| Target audience: | Parents in general, Parents of children 0-5, Parents of children 6-12, Parents of children 13-18, People who parent alone, Post separation parents, Fathers, This programme is also applicable for pre-separating couples. |
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| Theme/subject matter: | General Parenting, Behaviour Management, Helping your children to cope with separation and how to parent in rthis situation. |
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| Method of delivery: | Group work, One-to-one work |
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| Programme aims: | 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. |
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| Resources used: | Parents Plus programme, PowerPoint presentation, DVD footage of parenting situations and appropriate actions presented by Martina Newe – PPP facilitator and family mediator. |
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