Our teacher training workshops motivate teachers to learn and use the self-management tools in the classroom.

Parenting Programs
Today’s Challenges for Parents

Our Programs

Our sessions provide adults with the skills, tools and vocabulary needed to guide children into self-management behavior.

We offer single or series of workshops. Each of our ten workshops, in English or Spanish, can be presented to parents in the morning, afternoon or evening during the school year. Parents who attend at least 8 of the workshops are awarded a Certificate from the school and from us.

Every workshop is divided into two parts: Group and Individual.

The Group Session (two hours) includes learning activities, discussions, and time for questions and answers. Parents get a chance to practice self-management skills in the workshop before using them at home. Participants receive handouts that can be reviewed at home with their families. Some schools like to involve the students in some of these workshops.

Individual Sessions (one and a half hours) are held at the end of the workshop. This time is dedicated to parents, guardians, and families who want to discuss individual issues. Teachers can refer families of children who are experiencing self-management problems.

Please contact us for a list of topics and to discuss program costs. Our professional fees can be arranged to fit your school’s budget.

Teacher Training Workshops

Programs for Students,
Kindergarten to 5th Grade

Our lessons help students acquire life skills by practicing self-management techniques.

Our sessions are interactive, respectful and fun. We use stories, role playing and energy games to allow children to express themselves, listen to and help others, make good choices, manage their attitudes, and handle their anger.

The collection of chapter books, The Adventures of Elly and Tigy, reviews the concepts learned in the classroom. They encourage imagination, they build awareness and they improve thinking skills.

Self-Management Results

We have presented our Self-Management for Kids program (in English and Spanish) to students in low-income elementary schools especially in the Montebello (CA) Unified School District (just east of Los Angeles) and in other districts.

 In schools with Self-Management for Kids, the learning climate dramatically changes. Classroom management becomes easier. Teachers report an increase in student attentiveness and participation. Homework is handled easily by all who consider themselves self-managers. Put-downs and bullying are significantly reduced. Principals report seeing fewer ‘rule-breakers’ in their offices. 

It is a joy to walk into a schoolyard and see children playing happily and peacefully. It is exciting and touching to be in a classroom filled with children who enjoy their work and who help each other. These are some of the results of Self-Management for Kids.

In summary, Self-Management for Kids has helped to create changes in school behavior and culture. It has contributed to the successes of schools. In addition to changing behaviors in school and at home, all of the schools with the program have substantially increased their annual test scores.

Special Awards

These schools received special awards after the Self-Management for Kids program was implemented. 

Montebello Gardens Elementary School was honored by the National Center for Urban School Transformation as one of twelve schools in the nation which have demonstrated exemplary gains in student performance. After our program, Montebello Gardens student attendance rates were over 92% and their school’s state assessment scores were higher than the state average and among the top ten percent of schools serving comparable populations of students.

Potrero Heights Elementary School received recognition from the California Department of Education as a California Distinguished School.

For more information, please contact:

    María Escudé Reifler
    mereifler@yahoo.com
    310-508-8286