Based on the Parents Plus , this course covers all areas of parenting children aged 6 to 11 including positive parenting, positive discipline, solving problems with children, managing difficult behaviour and discipline problems. helping your child to be more co-operative and keep rules, encouraging your child to help improve their confidence more.
Based on the Parents Plus , this course covers all areas of parenting young children including positive parenting, positive discipline, the importance of play, expanding children’s language, helping young children to learn new tasks or routines etc.
This programme is suitable for parents who are planning to separate or have already separated. Developed based on experience as a family mediator, Parents Plus facilitator, research and personal experience, this workshop looks at ways to help children/teens to cope with parental separation. The workshop also looks at how parents need to care for themselves and covers topics such as introduction of new partners, blended families, parenting plans etc. The programme also teachers key parenting skills to help parents to manage child/teen behaviour, connect well with child/teen, encouragement and how it helps child/teen to be more confident and other skills. Parenting alone can bring challenges and the key parenting skills is aimed at helping parents to know how to cope and also to be confident in their parenting style.
After taking part in this training for trainers, participants will be able to: Plan, design and deliver a ten-week Positive Parenting Programme; Understand the theory behind the Positive Parenting Manual; Be familiar with a range of approaches for managing difficult behaviour in children while raising self-esteem when parenting alone; Support parents in implementing these approaches; Support parents to develop strong relationships with their children; Know the provisions of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; Support parents in parenting when they are: separating or divorcing, sharing parenting, parenting in a multicultural society, parenting alone; Support parents to talk to their children about their family situations; and Support families to parent trough difficult times.
After taking part in this training for trainers, participants will be able to: Plan, design and deliver a 6 to 12 week Family Communications Programme; Understand the theory behind the Family Communications Manual; Understand and coach parents in the principles of clear and direct communication in the home for problem solving; Support parents in implementing managing changes in the home; Support parents in parenting teenagers; Resource parents in creating a positive environment at home; Understand family diversity today; Support parents in parenting when they are: separating or divorcing, sharing parenting, parenting in a multicultural society; Resource parents to rebuild family life after a crisis; Support one-parent and separated families to encourage family pride and strong family identities.
The aim of the programme is to improve the parent-teenager relationship and to provide parents with the skills and knowledge about how to be an authoritative parent, the changes that happen during adolescence and how that affects teenagers thinking and their relationships, how to put in place rules and consequences, how to build teenagers self-esteem, how to manage conflict and problems effectively and access support services.
To explore issues that may affect the mental health of young people. Recognising depression in Teenagers. Communicating about self-harm. Risk factors associated with eating disorders.
A programme to raise awareness of the positive aspects of the word wide web with an emphasis on the dangers for children when using the internet and other associated technologies.
To provide a confidential one to one course/support for parents struggling to manage their child or teenager’s negative behaviour. To provide an official parenting course to separated parents – Dad friendly.
Positive Parenting Programme for parents of teenagers aims to promote teenagers’ development and manage teenagers’ behaviour in a constructive and non-hurtful way. It is based on good communication and positive attention to help teenagers develop the skills they need to become mature adults.
