Planting seeds of hope is the
mission and message Joyce Divinyi shares with parents and other
adults who live and work with children of all ages. Through a wide
variety of training programs and media (books, audio tapes,
video), Ms. Divinyi teaches adults how to respond rather than
react to unacceptable behavior. Her programs and materials are
energetic, entertaining and informative. Affirming that discipline
teaches a skill or it is not discipline, Ms. Divinyi teaches
adults how to help children and adolescents learn the
self-control, and emotional coping skills, which prompt positive
behavior change, with even the most emotionally wounded or
oppositional youth.
Any adult who has found themselves asking the age old question
"What were you thinking of?!" will learn why children and
adolescents typically answer that question with "I don't know."
Training programs, presentations and available materials teach
behavior management skills and strategies based on a simple model
of the brain as it relates to human behavior. The model, used by
professionals throughout the country who received The Human
Connection training, helps both children and adults learn how to
change negative self-defeating behavior without having to rely
exclusively on ineffectual punishment.
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Juvenile Court System; Carroll County Juvenile Court System
Some Prior Trainings
Joyce’s Divinyi’s insights into
adolescent behavior are so important that this Court has required
her workshops as part of the mandatory training for every new
juvenile court officer hired in the last four years. Last year we
asked Joyce to develop a two-hour workshop for our children and
their parents called “Why Did I Do That?” and it is now one of the
very first requirements for every child who is placed on probation
or supervision with this Court. In this Court we want to be sure
that every stakeholder understands what Joyce teaches. Her behavior
change strategies and her simple but easily understood model of the
brain as it relates to behavior inform all of the work that the
Court does.
Jane
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