Facilitators: Kathleen McClay, CPDT & Teresa Lasala, CPDLT
Dates and Times: 03/06/2026 - 03/07/2026 - TP and
03/09/2026 - 03/10/2026 - PDC
8:30 am - 5:00 pm - Irish Standard Time
Location: In Person
Grand Malahide Hotel, Grove Road
Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Language: This workshop will be facilitated in English
Cost: €1,130 Early Registration, available until 12/31/2025. €1,180 Regular Registration. Group discount: For information contact: TeresaLasalaCPDA@aol.com. Registration limit: 30 participants.
Facilitator Information: Kathleen McClay is a certified Positive Discipline Trainer and co-founder of Positive Discipline New Jersey. Since 2010, she has led workshops for parents, educators, counselors, and school leaders, equipping adults with research-based tools to foster respectful relationships, build strong communities, and support children's social-emotional development.
Drawing on her experience as a licensed educator and preschool director—as well as her own parenting journey—Kathleen brings both professional expertise and personal understanding to her work. She currently serves as a School Culture and Climate Specialist with the School Culture and Climate Initiative at Saint Elizabeth University and is a certified Connections Matter NJ Facilitator. In these roles, she partners with schools and districts to cultivate safe, inclusive environments that support the well-being and success of all students.
Rooted in Adlerian theory and the Positive Discipline approach, Kathleen's trainings are interactive, practical, and grounded in the real challenges parents and educators face today. She has collaborated with organizations across the United States and internationally and is honored to support adults as they foster respectful relationships and cultivate a sense of value and belonging for children.
Teresa LaSala is a Positive Discipline Lead Trainer and co-author of Positive Discipline in the School and Classroom. For more than 20 years, she has led high-impact trainings for educators, counselors, and school leaders, equipping them with evidence-based tools to improve student behavior, foster respectful relationships, and create inclusive, emotionally safe school communities. Her sessions are highly interactive, practical, and grounded in the Adlerian principles at the heart of Positive Discipline.
Teresa's work extends nationally and internationally, with participants from around the globe attending her workshops. She provides consultation, coaching, and long-term support to schools, families, agencies, and community organizations seeking to embed social-emotional learning and restorative practices into everyday practice. She currently serves as a School Culture and Climate Specialist with the School Culture and Climate Initiative at Saint Elizabeth University's Center for Human and Social Development and as a Whole Child Faculty Member and Regional Specialist with ASCD, an international educational leadership organization.
With a professional background as a licensed nurse specializing in family and pediatric care, and more than two decades of experience in child development, Teresa brings a uniquely holistic and compassionate perspective to her work. A passionate advocate for children and families, she is deeply committed to modeling and living Adlerian philosophy in both her professional practice and personal life.
Workshop Description:
Positive Discipline in the Classroom: This two-day interactive workshop is designed for teachers, counselors, school staff and administrators who want an effective discipline approach that integrates social and emotional learning while reducing challenging student behaviors. Attendees will earn recognition as a Certified Positive Discipline Classroom Educator and will learn to:
- Develop a large teaching toolbox of kind and firm discipline approaches.
- Establish explicit classroom structures and procedures.
- Create an equitable classroom community based on mutual respect.
- Understand the motivation behind students' misbehavior and how to encourage positive change.
- Facilitate effective class meetings teaching social skills and problem-solving.
- Learn Positive Discipline/Adlerian Psychology for use in the classroom and school community.
Teaching Parenting the Positive Discipline Way (developed by Lynn Lott and Jane Nelsen) is a research-based parent education program that provides a step-by-step approach to starting and leading experientially based parenting groups. This program stands alone or offers significant enhancement to any program. It provides experiential activities that reach the heart to inspire deeper understanding and change.
Participants in this workshop will:
- Learn research based effective tools and techniques for teaching parents how to use discipline that is kind and firm at the same time (non-punitive, non-permissive).
- Learn how to facilitate a parent class from the position of a non-expert.
- Gain practice with experiential exercises that help parents go beyond intellectual understanding to be able to respond in empowering ways that teach children.
- Learn how to use materials and activities in group settings, parenting classes and individual work with families.
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To Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/two-positive-discipline-certification-trainings-ireland-2026-tickets-1320182424169?aff=oddtdtcreator
Contact: Teresa LaSala, TeresaLasalaCPDA@aol.com, 973-713-4295
Special needs/accommodations: If you have any special accommodation needs, please contact Teresa LaSala, in advance.
Lodging Information:
Grand Malahide Hotel, Malahide, Dublin, Ireland, K36 XT65
Discounted room rates available for limited time: €145 Single Occupancy, €185 Double/Twin Occupancy. Must reference POSITIVE DISCIPLINE at booking to receive discount. Contact Reservation Team directly at: booking@thegrand.ie or call: +353 1 845 0000
Credit card is required to secure the booking.
For more information about hotel, area & travel: https://padlet.com/mcclaypd/positive-discipline-ireland-hotel-travel-info-9ql5zlhygs1zfe19
The Positive Discipline Association is pleased to provide the opportunity for educators to earn graduate-level university credit. Whether you attend one of our live workshops or participate in an online workshop, you may choose to earn 1 to 4 non-degree credits. These credits are for licensure renewal and salary step increases only. The cost of graduate-level credit is separate from the workshop registration fee. Click Here for more information.
Positive Discipline Association courses approved for Graduate-Level Semester Credits through University of the Pacific will appear on an Official Transcript with a letter grade.
This program is AMS CE approved!
Cancellation/Refund Policy: Workshop Registrations: A full refund (minus a $35 processing fee) will be given when the request for a refund is made up to 30 days prior to the first day of a workshop. Refunds are not available for cancellations less than 30 days before a workshop. However, paid registrants can transfer to another workshop within one year at no additional cost. Refunds are not available after a transfer is made or if you do not provide advanced notice that you will not be attending the workshop.
In the event of cancellation, participants will be notified by email.
