Positive Discipline Association
 

PD-2005-07-22.mp3
Episode Twelve
. An interview with Kelly Pfeiffer. Kelly, the mother of two children, is a Certified Positive Discipline Associate and Certified Child Care provider trainer from Greenville, SC, who enjoys using the Positive Discipline concepts with her own family and sharing them with other parents and teachers in her community.
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Episode Eleven. An interview with Suzanne Smitha. Suzanne is a school psychologist who was instrumental in changing her school’s discipline approach to Positive Discipline in 1990, resulting in a reduction in discipline referrals and improvement in the entire climate of the school. She has provided in-service to dozens of schools in the southeast with the desire to make similar changes. She also maintains a private practice in school psychology and conducts workshops, lectures, and parent groups on a variety of topics.
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Episode Ten. An Interview with Dina Emser. Dina is a Positive Discipline Associate with over 20 years of experience in education. She has taught every grade level - pre kindergarten through the eighth grade - as well as college level students, teachers and parents. For nine years she served as the principal of an Adlerian elementary/middle school whose staff incorporated the Positive Discipline principles including classroom meetings. Currently Dina works as a Certified Professional Coach working with individuals and organizations who want to maximize their effectiveness. She also presents Positive Discipline workshops to schools and agencies
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Episode Nine. An Interview with Mary Hughes. Mary is the co-author on Positive Discipline in the Christian Home. This book is currently out of print but will soon be available as an e-book on www.focusingonsolutions.com. Mary discuses equality in parenting and give some examples from her experiences doing workshops in  Nebraska.
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Episode Eight. An Interview with Jane Weed-Pomerantz. Jane is a Certified Positive Discipline Associate from Santa Cruz CA. Jane discuses how to work with teenagers.
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Episode Seven. An interview with Sahara Pirie. Sahara is a Certified Positive Discipline Associate from Shoreline Washington. She discusses the concept of mutual respect in a new model, as I respect you, I respect me.
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Episode Six. An interview with Kay Rogers. Kay was a teacher for 35 years (including one year in Germany) before she retired. She is how the administrator for the non-profit Positive Discipline Association ( www.posdis.org ). She lives in Charlotte, NC
Kay discusses her initial reluctance to try Positive Discipline in her classroom and her success with the program.
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Episode Five. An interview with Teresa LaSala CPDA.
Teresa has 23 years nursing experience in the areas of Pediatric Child Development, Pediatric Critical Care, and Cardiac/Medical Care. In recent years she has worked one-on-one in school classroom settings with classified children and children with special medical needs. Through her work, experience as past president of an International Community Service Organization and through being a mother of two, Teresa gained the knowledge and expertise needed to successfully facilitate workshops in Teaching Parenting and Positive Discipline in the Classroom.
Teresa has many years experience working in the classroom with PDC as well as Teaching Parenting workshops. She became a Certified Positive Discipline Associate in January of 2004 and currently serves on the PDA Board.
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