Karen Quail will give some more input on non-violent discipline tools. She will look at further skills, and share what research can tell us about use of tools such as time-out and reward. For example: How long should a time-out be? What venue is best? Is it helpful to give a warning first? When is it not constructive to use rewards? This will be followed by time for questions and discussion.
For those interested, more information is available on the Peace Discipline website and YouTube channel.
Session details
Date: Tuesday, 16 February 2021 (live), and on Thursday, 18 February 2021 (video replay)
Length: 60+ minutes
Price: Free
Host/Facilitator: Karen Quail
Platform: Zoom meeting
Sponsor: Conflict Science Institute
Multiple sessions: Each session will be unique, please join both!
Session times: Times listed below, PLEASE NOTE, some computer calendars do not automatically handle the time zone conversion correctly.
Session A (live) (US/EU/Africa/India): Tuesday, 16 February 2021, 9:00 a.m. Seattle (UTC -7) (noon in Miami; 5:00 p.m. in London; 7:00 p.m. in Cape Town; 9:00 p.m. in New Delhi; midnight in Bangkok.)
Session B (video replay) (US/EU/AUS/Asia): Thursday, 18 February 2021, at 1:00 p.m. in Seattle (4:00 p.m. in Miami; 9:00 p.m. in London; and (in Australia/Thailand/China on Friday) at 8:00 a.m. in Sydney. (AUS/ASIA participants should confirm their local start time against Seattle time.)
Karen Quail

Karen lives in Cape Town, South Africa, and has a background as a school counsellor and teacher. She now works independently, coaching and running workshops on non-violent discipline and related topics.
Karen’s research on non-violent discipline skills was a part of her psychology masters at the University of Cape Town.
Quail, K. R., & Ward, C. L. (2020). Nonviolent Discipline Options for Caregivers and Teachers: A Systematic Overview of the Evidence. Trauma, Violence, & Abuse, Copyright © 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1524838020967340. It is available (at a cost) at sagepub.com/journals, and Karen has made it available at no cost at https://www.peacediscipline.com/research.html.
A summary of her research and findings are described in the Child Discipline Wikipedia article.
https://www.peacediscipline.com/ is brand new (as of January, 2021). It’s designed to be easy for parents to navigate, and offers an easy to digest summary of her research findings. She is working hard at creating a series of parent coaching videos for her site and her new Peace Discipline YouTube channel.
Karen’s session is part the DMM Coffee House parenting series for 2021.