Parenting Workshop

Parenting Workshop

Parents as Teachers

~Learning Opportunities for Parents at SIS~
The time a child spends with a teacher and with their parent’s influences and develops their self-concept and values.
At Shonan International School both parents and teachers learn social and emotional skills to support our child’s mental health.

Philosophy

SIS provides compulsory workshops for parents and teachers. These workshops are to learn about the social and emotional developments of each child. During these workshops, we discuss how we, as adults can implement the same strategies to help support the children’s’ social and emotional well-being.
Positive Reinforcement will include attitude such as：

  • Express in words and convey the child’s strengths
  • To accept the child’s understanding towards things
  • Not to compare with siblings and others
  • To trust the child’s decision and abilities
  • To be able to apologize to the child when we did something
  • To be able to request for a child’s help.
  • To understand the role of the adult vs. that of the child

Parents will learn to use encouragement using positive reinforcement appropriate to the development stage of their child.

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Workshop themes

  • Basics
    Level.1
    • ROUTINES
    • TRUST
    • SELF HELP
    • SOCIAL & EMOTIONAL
    • CHILD BEHAVIOR
    • DEVELOPMENT
    • ENCOURAGEMENT
    • LISTEN
    • COMMUNICATION
    • LOGICAL CONSEQUENCE & NATURAL CONSEQUENCE
  • Play years
    Level.2
    • COMPLIMENTS
    • SPECIAL TIME
    • TAKE YOUR TIME
    • VALIDATE FEELINGS
    • AVOID PAMPERING
    • DO VS. DON’T
    • SMALL STEPS
    • AGREEMENT
    • FOLLOW THROUGH
    • FOCUS ON SOLUTIONS
  • School
    Years I
    Level.3
    • ENHANCE YOUR SELF ESTEEM
    • COMPASSION
    • PRINCIPLES
    • RELIABILITY
    • CRITICAL THINKING
    • ACT WITH WORDS
    • WIN COOPERATION
    • TOLERANCE
    • UNDERSTANDING THE BRAIN
    • EMPOWERING VS. ENABLE
  • School
    Years II
    Level.4
    • EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION
    • WHY RULES?
    • RESPONSIBILITY AND LIFE SKILLS
    • COOPERATION, PROBLEM SOLVING- 3RS OF RECOVERY
    • ENCOURAGING POSITIVE STRATEGIES
    • POWER OF CONSISTENCY
    • ENCOURAGE SOCIAL THINKING
    • REPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS OF OTHERS
    • ASSESSING OWN ATTITUDES
    • WAYS TO DEAL WITH EMOTIONS

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Private Coaching

Private coaching is available to parents of unregistered children as well.

Common concerns

  • My child will not sleep at bedtime.
  • Why does my child cry after meals?
  • My child puts everything in her mouth.
  • Why will my child fight everything?
  • What do I do when my child grabs a toy from a friend?
  • How do I teach my child mannerss?
  • How do I teach my child to be considerate?
  • I work fulltime. How do I spend my limited time helping my child to develop all five senses?
  • I don’t know how to discipline.
  • My child lies. What do I do?
  • How do I get my child interested in studying?
  • My child will not pick up after herself.
  • I do not know how to stop sibling fights.
  • What do I do to get my child to concentrate on her studies?

Please fill out the following form to sign up for a phone or in-person private coaching.

  • Requests for Private Coaching may be made by phone or Private Coaching Form.
  • A date will be decided on (if request is made by Form, the Workshop team will telephone to finalize a time).
  • Parents will be asked to submit payment and also any information pertaining to coaching, by the day of Private Coaching.
  • Please call at appointment time.
  • Start of Private Coaching.

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Quick facts

Date Saturday or Sunday (once a month)
Number of workshops 10~12 workshops a year (not the case for mid-school year transfer students)
For Fathers and Mothers (both parents encouraged to attend)
Child Care Provided for additional fee
Workshop Language Japanese
Alternative options for absences Please inquire
Workshop participation required for all parents of Kindergarten and Grade School parents
Textbooks, supplies Writing materials only (textbooks will be provided)

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