent revolutionary discoveries about early childhood development and the human brain, the history of childhood offers vital clues about the roots of human violence and social disharmony.

This inspirational lecture, based on Robin Grille’s book of the same title, will provide a fascinating look at parenting customs that have shaped societies and major world events, revealing how children adapt to parenting styles and how these experiences underpin the adults they become and, ultimately, the way the world is structured.

Robin Grille draws upon revolutionary new research to argue that safeguarding children’s emotional development is the key to creating a more peaceful and harmonious world.

Robin emphasizes that our future rests on the way we care for parents, and the way we treat children. This presentation takes you from past horrors to present hope. You will learn how recent fundamental changes in child-rearing approaches have shifted human consciousness, giving birth to modern movements for human rights, justice, democracy, equality and sustainability. You will also learn how these universal issues impact on the way that we work with young children and their families.

Certainly, there is much more work to do. But what would the future hold for humanity if these positive reforms in child-rearing continue to grow? What is your personal role in this unfolding global movement? 

Workshop Four: Love, Fear and Shame in Education

-A thought-provoking seminar about revolutionary approaches to education that enhance learning and self-motivation, while dramatically reducing violence in schools.

Date: December 12th

Time: Daytime 10am-12pm

Location: TBD

Language: English/Spanish

Description: This thought-provoking workshop is about an education revolution that is sweeping the world and transforming the classroom as we know it. You will discover that a new educational paradigm, based on collaboration, intrinsic motivation and children’s individual interests, is having an unexpected result: it sharply reduces the incidence of bullying and school violence.

Topics we will explore:

  • What is the most powerful motivating force for learning?
  • The power of play-based education
  • What are some of the many, diverse examples of child-centered education and emergent curricula around the world, and what defines them?
  • How widespread is the new phenomenon of child-centered (emergent) curricula around the world?
  • The role of emotional intelligence in new education models
  • The effects of shame in competition-based models
  • How gold stars and other reward systems harm learning – and why educational psychologists don’t tell us!
  • Why student participation in curriculum design reduces violence and other behavioral problems in and out of the classroom
CONTACT US!
(213) 484-6676
www.echoparenting.org
aortiz@echoparenting.org
jletarte@echoparenting.org

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