The Parent Practice works with local agencies and children’s centres to support the government campaign "Every Child Matters", providing workshops and courses to support parents in the community.

Please call us: 020 8673 3444 or email us for more information.

Courses

We run a 10-week course made up of two 5-week complementary modules: The Positive Parenting Core Skills module and The Positive Parenting Applied Skills module (for those who have completed the Core Skills module). Together the two parts will give you a toolbox full of skills and strategies, and training in how best to use them, to help manage the day-to-day challenges of being a parent.

Both modules consist of a 2 hour class per week for 5-weeks. The two modules are complementary and it is recommended to complete both parts to give yourself a solid foundation and understanding of all the core skills and thorough analysis and practice of how they can be applied on a daily basis.

The Positive Parenting Core Skills Module

Week 1:

How to develop your child's motivation, co-operation, confidence and consideration using Descriptive Praise.

Week 2:

Reflective Listening: Improve your emotional bond with your children, encourage communication and good behaviour by understanding and helping them manage their emotions more effectively.

Week 3:

Setting up for Success: How to make home life more harmonious and reduce stressful moments.

Week 4:

Rules: How to make and consistently follow through on rules in ways that pass on the values you want to your children and encourage cooperation while preserving individuality.

Week 5:

Negative Behaviours: How to respond constructively to negative behaviours in ways that teach children to take responsibility and learn from their mistakes without damaging self-esteem.

The Positive Parenting Applied Skills Module

(for those who have completed the Core Skills Module)

Week 6:

Fostering independence and encouraging good behaviour. Apply the skills to train your children in those attributes that you think they should have as adults. Training children to be more self-reliant boosts their confidence hugely as well as giving them skills for life.

Week 7:

Being in Charge. Explore how to be in charge without being over controlling and how to discipline effectively in positive ways which encourage children to learn, not to fear.

Week 8:

Fostering good relationships between siblings and other children. Look at ways to foster positive relationships between children, siblings and friends, and ways of resolving conflict constructively.

Week 9:

Keeping Calm. How to structure your life so that when faced with provocative behaviour you can access your skills. Assess whether your expectations of your children are realistic by reference to stages of development and temperament.

Week 10:

What to do when your children push your buttons. When our buttons have been pushed our skills go out the window and we respond to our children's behaviour in ineffective ways. Learn how to recognise and defuse your buttons so you can react appropriately in the face of button-pushing behaviour.