Please see info below for some fantastic courses we have available for parents.
LIVE AND INTERACTIVE WEBINARS and Face to Face.
Please note – these course are also available In House.
NO SCAREDY CATS PARENT COURSE – Reducing anxiety and building resilience skills in 2-12 year old children.
Thursday 22nd, 29th October & 5th November, 7.00 - 8.30pm Face to Face AND via live webinar. $160 for up to 2 people.
PARENTS WILL LEARN
• An overview of how a well-honed theory of parenting (what you need to repeatedly do) can assist parents to manage children’s worries.
• Coverage of how some misguided policies are making parents and children more anxious.
• The brain, including how the pre-frontal middle cortex and the amygdala operate, and where fear and anxiety originates.
• Commonly misused phrases and cognitive distortions used by children and their peers.
• A helicopter view of what risks we can allow and which require us to keep children safe.
• ‘Traps and trip wires’: what to do when a child’s amygdala starts to play-up.
• Memorable strengthening sayings, questioning strategies and mindfulness exercises.
1-2-3 Magic and Emotion Coaching Parent Course
To help manage difficult behaviour in children, calmly and effectively. Learn how to use empathy so kids begin to identify their emotions and become better at managing them. This enables them to take more responsibility for their own behaviour.
Face to face – Tuesday 25th August, 1st & 8th September, 7.00 – 9.00pm in Wembley. $180pp or $320 for 2.
Live webinar – Wednesday 9th , 16th & 23rd September, 7.00 – 8.30pm. $260 per household (up to 2 people)
PARENTS WILL LEARN
The two approaches to parenting. How to discipline without arguing, yelling or smacking. How to handle kids testing behaviour. How to show empathy while developing emotional intelligence in your child. How to teach and encourage positive behaviour, social skills and independence. How to strengthen the relationship with your child. How to manage obnoxious behaviour.
| ENGAGING ADOLESCENTS Parenting skills for resolving teenage behaviour problems. Face to face AND via live webinar. Mon 19th & 26th Oct, 7 - 9pm. $120pp or $220 for 2 (same household please). If attending in person, venue is Behaviour Tonics, Wembley. The structure of this course provides parents with a model for working out what behaviour needs to be ignored, how to coach teenagers to consider the consequences of their actions and to hold difficult conversations when agreements are breached. A practical ‘ how-to ‘ guide for parents. Understanding adolescents: a time of reconstructions, redeveloping social landscapes, brain snaps and body make-overs. Understanding your job as parent/carer of a teenager – observer, advisor, negotiator, director. A three-option model for decision making….a ‘drop down’ menu for parents. Working out how NOT to respond in tricky emotional encounters. Building your relationship with your teenager. How to hold difficult conversations more successfully when discussing issues such as internet overuse, sibling conflict, disrespect, truancy, going out, school work, helping out, choice of peers…and much more. Register here | | |
