Professional Speaker, Trainer and Bestselling Author
BA and ACS


Judy Arnall is a regular parenting expert on Global TV and occasional expert on CityTV
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As a professional speaker, Judy Arnall is Canada's leading authority on non-punitive, respectful parenting and family relationships. She provides interactive topics for your company or organization on family leadership and communication. Judy will not read powerpoint bullets! She uses props, exercizes, photos and videos to present and she is a Professional Member of The Canadian Association of Professional Speakers CAPS, and an Advanced Communicator Gold member of Toastmasters.
Judy is author of the Canadian bestseller “Discipline Without Distress: 135 Tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery.” She has also written, “Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love, and “The Last Word on Parenting Advice book. She has also written many articles on parenting that are published in various newspapers, and magazines such as Calgary's Child Magazine. She is often quoted as an expert on parenting the digital generation, having given advice for television interviews on Global TV, City TV, Shaw TV, CTV and national magazines such as Chatelaine, Today's Parent, Parents, Canadian Living, Natural Parenting, ParentsCanada and Canadian Family Magazine. She is often quoted as an expert in newspapers such as Globe and Mail, Postmedia News, National Post, Metro News, and Huffington Post. She is a regular contributor to Calgary's Child Magazine for the past twelve years and a regular guest on Global TV for the past five years. As well, She is a discipline/behaviour expert at Mothering Magazine Online.
In addition to teaching classes under APCA, Judy also is employed by Alberta Health Services, Perinatal Education,for the past eleven years and Families Matter Society for ten years. She teaches Parent Effectiveness Training at The University of Calgary, Continuing Education and speaks for LifeSpeak Inc. as well as Womens Health Resources and Southern Alberta Child and Youth Health Network and PACT - Parents and Children Together Association. An authorized facilitator of the P.E.T. (Parent Effectiveness Training) series, Judy has helped develop and present the Alberta wide "Terrific Toddlers" four-week course curriculum with Alberta Health Services' Three Cheers for the Early Years Program.Judy has delivered hundreds of quality parent education sessions to thousands of parents in schools, libraries, corporate workplaces, and social agencies.
Having read 356 parenting books to date, volunteered for 13 years on the city wide crisis line, and having raised 3 adult children, 1 teen and 1 preteen, Judy is a realist who understands parenting in the trenches. She can be reached at
Professional Parenting Canada
12018 Lake Erie Road S.E.
Calgary, Alberta, T2J 2L8
Email Judy jarnall@shaw.ca (403) 714-6766
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Discipline Without Distress
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Plugged In Parenting
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Last Word on Parenting Advice
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Judy is certified to train (Click on logo for more information):
Parent Effectiveness Training Classes P.E.T.
Terrific Toddler Classes
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