Two Glenbard Parent Series programs Feb. 12 to focus on improved behavior
On Tuesday, Feb. 12, the Glenbard Parent Series Navigating Healthy Families will present a day with investigative journalist Katherine Reynolds Lewis, author of "The Good News About Bad Behavior: Why Kids Are Less Disciplined Than Ever and What to Do About It."
Lewis will give these two presentations.
• "Why Won't Kids Do What You Want" will be offered at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Glenbard West High School, 670 Crescent Blvd. in Glen Ellyn.
Drawing on her personal experience, as well as the latest research on play, technology and failure, Lewis will share a new model of discipline and outline a theory that centers on listening and building a child's skills to address the root causes of misbehavior. Learn learn how you can help young people teens grow their independence, foster mental health and develop the motivation to behave well.
Parents and guardians will learn to respond to their children's misbehavior instead of reacting to it so that they get the results they want - children who are self-disciplined, confident and better equipped to handle life's challenges.
• "The Good News About Bad Behavior/Early Childhood" will be presented at 9:30 a.m. Feb. 12 at Marquardt School District 15 administration center, 1860 Glen Ellyn Road in Glendale Heights. For this presentation, Lewis will address her remarks to parents, guardians and caregivers of children, age 3 to 10.
A recent study of first-graders found they could sit still for no more than three minutes, only a quarter of the time that their peers could in 1950. Master the skills to build self-control, strengthen empathy and connection, and peacefully resolve family conflict.
Journalist Katherine Reynolds Lewis spent five years investigating this crisis: observing families at the dinner table, meeting educators who are transforming the school experience for kids with attention and mood disorders, studying psychological research, and looking introspectively at her own parenting habits. Reynolds Lewis is an award-winning independent journalist, author and speaker based in Washington D.C. and a certified parent educator. She contributes to The Atlantic online, Fortune magazine, USA Today's magazine group, the Washington Post and Working Mother magazine. Her byline has also appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek, MSN Money, Money, the New York Times, Parade, Slate, and the Washington Post Magazine. Her story for Mother Jones magazine about school discipline went viral after it was published in July 2015, becoming the site's most-viewed piece. In two decades as a journalist, her work has won recognition from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Chicago Headline Club. She has appeared on CNN, NPR, Bloomberg television and radio, and HuffPo Live, as well as numerous radio programs nationally and internationally.
Continuing professional development units are available.
GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation, Glenbard Early Childhood Collaborative, Holiday Inn/Carol Stream, Prevention Leadership Team of the DuPage County Health Department and Birth to 5 Community Coalition District 93.
For information, visit www.glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at (630) 942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.