Parenting Courses
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The Incredible Years Parenting Programme - School Age. For parents with children ages 4 - 10 years
The Incredible Years evidence -based programmes for parents, teachers and children reduce challenging behaviour in children and increase their social emotional learning and self control skills.
Dr Webster-Stratton began developing and researching the Incredible Years programmes 30 years ago.The courses have been translated into many languages and are being used in over 24 countries.
The course is a step-by-step programme using child-directed play to encourage positive behaviours using persistent, emotional and social coaching to include: praise, effective commands, ignoring, spontaneous and tangible rewards. We work through the Parenting Pyramid.
By the end of the course you will feel confident in your parenting, and have a toolbox full of different strategies to use when needed.
Parenting courses are for everyone - life is busy, we don't give ourselves time to think or reflect. Parenting courses encourage you to celebrate the great job you are doing and gives you the opportunity to talk about issues that affect all parents . The course will help you find alternative ways to tackle situations.
It brings people together with one common goal - positive parenting.
The course runs for 2 hours each week over a period of 12 weeks.
On completion all participants receive a certificate.
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STOP - A supportive programme for parents of Pre-teens and teens.
The STOP programme is a step - by step course for parents with pre -teens or teenagers (10 - 16 years old).
The course aims to improve family communication through learning how to really listen and de-code what your pre-teen /teenagers is really saying or needing.
As your pre-teen/teenagers is developing and changing, this course will increase your knowledge on effective behaviour management skills which will help you, as a parent, feel in control yet still sensitively respond to your pre-teen/teenagers psychological, physical and emotional needs. This course is mindful of parents/carers needs and emotions as well as the teenagers.
The course aims to support parents to:
* Obtain a greater understanding about the development process of the teenage child
*To have a great awareness of listening skills
*To have a great awareness of encouragement and prise skills
*To provide practical strategies to use with their teenager
*To become more effective in dealing with confrontations with their teenager*To have more realistic expectations of themselves as a parent*To have a greater awareness of the peer influences of their teenager
The course runs for 10 weeks - each session is 2 hours.
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PIT-STOP - A personal interactive toolkit for parents of Pre- teens and Teenagers
Pit- STOP is a 'one -to-one' parenting programme tailored to individual parents/carers and young people's needs. The objective is to enable parents to 'break the cycle' of negative communication, as they are supported towards a better understanding of the emotional and developmental changes in their young person.
Parents are taught how to assess and reduce negative responses towards their young person and learn skills in how to communicate effectively, set fair limits, recognise and praise positive behaviours and understand hoe to regain and maintain a healthy relationship with their pre-teen/teenager.
The Pit-STOP programme is based on the theory and content of the STOP programme.
The programme's aim:
*Improving family communication*Strengthening parental monitoring skills*Modifying family self-modelling behaviours*Improving understanding about peer influences*Encouraging positive family interactions
The programme is delivered at the family home over 10 weeks. Each session is 60 minutes.
The STOP and PIT STOP Parenting Programmes were created by our friends at The Ministry of Parenting. For more detailed information about both courses please take a look at their fantastic website www.theministryofparenting.com
