Resources

AKOR Parenting offers a variety of instruments to assist parents, program leaders, and workshop facilitators:

  • Parent workshop facilitator's guides

  • Activity booklets for parents

  • Presentation slides in print and PowerPoint

  • The AKOR video series (link below)

  • Train-the-trainer modules

  • Train-the-trainer video series

And soon:

  • A book of poems using children’s voices to illustrate the AKOR principles

AKOR Parenting Video Series

The following videos can assist individuals in their exploration of the AKOR principles and strategies.

They are most powerful when used in parenting workshops giving participants the opportunity to deepen their knowledge through role-plays, discussions, sharing of personal experiences, and other activities with the support of their peers and facilitator.

Video 1: Fundamental Ideas

Introduces the AKOR method and the ideas that constitute its foundation: The family-school-society connection, the different childrearing methods, human motivation, and forces that impact children’s development.

Video 2: Encouragement

Introduces the principle and teaches parents what they can do to encourage their children: before, during, after they do what they are asked, when they succeed and when they don’t succeed.

Video 3: Consequences

Introduces the principle and teaches the proper use of natural and logical consequences, time-out, and the withdrawal of privilege to manage childrens’ misbehavior.

Video 4: Honor

Stipulates that we honor our children when we give them love and positive attention. It teaches how to manage children’s behavior by giving and withdrawing attention, and how to use positive communication.

Video 5: Respect

Introduces the idea that we give our children respect when we allow them to make choices and take responsibilities. Parents ought to respect their children and teach them to respect their family and their culture.

Video 6: Collaboration

Summarizes the AKOR principles and offers parents effective strategies to collaborate with their partners, their children’s school, family and community members, and the authorities.