Parent Leadership Conference 2017

Overview and orientation of the 2017 Parent Leadership Conference.

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When we wipe away the behavioral and contextual circumstances and questions that typically define who we are and how we engage with others, we find a truer understanding of our deepest, unwavering core values and begin to discover how we experience, engage with and respond to the people and the world around us - and why. This knowledge leads to stronger relationships in every area of life; personally & professionally, children & adults, family & friends, and leads to achieving one's highest and greatest contributions to themselves and others. In this program, we will offer the opportunity for each attendee to take this revolutionary assessment and couple it with a playful, insightful and eye-opening keynote to unpack, understand and effectively apply the content and knowledge to one's life, business, career, and relationships.

Before the conference please complete the Core Values Index (CVI) at http://members.taylorprotocols.com/Tools/CVIGift.aspx?GiftHash=5ac7631a-02f8-1031-b155-bf7f3badb170.

The presentation brings forth the leadership theory of Positive Deviance. Rather than following top-down experts to solve problems, the positive deviance (PD) approach empowers parents and ordinary people impacted by an issue, to discover solutions for themselves. Positive Deviance is successfully implemented in over forty countries in which there is a letting go of traditional ideas about authority and power, and allowing parents to be innovators, and be leaders of change to solve problems and improve programs.

At the end of this session the participant will be able to:

• Describe the successful leadership theory of Positive Deviance and why the leadership approach is a positive way for parents to be the innovators to implement change.
• Complete a positive change plan using the Positive Deviance approach on an issue of choice.

One scary truth about early childhood? Tantrums are normal. With that said, responding appropriately can be a tricky task! This presentation is designed to help participants understand what is going on inside the brain of a tantruming child and help said child calm down and communicate through the storm.

At the end of this session participants will be able to:

• decipher key differences between various types of tantrums.
• identify a minimum of three techniques that appropriately help children to calm in the midst of a tantrum. 

Paul shows their importance of and they learn how these “three” actually are a loving thing to provide and follow through with. Parents see how internal drivers set up obstacles to receiving, providing and applying structure.

At the end of this session the participant will be able to:

• Identify their hurdles in applying loving structure
• Use effective tools to apply loving structure, to follow through and be consistent

Discover the impact that self-esteem has on choices, for adults and kids. Learn ways to recognize how we forget who we are and how to remember the truth - that we are all amazing, wonderful, smart, capable and loved - our brains just get in the way!

At the end of this session the participant will be able to:

• Understand how self-esteem is formed and what to do when it's low
• Use tools to repair self-esteem in ourselves and support our kids to do the same

This upbeat and musical keynote reminds us that the journey as a parent includes both the pits and perils of parenting, as well as the pleasures and payoffs. And because we parents are the child's first and most important teacher, it's important we do it the best we can, the first time. Let’s have some fun while we reaffirm our serious goal to be the best dads and moms we can be, and review some important skills and strategies to help us succeed in our journey through the pits & pleasures of parenting.

At the end of this session the participant will be able to:

• Identify and better understand both their own pits & perils they face, and the pleasures & payoffs they receive as a parent, and can explain at least one way to better manage their challenges as parents.
• Explain at least 1-2 other skills or technique covered that they can use to be more congruent, resilient and effective as a parent.