The Jai Institute for Parenting is a leading organization that offers a parent coach certification program, focusing on improving parent-child relationships and empowering families through a science and research-based methodology.  

They teach parents to replace power-over strategies ("if you don’t do this, I’ll do this!") or power-under strategies ("I don’t want my child to be upset!") with their Empowered Communication Framework, which provide parents with the ability to parent effectively without using punishments, consequences, threats, bribes or other manipulative tactics that cause emotional and developmental harm to children. 

Their mission is to teach parents how to raise emotionally healthy children without compromising values, limits and boundaries. 

Their curriculum is based on the work of:

Dr. Daniel Siegel 

Dr. Ross Greene

Dr. Laura Markham, 

Adele Faber 

Elaine Mazlish

Dr. Tina Bryson 

Dr. Mona Delahooke 

Dr Marshall Rosenberg

Dr Marc Brackett

Dr Allan Schore

Lawrence Cohen

Alfie Kohn

Dr Stephen Porgess

Irene Lyon

Note: This is not an exhaustive list.  

For more information, check out Jai Institute for Parenting.

20 videos (with optional video transcripts) & 11 workbooks

-Managing your emotions

-Resolving conflicts

-Setting healthy boundaries

-Increasing cooperation and collaboration

-Connecting with your child(ren) at a deeper level

-Improving communication with your child(ren)

-Understanding your child(ren) better

For more details, please read the answers to the next question, "What are the topics covered in JIFP's online curriculum?"

Week 1: Reflections & Intentions

Set your intentions and reflections.

WEEK 2: Strengths & Values 

Identify your goals, strengths, and values. Explore how you support yourself through stress.

WEEK 3: The 10 Pillars of Transformational Parent

Learn about The 10 Pillars of Transformational Parenting, which is what hold us in a secure foundation as we traverse the terrain of conscious, transformational parenting.  

WEEK 4: Attachment Science

Explore your generational patterns of connection, intimacy, and relational safety. 

WEEK 5: Nervous System Science 

Learn sensory calming tools for you and your children. The physiology of parenting is the cutting edge of understanding our internal world as parents and the internal world of our children. With understanding, comes calm. With information, comes internal safety.  

WEEK 6: Mindsight and Brain Science

Learn common obstacles that keep us from practicing mindsight with our children. Learn seven tools to increase our mindsight. 

WEEK 7: Emotional Intelligence

Dive into how we can support our children’s emotional development. The heart of Empowered Parenting is understanding how our physiology, brain, and emotions work together to create our inner orchestra. Understanding emotional intelligence provides both the parent and the child with inner and outer freedom to live whole, full, exuberant lives together. 

WEEK 8: Empowered Conversations

Use the work of Non-Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenburg, PhD as a guide to have empowered conversations.  

WEEK 9: The PEACE process

Here we combine everything you have learned so far into the Jai Methodology of PEACE.  This methodology can be used in any parenting scenario when conflict arises between children, between a child and parent, or among the entire family.

WEEK 10: Anger and Healthy Aggression

Explore what your anger is communicating with you and learn to express it in a healthy way.

WEEK 11: Playful Parenting and Storytelling

Explore your playful inner self, so you can bring playfulness into parenting, no matter the age.  

WEEK 12: Your Personal Transformation

Reflect on the shifts you have made and how that has influenced the behavior of your children.  

Similarity: 

The same curriculum created by the Jai Institute for Parenting

Differences:  

1. The Self-guided Program does not include 1-on-1 coaching sessions like the other programs do.

2. Since coaching is not included in the Self-guided Program, personalized notes & plans are also not included.    

3. Without learning about the clients through coaching, I do not know their family dynamics, beliefs, and values.  For this reason, I cannot answer questions specific to their circumstance. Thus, the email support for the Self-guided Program is limited to questions about the curriculum itself, whereas the email support in the other programs include questions about the curriculum and any parenting challenges in the clients' day-to-day life.  

I understand that 8-week or 12-week coaching sessions is a big commitment, especially when you have never worked with me. However, just like having a personal trainer to achieve your fitness goals, one week is not enough to achieve your parenting goals.  Achieving significant, lasting results involves changing ingrained parenting patterns, learning and practicing new skills consistently, reflecting on the results, and receiving feedback and support during coaching sessions-this takes time and dedication.

If you are unsure about enrolling in one of the programs, I welcome you to chat with me by scheduling your 30-minute complimentary call.   

The programs offered are parent-centric, meaning that they are 100% parent-focused. They do not focus on behavioral modification in children. We will explore tools that show clients how to connect deeply with their children, with dignity, honor and mutual respect.  Neuro-diverse children benefit greatly when caretakers are given these tools since the skills that can often be more challenging for children on the spectrum (like emotional self-regulation) are being modeled in a consistent, calm, and compassionate way. 

How Peaceful Parenting Impacts Neurodivergent Children

Absolutely. The programs focus on empowering the parents so that they can empower their children. Many of the topics covered are especially helpful to parenting a spirited child's temperamental traits such as high persistence, sensitivity, and challenges around adaptability.  

The weekly time commitment is, on the average, two to three hours, excluding the one-hour coaching.  Changing ingrained parenting patterns and internalizing new skills require consistent effort and practice.  Clients will reach their desired outcome sooner if they put in this much time, at the minimum; they will get out of the program as much as they put in. 

For the 12-week and the 8-week Programs:

1.  Each week, starting with week two, clients will watch a video, read a workbook, and answer some questions from the workbook. Examples of questions from week two workbook are: What are your goals for your relationship with your child(ren)? What are your three top values? What qualities would you like to see in your child(ren) when they are adults?

2.  Clients will email me their answers from the workbook at least 48 hours before our meeting so that I can review them, email clients my feedback, and/or use them to write a plan for our next meeting so that we can make the most out of our time together.

3.  We will meet at the scheduled day/time via Google Meet.  I will record the meeting so that I can focus 100% on the clients instead of taking notes.  

4.  After the coaching session, I will review the recording and then email clients important notes and a plan of actions, personalized for their specific situation. This way, they will know what to focus on each week. 

5.  Throughout the program, clients can email me to ask any questions they have regarding the curriculum or about their parenting in their day-to-day life, and I'll reply within 48 hours.  

For the Self-guided Program:

1.  Clients can go through the program at their own pace.

2.  For three months after receiving access to the 12-week curriculum, clients can email me any questions they have about the curriculum, and I'll reply within 48 hours.  

Online through Google Meet

-First, you will be met with a supportive, compassionate, and non-judgmental space where you can feel comfortable sharing both your triumphs and your struggles. 

-We will explore the reasons behind your parenting challenges.

-We will address your challenges by exploring different perspectives, practical tools, and evidence-based strategies that align with your values.

-We will go over any of the week's course material that is important for you.

No problem, but please do cancel your session at least 24 hours before the meeting to avoid your session fee being forfeited and reschedule as soon as possible to get your preferred time slot. 

Step 1   Contact me so that I can answer any questions you have, learn about your needs, and decide if parent coaching is a good fit for you at this time.  If we decide that it’s not a good fit, I'd be happy to point you in the direction of other resources that may support you at this time.  You can contact me via one of the following three ways:

1.  Email at linda@parentcoachingwithlinda.com

2.  Contact form here 

3.  Free 30-minute Complimentary Call here

For the 12-week or 8-week Programs:  

Step 2   If we decide to work together, I will email you the Parent Coaching Agreement for you to sign and an invoice for you to make the payment.

Step 3   After I receive the signed Parent Coaching Agreement and the payment, I will contact you within 24 hours to schedule the dates/time that we can mutually agree on for all the sessions.  

Step 4  Within 24 hours after we have scheduled all the sessions, I will email you your Parent Portal login information, giving you access to the 12-week curriculum.  

For the Self-guided program

Step 2  If we decide to work together, I will email you the Client Agreement for you to sign and an invoice for you to make the payment.

Step 3 Within 24 hours after I have received your signed Client Agreement and payment, I will email you your Parent Portal login information, giving you access to the 12-week curriculum.