All About P.E.T

The World No.1 Parent Education Program Spread 53 Countries Globally

Parents Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)

Parent Effectiveness Training or P.E.T. is the world’s No. 1 parent education program.

Benefiting a million parents since 1962 across 53 countries, P.E.T. was developed by award winning psychologist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr. Thomas Gordon. P.E.T. offers proven, practical, logical communication skills and problem solving steps applicable to any demographic status of the parent and child. Current research validates the effectiveness of using the non-punitive, compassionate and respectful parenting model introduced by Dr. Gordon.
Parents Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)

The Core Skills

Parent Effectiveness Training or P.E.T. is the world’s No. 1 parent education program.
P.E.T. is a skills training and relationship-based course which sets the family to have
democratic, collaborative relationships.
Active Listening
Active Listening is a skill that the you can apply to reflect back what the child has expressed to let him know you are listening. It allows you to check back you understanding of their meaning (facts and feelings).

Active Listening is a restatement of the child’s communication, both the words and the accompanying feelings, i.e., nonverbal cues—tone of voice, facial expression, body posture. It enables both you and the child to understand the actual experience the child is having. Active Listening encourages the child to explore their problem more deeply and facilitate the child’s problem-solving process.
Active Listening
Active Listening is a skill that the you can apply to reflect back what the child has expressed to let him know you are listening. It allows you to check back you understanding of their meaning (facts and feelings).

Active Listening is a restatement of the child’s communication, both the words and the accompanying feelings, i.e., nonverbal cues—tone of voice, facial expression, body posture. It enables both you and the child to understand the actual experience the child is having. Active Listening encourages the child to explore their problem more deeply and facilitate the child’s problem-solving process.
Parents Effectiveness Training (P.E.T)

Workshop Session Outline

Session 1
Understanding
Parent Effectiveness
Session 2

Learning
the Helping Skills

Session 3
Applying
Active Listening
Session 4
Preventing
Problems & Conflicts
Session 5
Confronting
Unacceptable Behaviour
Session 6
Resolving
Conflicts
Session 7
Applying
Method 3
Session 8
Resolving
Value Collisions
Session 5
Confronting
Unacceptable Behaviour
Session 6
Resolving
Conflicts
Session 7
Applying
Method 3
Session 8
Resolving
Value Collisions

How P.E.T Delivered?

The P.E.T. course is a 24-hour program and the schedule depends on the individual P.E.T. Instructor and participants. It is made up of 8 parts lasting 3 hours each and may be delivered over 3-4 full days or 5 half days spread over several weekends or weekdays. Another popular alternative is to deliver one 3- hour session per week over 8 weeks. The training is ideally done in a group setting but individual classes may be arranged. Group size varies but usually between 10-15 participants.
P.E.T. is designed to involve you in an active way drawing on your own life experiences, circumstances, problems and perspectives. Activities include role-plays, group discussion, group sharing, reflection as well as instructor presentations.
This intensive workshop is taught only by instructors certified by Gordon Training International . Each class participant will receive a set of P.E.T. materials which includes the latest edition of the P.E.T. book, a P.E.T. Workbook, a Participant Certificate and a copy of Dr. Gordon’s Credo.

Testimonials

“His mother and I were involved in the Parent Effectiveness Training at our church and the thing they taught us which is so central and significant is that you should never demean you child.”

William H.Gates Sr.
Father of Microsoft founder Bill gates

“I commend Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T) for empowering parents to improve their relationships with their children, so that they can be the loving parents they always wanted to be, so their children can flourish, and their warm connection to each other can endure through life.”

Dr. Louise Porter
Child Psychologist/Parenting Author

“I am an alumni. Must have done it when Ari was still tiny. I found the course incredibly useful. It has served me well for both our kids as well as in adult relationships. You should do it!”

Mrs. Gym Miller

“This was a big step forward: a really big step, you go up and up, you become more wise, more insightful, you can process better what you hear, you can react in a better way, it rockets you, it may have taken you five years to start thinking of all these things, because they all sound

Christina