I love the stories/vignettes relating
to your program and conversations with the
kids. I love your knowledge and passion, they
come through in everything you say
Jeff Johnson, Author, NAFCC Board
Patricia's story so perfectly
illustrated the mutual respect that must exist
between a birthmother and the adoptive couple.
Her presentation touched each of the families.
If you are a member of a group planning a training event
and would like to book one of my keynotes or workshops, email
me at pdischler@wildblue.net
or call 608-544-2733.
TURNING THE JOB YOU LOVE INTO THE CAREER
YOU'LL KEEP!
When you open your door, you open the door to a child's
future. Learn how to obtain the satisfaction, appreciation,
and lasting success you deserve from your work so you can
open that door for years to come! Discover the secret to
professionalism in child care: ATTITUDE! Improve your image,
improve your business practices and raise the quality of
care you provide. Get started on the road to success today
so you can be there for the children tomorrow.
BUILDING PARTNERSHIPS: Parents &
Providers Working Together!
We have the same goal: raising happy, healthy children.
So why does it feel like parents and providers are on opposite
sides of the fence? Let's jump that fence and learn to understand
and respect each other! Through stories that will make you
laugh - and make you cry - we'll discover the foundations
for great relationships that last for years.
CRAZY FOR KIDS:
Are we in child care because we're crazy or are we crazy
because we're in child care! What's so strange about wanting
to spend a day changing diapers, wiping noses, breaking
up fights, getting bit and spit up on? Nothing! The love
of children can drive us to do a lot of strange things so
let's learn to embrace this silliness and use it to our
advantage. Find out how to harness your crazy side, put
some fun and happiness into YOUR day, and bring some happiness
into the lives of children.
CONTROLLING THE CRAZINESS: An Administrators
Guide
When everything around us seems to be going crazy - the
kids, the parents, the staff - we're the ones who need to
keep our sanity, right? Wrong! Learn how embracing the craziness
of your business can be the key to creating a positive,
stress-free environment for all the families and staff in
your care. Learn to tackle problems head on with a smile!
OTHER KEYNOTE TOPICS: Keynote presentation can be tailor-made
specifically for your conference based on your theme. Contact
Patricia to discuss your needs.
How to build your reputation, build your enrollment, and
build successful partnerships with families. Participants
will take the first steps in creating their own "Parent
Handbook" of information and policies that showcases
their individualities, learn to create an effective marketing
plan and practice proven interviewing techniques.
TALES FROM THE TRAILS
Tips and Tricks of the professionals to get you what you
need and what you want for less time and money. From organization
to toys, ideas to make your day go easier and your budget
go farther. Bring your best tips to share! Presenter will
share dozens of ideas gathered over the years and participants
will go home with a bag of goodies to help them reduce stress,
communicate with parents, create inexpensive activities
and toys, be more organized and get the most out of their
day!
COMMUNICATING WITH PARENTS 101
The biggest obstacle in meeting the goals we have for
the children or our business is: the parents! Learn how
to bring parents into your child care family and make them
partners. Decode what the parents are telling you and get
to the heart of their issues. Create an environment that
supports an open flow of communication and provide opportunities
for successful collaboration. We'll work together on solving
problems - and preventing them so you can leave with the
tools you need to reach all the parents and reach all your
goals for the children.
The following lectures are can be made to fit conference
needs for breakout sessions or expanded for an individual
training event.
Policies and More: Creating a Parent
Handbook
Show parents the philosophy and goals that drive your
business by creating a Parent Handbook that includes school
information, policies and procedures and contract information.
Learn how this tool can aid in discussing tough topics with
parents and conducting interviews.
The Parents Can't Hear Me!
Learn general principals for successful communication
with parents, specific techniques to reach all the parents
and guidelines for conducting interviews and conferences.
Creating a Professional Attitude &
Image
Providers are shown where to find the strength from within
to see themselves as professionals. Gaining respect and
appreciation from others begins with how you see yourself.
Topics covered: professional attitude, professional image
and the benefits/barriers providers face on the road to
professionalism.
Your Space/Their Space: Creating Inspirational
Child Care Environments
A child care space needs to do so much - support education,
inspire, provide safety, minimize conflicts. Yet it should
do even more - reflect the personalities of those who are
in it! Learn how to create a space that not only supports
the goals for the children - but supports those who teach
in it as well! The children deserve a great place to learn
- and you deserve a great place to work!
Tips and Tricks
Who's got extra time and money? No one! Get dozens of
ideas to make your job easier, create inexpensive activities
and toys, share your best tips and go home with a treasure
trove of tricks to help you with the kids, the parents and
your budget!
Fabulous Fieldtrips!
Open the world to the children in your care! Tips for
every step of the way will take away any fears. Receive
a "magic field trip bag" supply list and dozens of ideas
on where to go and resources to use to find new places specific
to your area.
Marketing & Interviews
Learn the techniques that will fill your openings before
they happen and the interview skills to find the partnerships
your business deserves! Topics covered: building a professional
image, marketing, advertising, professional phone skills,
interviewing.
From Braggers To Biters
Take a fun look at some of the troublesome behaviors we
encounter in children. Come and share your frustrations
- and your successes! We'll work together to find creative
ways to solve these problems and also take some time to
discover what life lessons we can learn from them to help
us gain a new perspective and appreciate the good even in
the worst situations.
Teaching the 3 Cs: Creativity, Curiosity
& Courtesy
Before we can teach them the 3 Rs, we need to instill
in our children a love of learning, problem solving techniques
and positive social skills. These are the basis for further
learning and the windows to a bright, imaginative, and successful
future!
Learn how your child's beginnings affect who they are
and how you can support them in building a strong, positive
self-image. Hear from a birthmother's perspective how adoptive
parents have the power to overcome fears and negativity
in adoption and set the standard for their child's view
of being adopted.
Adoptive parent training. Fulfills requirements for
the following Wisconsin Core Competencies for Adoptive Parent
Education: I-B,H,I; II:B,H; VI:A,B,C,D
Open Adoption: Trusting in Strangers
for the Sake of a Child
Learn the elements of a successful open adoption. Overcome
fears to build trust and respect for your child's birth
family and see the positive ripple it sends throughout your
own family. Learn what it is that birthmother's want most
and what your child needs from both families.
Adoptive parent training. This training also covers
the competency areas mentioned above but with a stronger
focus on open adoption relationships.
Because I Loved You: A Birthmother's
View of Open Adoption
Understand the life-long impact of adoption on birthmother's
and their families. Learn the key to helping pregnant women
make a choice without regrets, how the role of each triad
member and counselors affects the outcome, and how to help
adoptive parents take those first steps towards building
trust.
Training for pregnancy and adoption counselors who
counsel birthmothers and adoptive parents.
In order for your child to get the most out of their child
care experience, parents and providers need to establish
positive relationships and foster effective communication.
Learn the keys to successful, honest, communication. Through
stories that will make you laugh - and make you cry - we'll
discover the foundations for great relationships that support
your child's growth and learning potential.
From Braggers To Biters
Take a fun look at some of the troublesome behaviors we
encounter in children. Come and share your frustrations
- and your successes! We'll work together to find creative
ways to solve these problems and also take some time to
discover what life lessons we can learn from them to help
us gain a new perspective and appreciate the good even in
the worst situations.
Teaching the 3 Cs: Creativity, Curiosity
& Courtesy
Before we can teach them the 3Rs, we need to instill in
our children a love of learning, problem solving techniques
and positive social skills. These are the basis for further
learning and the windows to a bright, imaginative, and successful
future!
Secrets of a Child Care Professional
Ever wonder how your child's daycare provider can handle
a large group of children when you have trouble staying
organized with one? Learn all the tricks of the trade that
save time and money and keep you organized when raising
children. Dozens of ideas in a variety of areas to help
you tap into the secrets those in the child care field have
learned from years of experience!
Fabulous Family Fieldtrips!
Open the world to your children and your entire family!
Tips for every step of the way will take away any fears.
Receive a "magic field trip bag" supply list and dozens
of ideas on where to go and resources to use to find new
places specific to your area. Find out how to get the most
out of any outing you take with your children and turn it
into a fun and educational experience.
Early
Childhood Consortium of the Omaha Area Full Day Training:
Being the Best You Can Be! 28 Evaluations completed
Date: October 10, 2009 Location: ESU#3, Omaha, Nebraska
How I will use the information
presented today:
• Very useful
• Use ideas in my class
• Share with the teacher who makes all of
the decisions
• Guidelines for creating activities and building
relationships with parents
• I've gotten many ideas to work with infants
and ideas to pass on to my pre-school co-workers
• Some great thing to try with kids loved
the spice rack storage idea
• This workshop acted as a self-check! It
was great to see that we were doing some of her
suggestions! We're on
our way!
• To better my preschool
• Got ideas to build better communication
with parents
• Reading books – handouts very informative
• Implementing the things I can do lists especially
the partnerships with parents ideas
• Improve/change my in-home program
• Share with center staff and providers through
training
• In my home daycare
• I will go back to my daycare and use a lot
of games with my children
• Loved loved loved the three "C”s.
I work in an after-school program (not a day-care)
but I know I will use these in
the curriculum. Also – great organization
tips. Thanks for sharing, Pat!
• To make a better Daycare all around
• To enhance my organization skills and parent
relationships
• Perform my job differently – new ways
of looking at the "same old thing”
• She gave some really great ideas I will
apply to my class.
The strengths of the workshop:
• Love of her profession
– the kids
• Was good
• Moved fast, good ideas that are practical
• Interesting good timing
• You can tell Pat has passion and she loves
children!
• Pat shared so much not just professional
items, but also personal. What a treasure! (Enjoyed
the pictures!)
• All the different activities
• Information given
• Visuals/hands on material great usable ideas
• Excellent
• Information provided was very useful
• Moved along well through the information
– lots of information that was relative to
work
• She brought lots of examples to help understand
information
• Very informational and good visuals
• Very interesting
• Good ideas to use in contract to handbook
• All the information
• Good, interesting speakers
• Patricia Dischler is an excellent speaker!
Her enthusiasm and creative ideas are wonderful!
• Energetic speaker – visual supports
to her talk kept it interesting
• Excellent
Ways the workshop could
be improved:
• Shorten
• Spice up some content
• It's fine
• More hands on group interaction
• I like it – can't think of any improvement
• Enjoyed the workshop
• It was good workshop
• Longer – such great info!
• More hands on things
Thank you so much, I was
so afraid of having an open relationship with the
birthmother but you have shown me that it can be
a wonderful experience, now I can't wait!
I want to buy a book for
my son, his birthmother and every relative we have!
How wonderful to see the love that is returned when
respect is given.
You made me feel what you
felt - I could picture every scene.
My child will know that he
is loved because of your story, thank you.
Iowa AEYC Conference, Des Moines, IA
Tri-State Child Care Conference, South Sioux City, NE
Siouxland Professional Family Childcare Association, South
Sioux City, NE
Catholic Charities Birthparent Support Group Meeting, Madison,
WI
Lutheran Social Services Adoptive Parent Training, Milwaukee,
WI
Adoption Resources Counselor Training, Milwaukee, WI
National Family Child Care Association Conference, Orlando,
FL
Early Childhood Expo, Honolulu, Hawaii
Wisconsin Family Child Care State Conference, Wisconsin
Dells, WI
UW Platteville Early Childhood Conference, Platteville,
WI
Iowa Family Child Care Association, Cedar Rapids, IA
Siouxland Resource & Referral Agency Training, LeMars, IA
Providers Taking Action Conference, Milwaukee, WI
Janesville CHAOS Providers Support Group Meeting, Janesville,
WI
Catholic Charities Adoptive Parents Training, Madison, WI
Minnesota AEYC Conference, Minneapolis, MN
Wisconsin AEYC Conference, Madison, WI
August – spending time with family! Booking Fall/Spring fast so call now to see if your date is available – 608-544-2733
