Parents of children 13-18

Dublin 12 Strengthening Families Programme

The programme aims to support parents and their children to: Address challenging behaviour within the family environment; Increase the levels of effective communication between parents and their children; Develop a number of key parenting skills to support improved relationships with their children.

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Conscious Parenting

To understand what is motivating the child’s behaviour. Learn to look at what is behind the behaviour, the feelings and needs of the child; Develop the ability to see things from the child’s perspective; Develop more awareness and consciousness about what is really going on in our relationship with our child and in relationship with self while we parent; Develop understanding and skills in emphatic listening; Learn more about anger, what is really going on when someone is angry, triggers, about what happens in the brain when someone is angry, and how to respond to anger in the child and/or in the parent; Understanding self compassion, learn how this can help and support us in our parenting; Learning about how our own childhood can impact on how we are in close relationships in adulthood and how it can influence how we parent; Exploring our strengths as a parent, and also looking at what we want for our children – a manifesto for parenting. Within the course/workshop there will be presentations, big group exercises, small group work and lots of opportunities for sharing and exploring your own personal parenting challenges.

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Strengthening Families Programme – Kerry

To develop and increase the resilience and reduce the risk factors for substance abuse in teens/young people. To improve the social competence, school performance in 12-16 year old young people. To strengthen the bond between the parent and child/teen. To enhance the parenting and coping skills of parents dealing with difficult family situations.

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Teen Triple Positive Parenting Programme

Triple P aims to promote positive caring relationships between children teenagers and their parents and to support parents in managing common behaviour and development issues through enhancing parents’ knowledge, skills and confidence. Younger Programme (2 – 10 years): Triple P teaches parents skills to encourage and support their child’s social and language skills, emotional self regulation, independence and problem solving skills. Teen Programme (11 – 15 years) Triple P teaches parents how to encourage emotional self regulation, how to support their teenager to develop the social skills to get along with others and to do well in school and community.Group work, One-to-one work, Triple P is delivered to groups of parents using active skills training through observation, discussion, practice and feedback on progress. The programme works at prevention, early intervention and intervention level for parents. Parents discuss and receive practical tips and advice about parenting skills that they can incorporate into their everyday interactions with their child/teenager.

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Triple P Positive Parenting Programmes

Triple P aims to promote positive caring relationships between children teenagers and their parents and to support parents in managing common behaviour and development issues through enhancing parents’ knowledge, skills and confidence. Younger Programme (2 – 10 years): Triple P teaches parents skills to encourage and support their child’s social and language skills, emotional self regulation, independence and problem solving skills. Teen Programme (11 – 15 years) Triple P teachers parents how to encourage emotional self regulation, how to support their teenager to develop the social skills to get along with others and to do well in school and community.

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John Sharry Courses / Talks

Providing parenting support in a variety of models including: public seminars/talks, half day workshops, 3-6 week courses, 1 day weekend course and small group work.

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Reach Children’s Services

Provide parents of children who struggle with anxiety and emotion regulation with proven, practical strategies to support the child, and ultimately benefit the whole family unit.

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