Leading family professionals across the country are in full agreement that this is the most modern and comprehensive parenting instructor program available today. Many of them tried numerous older programs, but found that the parents in their classes were asking them questions that were not covered in the materials. So they took yet another certification from yet another parenting program, and found that this was incomplete, too. Then they tried assembling pieces from different programs. This often confused the parents, and there were still unanswered questions.

Finally, after trying Breakthrough Parenting, they found that it had all the pieces they needed, and all the parents' questions were covered by the high quality materials that gave a real understanding, not just pat answers in the form of "tips" for narrow situations.

Our Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor training program gives you the training as well as the practical skills you need to run your own classes and to work one-on-one in coaching parents of all ages. No material from the 1970s. No outdated psychological concepts. No manipulative methods that absolutely do not work with today's kids. Just practical methods that are proven to work in today's families.

We developed the nationally recognized Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor program with Dr. Jayne A. Major (Ph.D. UCLA) based on 20 years of real-life experience with helping more than 14,000 families.

More than 70 % of the enrollments for this Certification Program are referrals from those who took the training before. Many government agencies (DCFS, DSS, etc.) and non-profit agencies (see below for examples) send additional staff every few months, because they are so satisfied with the results they have seen with parents from many very different populations.

After we spent 20,000 hours on making our materials as clear, fun, and effective as possible, the award-winning Breakthrough Parenting program is now the most up-to-date and comprehensive parenting program available today.

If you're an experienced family professional, you have seen how the many parents who used old authoritarian parenting methods created a cycle of violence. The children learned that "or else!" was the only way to run a family, and when they grew up, they passed this on to their own children. These methods are also very common in immigrant families.

Many younger parents recognized the problems with this, but unfortunately they switched to permissive parenting methods that made everybody very frustrated with their children's lack of self-discipline. Even the children got frustrated(!), because they did not get any guidance. This is a huge problem today and we are all worse off because of it.

We offer new methods for parenting that are based on up-to-date psychological research. Our methods show parents how to raise self-disciplined, communicative children who are good problem solvers, with enough self-esteem and trust in what they are taught so that they can resist inappropriate influences from their friends in school and elsewhere, even social sites such as MySpace.com which are a very scary phenomenon for many parents.

These methods are presented clearly in the Breakthrough Parenting program, with numerous real-life examples that show parents how to handle virtually any family situation, based on first giving parents a real understanding of how children think and function. All examples used are from real Breakthrough Parenting families, and nothing is made up. There is no "wishful thinking," because that doesn't help anybody.

With this instructor training, you can give parents a real understanding of the underlying causes of their children's behavior.

You can teach them how to improve their communication skills, and give them effective interventions for all the most stressful family challenges today.

You will be able to cover all age groups, literally "from birth to 100."

Why this large span? Because it is never too early to start, and nobody ever truly grows up (almost everybody knows at least some people who are in their 50s but emotionally function like teenagers).

Breakthrough Parenting does not teach manipulative techniques. Why not? Stressed parents may even ask for them at times... Well, simply because, as some parents have already noticed, sneaky techniques don't work well with today's children. Especially today's teens and tweens (10-12 years olds) are very quick at recognizing anything sneaky, but the other age groups sure aren't far behind.

We have heard from many parents in other parenting programs, saying that they went home to try the techniques they learned, only to hear their children yell, "Now you're doing that parenting thing again!" That was not only embarrassing, it was a complete waste of everybody's time, and it was caused by the use of obsolete practices from the 1970s.

The Breakthrough Parenting program is a modern, comprehensive program that shows you how to teach parents everything they need to be truly successful parents. Everything on the psychological side that is.

We do not cover vaccinations and diaper changes, as others have covered that so well already. No need for us restate it.

We think that what has been missing for a long time in parenting instructor training though is: a comprehensive understanding of how children think and function, how to develop their natural potential, how to keep them out of trouble to the greatest extent possible, and a method for how to teach this to regular parents at all educational levels, simultaneously, in the same parenting class, without anyone getting bored!
 

Can we really deliver on that? We'd say so, having provided it for 24 years and having trained others to provide it for nine years so far.

Mollie Hughes, head of the parent development program at Children's Home Society (WA) said: "After 20 years of testing different parenting programs for serving the needs of a diverse urban community, we have had more success with the Breakthrough Parenting program than with any of the other programs we have used."

Another experienced instructor said, "Most parenting programs teach you how to deal with your kids, but Breakthrough Parenting teaches you how to be with your kids."

The following are the 16 parts of the Breakthrough Parenting standard curriculum:

1 . Three Approaches to Raising Children —understanding how the traditional authoritarian and permissive parenting approaches work, and a more evolved approach, based on recent psychological research, that leads to superior child development and less stress for the parents

2 . Making the Shift — knowing how to raise children to become inner-directed, preventing the victim syndrome, teaching children to take age-appropriate responsibility, changing polarized thinking, using positive thinking, understanding how to influence children, setting personal boundaries, understanding the cycle of change in a child's life

3 . Understanding the Source of Behavior — understanding what creates different behaviors; underlying thoughts, feelings and needs

4 . Teaching Responsibility — truly understanding responsibility and teaching children with the R=TLC method, six stepstowards solving any family problem, setting up effective study habits

5 . Helping Children Build Healthy Self-Esteem — understanding destructive and constructive labels, using the CTBG method, understanding how mistakes can be very valuable

6. Communicating Effectively — avoiding getting outsmarted by the kids, handling disciplinary situations, using receptive listening, building trust with teenagers, avoiding the "accusatory you," helping children communicate better with their teachers

7 . Practicing Role Playing — helping children and parents remove mental blocks when facing each other in difficult situations, seeing the very different views

8. Influencing Children Positively — understanding how children learn, four effective leadership styles for parents, teaching children the self-discipline skills they need for school work

9. Problems with Punishment — understanding the characteristics of verbal and physical punishment, understanding the differences between discipline and punishment

10. Discipline with Love — learning to clarify agreements, addressing the behavior rather than the person, using natural consequences for natural discipline that can last a lifetime, knowing how to plan ahead in family activities to prevent trouble, stopping temper tantrums at any age

11. How Children Think — understanding the role of play as an important part of children's learning, developing a child's multi-faceted mind based on his or her individual strengths

12 . Learning to Love —supporting emotional development from birth to young adult

13. Reducing Stress in the Family — accepting children as the unique individuals they are, understanding the often hidden needs of every human

14. Resolving Family Conflicts — understanding how to identify conflicts, choosing among four effective conflict resolution strategies, using H.A.L.T., building closeness amidst chaos

15 . Talking about Sensitive Subjects — understanding the seven most vital guidelines, understanding how teenagers think, handling life-threatening issues for teens

16 . Living a Self-Actualized Life —setting family goals that helps everyone evolve, teaching children how to live a conscious life with less conflict and more enjoyment, understanding the way we make life-altering choices with direct consequences

This training is based on 25 years of real life experience teaching this to different parent populations.

We designed the curriculum for continuous enrollment, so parents can start anytime without having to wait for the next series start. Instructors also teach parents how to immediately start using in their families what they learn each week in class. After completion of all classes, they have not just "heard about it," but they have actually tried it in their own families.

 

The highly developed and carefully tested curriculum can be naturally adapted to varied populations, and we give you all the administrative materials needed for your classes, including Progress and Completion Letters for court-ordered divorce parents.

 

Some family court judges now specify in court orders for parents that they "...must take parenting classes such as Breakthrough Parenting."   

Why are they so specific? Because judges have seen the huge benefit of these classes for both parents and children.

 

Many agencies are now requiring Breakthrough Parenting Instructor Certification as a condition of employment, because of the superior results they have had with their CBPI-certified staff.

 

The Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor credentials, including a Gold Certificate are issued on successful completion of the workbook and a written post-test with minimum 70% correct answers. Our credentials are recognized and highly respected nationwide.

 

The Breakthrough Parenting curriculum is widely considered to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date parenting curriculum available today, covering all age groups and educational levels.
 

As a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor, you will be able to quickly answer questions from parents in your classes or during home visits, especially with help from the unique materials we give to instructors in this training program.

 

The most important aspect of this program is that it is focused on ensuring real understanding, not just "book knowledge."

Instructors help parents apply the teachings in their families very quickly, with extra help from the provided numerous real-life examples that all come from past parents in Breakthrough Parenting classes.

"Breakthrough Parenting is the best parenting program available today. It is a brilliant, comprehensive approach that goes beyond the teaching of techniques."

~Sally Hackman, Ph.D., CBPI, Child Psychologist, Santa Monica, CA
 

For many parents, these classes become a second family

    Parents frequently come back to the classes for help as their children grow and they meet new challenges. For many, the classes become a second family. Some parents have come for more than 100 classes! 

Breakthrough Parenting is the most powerful personal development
course I have ever worked with. It opened numerous doors to healing
for our clients.
~Mary Case, CBPI, Antelope Valley Domestic Violence Council, CA
 

 This training gives you:

• The most comprehensive and modern program available today
  A proven curriculum that is easily adaptable for any parent group

• Very high quality support materials in English and Spanish
  Books, professionally designed illustrations for handouts, optional large format classroom charts

• Administrative materials for your parenting classes
  All administrative materials for keeping track with minimal effort

• Everything you need for working with court-ordered parents
  Completion Letter, Progress Letter, Certificates

• A nationally recognized Certificate that shows your Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor credentials

• Expert help for your advanced parenting questions
  We are glad to help anytime, based on our long practical experience with many different populations

• A personal web page for your classes at no charge, so today's web-surfing parents can find your classes quickly. We set up a web page for you with your class details and contact information, and we host it for free, and update it anytime at no charge

• 15 State of California CEUs for LCSWs and MFTs, accepted by the licensing boards in many other states (being an LCSW or and MFT is not required for this course)

 Your Teacher's Kit Includes:

• Comprehensive Teacher's Guide with clearly detailed lesson plans and full instructions for how to be successful with different parent populations, including those with special needs, sources for referrals to you and your classes, even everything you need to make a good living with this as a private Parent Coach, and much more.

• A full ready-to-go system including all practical administrative materials such as professionally designed Registration Forms, Sign-In forms, Parent Certificates of Completion, Payment Receipts, Class Location Signs, a Ledger for recording student attendance and payments, and much more

• Audio Program CDs you can listen to in your car while driving, or transfer to your iPod or portable music player to listen to in your hammock, or while walking/running.

• A world-famous textbook that is often referred to as a "a page-turner"

• A unique workbook that greatly speeds up the learning

• Promotional materials with Sample Class Flyers, public service announcement for radio stations, Stationery, Bulletin Board Note with contact information tear-offs, Sample Fax Cover Sheets, and much more.

The following are just some of our most successful instructors:

• Marriage and family therapists
• Social workers
• Teachers
• Day Care providers
• Family Ministry Staff
• Domestic Violence Workers
• Personal Coaches
• Nurses
• Drug rehabilitation professionals
• Human resource professionals

How can I become a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor?

We have been offering Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor training since October 1998.  Over the 9 years we have been offering this training, more than 70% of attendees have come by recommendation from previous graduates.

This is a very focused, very high quality training that teaches real skills, how to teach those skills, and how to make your classes or private sessions with parents as efficient as possible. Those who want to set up their own classes from scratch get all materials and the knowledge they need to get referrals and making it a business.

Professional Self Study Certification Program

This program allows you to become a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor working on your own anywhere in the world, without travel.

You receive very high quality extensive course materials, plus additional materials you'll need for your classes and helping parents one-on-one.

You have access to live support for your questions at no extra charge.

Certification to become a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor is granted on a) passing a written exam with a minimum of 70% correct answers, and b) satisfactory completion of the 75-page Breakthrough Parenting workbook.

The exam uses fill-in-the-blanks and multiple-choice questions, and if you miss it the first time you are allowed to retake it at no charge.

The workbook is what creates the Breakthrough of going from "knowledge" (memorized information) to "understanding" (how parents should use what you teach them in their own unique personal family situations).

You get everything you need to confidently help parents. The materials include a detailed lesson plan that shows you exactly how to teach each class, continuously improved during our 25 years of experience. You can modify the plan for the special needs of your population, but it is a rock solid starting point.

All administrative materials (including the paperwork for court-referred parents) are included in the very comprehensive and clear Teacher's Guide, and you can be up and running very confidently with a class of your own within hours after graduating, with the confidence of knowing that even your very first class will be of very high professional quality.

After your graduation as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor, if you are starting private classes or coaching, we offer you a personalized web page at no charge.

You just let us know what you are offering, where you are offering it, and how you want to be contacted. We then set up your web page in such a way that you show up in the search engines in typically a few days, instead of in up to one year's time for Google if you set up your own site.

This allows you to post information about your classes and/or your parent coaching so parents can find you, and you have a solid reference when you contact institutions such as schools, PTAs, social agencies, etc. We also help you with flyers that you may want to use to make it easy for people to refer to you.
 

Congratulations to our speediest graduates! Maria Torres and Carmen Sierra Garcia at People in Progress, a very dedicated non-profit agency in downtown Los Angeles! Maria and Carmen started their Professional Self-Study program on Saturday morning and passed their Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor exam 3 1/2 days later, Tuesday afternoon. And they didn't just pass, they both got nearly 100% on their exams.

Culver City Council PTA (Parents & Teachers Association) was recently awarded the California State PTA "Outstanding Council -Parent Involvement Award" for their Breakthrough Parenting program, the highest award given to any PTA unit.

Program Materials are normally shipped to you within 24-48 hours after enrollment, with low cost shipping to addresses in the U.S. via FedEx/UPS/Priority Mail, and to Canada via Int'l Priority Mail. We also ship to most countries worldwide, with low shipping charges, usually via Int'l Priority Mail (4-7 days to most countries), and we have the necessary experience to handle the paperwork competently.

Our 30-day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee says simply that you will get a full refund if you're not 100% thrilled with this Certification Program. Just let us know within 30 days, and return the materials to us with tracking. On receipt of these, we promptly give you a 100% refund.

We are a Member of the BBB (Better Business Bureau), rated "AAA" with a distinguished 10-year history of perfect customer satisfaction.

The total cost of tuition, all materials, and pre- and post-graduation support is $695.00 per person, or $645.00 pp with simultaneous enrollment of 2 or more people.

Iif you prefer, you may make two payments: $365.00 on enrollment, plus $365.00 30 days later or when ready for graduation if sooner, or 2 payments of $340.00 with simultaneous enrollment of 2 or more people.

Click Here to Enroll for $695.00 ($645.00 mult.) using our Secure Server
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We also accept formal Purchase Orders from Federal, State, County, and City level government agencies, as well as from the U.S. military. These can be sent to us by regular mail or by fax (please call or e-mail for our fax number). We are also glad to provide pro forma invoices on request.

100% Satisfaction Guarantee:
We guarantee that you will be 100% satisfied with this highly regarded Professional Self Study Program. If you wish, you may return the materials anytime within 30 days from receipt for a quick and courteous 100% refund.

LIVE PARENTING INSTRUCTOR TRAINING

Satisfied graduates at a Live Certification training in Los Angeles.
 

We also offer a live parenting instructor training in Los Angeles 4 times per year, plus Certified Partner Instructor Training Programs in Orlando, FL, and Seattle, WA.
(The program in Washington is specialized, contact us for more information.)

1. The Los Angeles training venue is in West Los Angeles, not far from the 10 and 405 freeways.

2. Some advance preparation before the training is required. This is done with very clear materials we send you before the training.

3. The live training takes place 8:30 am - 6:00 pm Saturday and Sunday. We offer weekend trainings by popular request, as they are easier to fit into busy schedules.

4. We accept only 16 attendees each time. This allows us to have everybody seated around one large table configuration, which offers a much more effective and stimulating training environment than the usual auditorium or classroom.

5. The instructor training is conducted in English, but we often have attendees who are going to teach their parenting classes in Spanish. All parenting class materials for use by instructors after graduation are available in both English and Spanish.

6. Certification to become a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor is based on passing a written exam with a minimum of 70% correct answers and satisfactory completion of the 75-page Breakthrough Parenting workbook. The exam uses fill-in-the-blanks and multiple-choice questions, and if you miss it the first time, you are allowed to retake it at no charge. The workbook is what creates the Breakthrough of going from "knowledge" (memorized information) to "understanding" (what something means in specific personal family situations) to "skill" (being able to use it anytime at home). The workbook may be completed after the Live Training if desired.

7. The rate for tuition, all materials, examination, and full post-graduation support is $695.00.

If you enroll two or more people simultaneously, you each get $50 off, for a net cost of $645.00 per attendee.

8. The materials you receive include:

a) Breakthrough Parenting Teacher's Guide 2" D-ring notebook with step-by-step lesson plans for how to best teach the Breakthrough Parenting curriculum to different populations, materials for court-referred parents, all administrative materials necessary to make your work far easier (these are based on 25 years of practical experience!), clear instructions for quickly handling all kinds of practical problems that can occur in parent groups,and illustrated handouts (proven to capture even the most stressed parents' attention!) that may be freely copied.

There is a substantial and up-to-date section that tells you what you need to know about starting up and running private parenting classes and/or parent coaching as a business, including how to get free or very low cost venues to hold your classes, how to get no-cost referrals to your classes from different sources, and much more (if you can get 10-15 parents together, you should be able to earn $2,000-$2,500 per month in urban areas for one evening class per week, or twice that with two classes, while parent coaching can pay $75-$300 per one-on-one session),

b) Breakthrough Parenting Textbook. This gives parents knowledge and depth of understanding, and is full of very helpful real life examples that come from parents in past Breakthrough Parenting classes (only the names have been changed),

c) Breakthrough Parenting Workbook. This is what creates "the breakthroughs." Parents in your classes use it to quickly figure out how to use what you teach them each week in their own unique family situation (every family is different, with different problems and different personalities).

All-in-all, we have put more than 20,000 hours of work into these materials to make them as clear as possible. (All parent materials are also available in a high quality Spanish translation that has been tested with parent populations from most Latin American countries as well as Latino parents across the U.S.)

9. Post Graduation Support: After your graduation as a Certified Breakthrough Parenting Instructor, if you are setting up private classes or coaching, we offer you a personalized web page at no charge. You let us know what services you are offering parents (classes, coaching, etc.), where you are offering them, and how you want to be contacted. We set up your web page in such a way that you show up in the top search engines in typically 24-72 hours, instead of typically 12 months later in Google if you set up your own site.

Having your own web page allows you to post information about your classes and/or your parent coaching so parents can find you, and you have a solid reference when you contact institutions such as schools, PTAs, social agencies, etc.

We also help you with flyers that make it easier for you to get free referrals.

10. Our unique 100% Satisfaction Guarantee: If you don't think this is an outstanding program for any reason (at the end of attending the entire training weekend!), just return your materials to the instructor and receive a 100% refund.

We are glad to be able to say that since we began offering this Satisfaction Guarantee more than 10 years ago, not one parenting instructor has ever asked for a refund. You can be sure that we are continuing to work hard to keep the satisfaction at 100% also going forward.

Several highly experienced graduates have told us that this instructor training was life-changing. They thought it was "better than any other parenting programs they had ever taken, even better than any combination of them."

The 20,000 hours of work we put into developing the course materials help us guarantee that this is the most solid and most comprehensive parenting instructor program available today.

We get more than 70% of new enrollments through past attendees, which means no costs for advertising need to be added to the tuition fees.

Local agencies often sign up 3-4 staff at a time, so don't wait to enroll. Only 16 attendees are accepted to this weekend intensive, to make sure there is enough time for everyone to ask questions.

If you need to submit an agency check request for your enrollment, the link below supports this and give you the paperwork to enclose (just specify "check by mail"). Please note that in order to prevent no-shows we can only give final confirmation of seats on receipt of payment, but we can put a short hold if you inform us that payment is in the works.

For enrollment with a friend or colleague who wants to pay separately, just mention the other person's name in the comment field on checkout, and we will deduct $50 for each of you manually.

Click here to enroll in the Jan. 24-25, 2009 Certification Training for $695.00

You can also call us at (310) 207-9977 for more information.

If you prefer, you can make two payments: $365.00 on enrollment (or $340.00 per person with 2 or more simultaneous enrollments), plus the same amount paid 30 days later, or when you are ready for your graduation if sooner.

Click here to enroll for $365.00 now, then $365.00 in 30 days

We are a Member of the BBB (Better Business Bureau) in good standing, rated "AAA" with a 10-year history of perfect customer satisfaction.

We accept written Purchase Orders from Federal, State, County, and City level government agencies, as well as from the U.S. military. These can be sent to us by regular mail or by fax (please call or e-mail for our fax number), but since seats are limited, it is important that you connect with us early in the process.

We are also happy to provide pro forma invoices on request.

        

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