I first heard about the book, "How to Talk so Children Will Listen, and Listen so Kids Will Talk" about 50 years ago. The book has sold millions of copies. My mother was a good friend of one of the authors, Elaine Maslish, who wrote the book with Adele Faber. Now Faber's daughter, Joanna, who grew up experiencing her mother's ideas, has written a best selling follow-up book, "How to Talk so Little Kids Will Listen, a Survival Guide to Life with Children 2-7." We are fortunate to have just arranged for Joanna to be a major presenter at the upcoming AERO conference. She wrote the book with Julie King, who also grew up in my community and is the daughter of one of my mother's fellow piano teachers. – Jerry Mintz
Joanna Faber grew up in the Long Island home/laboratory of internationally acclaimed, best-selling author and parent educator Adele Faber. Her father was a leading educator and director of innovative guidance programs in the New York City Public Schools. Joanna was graduated from SUNY Purchase in 1981 with a degree in Language and Culture, which included a year of study in Mexico. Convinced that she could use her unique background in language and communication skills to inspire children in the classroom, she went on to earn a degree in Education from Lehman College.
She taught elementary school children at PS 161 in West Harlem for 10 years while completing post-graduate work in math and science at the City College of New York. During this time her bilingual, special education students published books of poetry and stories, wrote and performed plays, started a school newspaper, and won top honors in the district-wide science fair two years in a row. Joanna was selected as an outstanding teacher in her science teacher education program at City College and sent to Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh to share her expertise with other inner-city teachers in a series of workshops on middle school science. She contributed heavily to her mother's most recent award winning book, How To Talk So Kids Can Learn – at Home and in School, with her frontline experience in the classroom. She recently contributed a new section titled The Next Generation to the 30th anniversary edition of How To Talk So Kids Will Listen And Listen So Kids Will Talk.
Joanna lectures on communication skills around the country, from Columbia Teacher's College in New York, to the Marion County Children and Family Department in Oregon, and conducts workshops based on her mother's work and her own experiences as a parent and educator. These workshops have enabled many parents and teachers to have less stressful, more joyful relationships with children. Her own book, entitled "How To Talk So LITTLE Kids Will Listen" was just released by Simon and Schuster in January of 2017.
Joanna lives in Putnam Valley, NY with her husband, three children, dogs, cats and an assortment of chickens.
You can still register for the early bird rate of $225 for the rest of February. If you have applied to be a presenter you can register at the sale presenter rate of $175, which is also the student and volunteer rate.
