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THE AGE old practice of West. Vancouver psychologist The Active Parenting course
: : : By KIM PEMBERTON Alana Schroeder uses video to in- provides a step-by-step technique
parenting 18 being taught News Reporter struct parents in effective paren- to learn how to be a better parent.
with a new concept. ting skills. “It’s a course to improve the
relationship you have with your
child,’’ said Schroeder, herself a
mother of three, ages two, 10 and

13.

The video uses professional ac-
tors with children from the ages of
four to late teens who portray typ-
ical day-to-day hassles, Schroeder
says.

“The video has been very suc-
cessful because people can identify
with the vignettes,’’ she said,

Schroeder said her Active
Parenting course makes use of
video technology ii the course’s six
14-hour segments.

After viewing the vignettes of
typical family situations, partici-
pants discuss the situations and
review chapters in a detailed
handbook, she says.

The Active Parenting course was
created in Atlanta, Georgia, by Dr.
Michael Popkin, a child and fami-
ly counselor.

“GROWING

According to Dr. Popkin,
“Disciplining a child or teen oc-
curs within the context of a rela-
tionship. If that relationship is
good the discipline works; if the
relationship is not good the
discipline simply produces addi-
tional conflict."”

Dr. Popkin said Active Paren-
ting is not psychotherapy, but
rather a review of basics that every
parent already knows.

“There is no dwelling on who
did what and why, but rather a
positive move-ahead promise that
it’s never too late to evolve
change.’’

The handbook includes chapters
such as Keeping the Lines Open:
Avoiding Communication Blocks,
Freedom and the Limits to
Freedom, Parenting and Anger,
and ABCs of Behavior.

Schroeder said she would like to
see between eight and 10 parents
per course. The first session begins
sometime in mid-September. For
more details contact her at 926-
5910.

-PAINS.””

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ALANA SCHROEDER, a West Vancouver psychologist, gocs over a lesson in effective parenting skills with a
group of parents. What makes this parenting course unique is the use of video. The vignettes illustrate common
“day-to-day hassles” that arise when rearing children.

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