Practical Montessori Guidance That Inspires Meaningful Change
Bring thoughtful, engaging Montessori education to your school, parent community, professional-development day, or organization. Available in person or online.
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Positive Discipline Course
February 12, 2027
6:00 PM
SANTA ROSA BEACH, FL
Join me for a Positive Discipline Workshop led by Alia Graves. Learn practical, respectful tools to guide behavior, build confidence, and support your child’s growth.
Education That Feels Relevant, Encouraging, and Immediately Useful
Led by AMS-certified Montessori infant and toddler educator and Positive Discipline facilitator Alia Graves, each seminar combines more than 20 years of early childhood experience with practical strategies participants can use in classrooms and homes.
These seminars move beyond Montessori theory. Attendees leave with a deeper understanding of young children—and realistic ideas they can begin putting into practice right away.
Alia makes complex ideas feel understandable and achievable. Through relatable examples, thoughtful discussion, and practical demonstrations, she helps participants connect Montessori principles and Positive Discipline with the real moments they experience each day.
Every seminar is designed to be informative without feeling overwhelming, respectful without being rigid, and inspiring without expecting perfection.
Popular Seminar Topics
Creating Independence Through the Prepared Environment
Discover how thoughtful spaces can help young children participate more confidently in everyday life. Participants will explore accessibility, order, manageable choices, practical-life activities, and simple environmental changes that support independence at school and at home.
Montessori at Home: Bridging the Gap Between School and Family Life
Learn how to bring Montessori values into family routines without attempting to recreate the classroom. This seminar explores dressing, meals, cleanup, self-care, play, transitions, and meaningful participation in everyday home life.
Positive Discipline for Infants and Toddlers
Explore respectful ways to guide behavior while maintaining clear, developmentally appropriate boundaries. Participants will learn how connection, consistency, preparation, and realistic expectations can reduce unnecessary conflict and support cooperation.
The Capable Toddler
Take a closer look at what toddlers are communicating through movement, repetition, resistance, and the powerful desire to say, “I can do it.” This seminar helps adults recognize emerging capabilities and offer the right balance of assistance, freedom, and responsibility.
Boundaries Without Battles
Learn how to lead with both kindness and firmness during challenging moments. Topics may include transitions, limit-setting, power struggles, emotional regulation, and responding calmly when a child resists.
Practical Life: More Than Pouring and Sweeping
Understand why meaningful everyday work is so valuable during the early years. Participants will explore how activities such as food preparation, cleaning, dressing, and caring for the environment build coordination, concentration, confidence, and belonging.
Less Is More: Creating Purposeful Play and Learning Spaces
Discover how simplifying choices, organizing materials, and observing children’s interests can encourage deeper engagement. Participants will learn practical approaches to shelf setup, activity rotation, visual order, and reducing overwhelm.
Understanding Behavior Through a Developmental Lens
Behavior is communication. This seminar helps adults look beneath challenging behavior to consider unmet needs, developmental abilities, the environment, and the child’s growing need for connection and independence.
Seminar Formats
Presentations can be designed for a variety of in-person and online settings, including:
Parent education evenings
School workshops
Staff development sessions
Conference presentations
Community seminars
Interactive small-group workshops
Keynote-style presentations
Question-and-answer sessions
Availability, presentation length, travel requirements, group size, pricing, and included materials are determined according to the needs of each event.
