Services For Parents

The Teel Institute provides services for a wide variety of parent education groups and individual parents. The Institute provides services and programs for parents in the following areas.

• Self-esteem
• Emotional health and well-being
• Moral development
• Character development
• Prosocial skills

• Behavior management
• Discipline
• Bullying and cliques
• Violence prevention
• Substance abuse prevention

• Motivation
• Achievement
• Self-discipline
• Responsibility

Individual Parent Consultations
We are happy to work with parents on an individual basis to explain our program and our approaches to the development of self-esteem. While we do not do individual counseling with children or families, we do provide information on how to apply the ideas of the Institute’s programs to an individual child or family. For questions you may have in this area, please contact Sue Teel.

The ESSENTIAL Curriculum at Your Child’s School
Many parents bring the school-based program to their child’s classroom through the Parent-Teacher organization of their school. For questions about bringing Institute programs or materials to your child’s school, please contact Dr. Don Wilson.

Parent Education Sessions
The Teel Institute makes many presentations and gives many workshops to parent groups, either associated with a school or. Parent sessions are usually one hour to two hours and can be scheduled as a single session or a series of sessions. Sessions can be custom-designed to meet the needs of any given group of adults.

The Teel Institute has developed several parent education programs. Formats for parent education can include the following:

• Simple presentations to both formal and informal parent and custodial groups, including those associated with schools, churches, parent organizations, and individual parents
• Parent workshops custom designed to fit the needs of parents in a variety of settings and with a variety of needs and considerations
• Parent Academies, a series of evening workshops for parents sponsored often by the school's Parent-Teacher Organization
• Individual, informal consultation with parents

Topics for parent education include:

• The Psychology of Self-Esteem
• The Moral Development of Children
• Using The ESSENTIAL Curriculum Parents’ Guide
• Children’s Moral Literature
• Moral Conversation Techniques with Children
• Parenting for Self-Esteem
• The Development of Self-Control and Self-Discipline in Children
• Developing Responsibility
• Coping with Mistakes and Failure
• Effort, Pride, and Achievement

For more information on parent education sessions, please contact Dr. Don Wilson.

To discuss these services for you or your organization, contact the Teel Institute at 913-766-0291 or email one of the Institute professionals.