Parenting
Teach your children important social and life skills with our parenting program of encouragement and mutual respect for every life stage.
Classroom Management
Find classroom management strategies that help students build community, prepares them for successful living, and increases academic achievement in the classroom.
Training & Certification
Help parents and teachers discover positive parenting solutions and teaching strategies through experiential activities and workshops that build respect at home and in the classroom.

Online Learning
Positive Discipline offers online learning options for parents, teachers, and parent educators. Learn in the comfort of your own home and at your own pace. You have unlimited access to our online streaming programs, so you can watch and re-watch the videos as often as you like.

Become a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator
Positive Discipline Parent Education is based on the theories of Alfred Adler and Rudolf Dreikurs, and brought to life by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott in this experiential training. The Parent Educator DVD training includes 6 1/2 hours of live-filmed training and requires about 5 1/2 hours of homework to help develop the skills required in order to become a Certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator. At the end of this training, you will be ready to lead your own parenting classes. CE Credit and University Credit available. Haga clic aquí para la versión en español

Classroom Management Certification
Hundreds of schools worldwide use these amazingly effective Positive Discipline strategies for restoring order and civility in today’s turbulent classrooms. Now you too can use this philosophy as a foundation for fostering cooperation, problem-solving skills, and mutual respect. Just imagine, instead of spending your time and energy trying to manage and control misbehavior, you can enjoy teaching. Instead of confronting apathy, you will enjoy motivated, eager, engaged students!

Our Founder
Dr. Jane Nelsen is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Child Counselor in San Diego, CA. Jane’s doctorate degree in Educational Psychology (from the University of San Francisco in 1979) is secondary to the education and experience she achieved from her successes and failures as a mother of seven children. She now shares this wealth of knowledge and experience as a popular keynote speaker and workshop leader throughout the country. Jane is the author and co-author of the best-selling Positive Discipline Series. Watch as Dr. Jane Nelsen discusses the Five Criteria for Positive Discipline.
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