Topic based Workshops
Managing Meltdowns & Misbehaviour
Putney, Wed 24th Sept 2008, 10am-12:30pm
Raising Girls
Clapham, Thur 2nd Oct 2008, 7:30-10pm
Bringing out the Best in Boys
Wimbledon, Wed 15th Oct 2008, 10am-12:30pm.
How to be an even better Dad
Clapham, Wed 11th Nov 2008, 7:30-10pm
A workshop just for fathers
Click on the titles to see a more detailed description of each workshop
See side boxes to left and right for information about location, prices and how to book.
No prior contact with The Parent Practice is required for you to come along to a workshop. Workshops last three hours, they are interactive and stimulating and give people practical skills to take away and use with their children.
By request we also hold workshops in people’s homes or for parents at a school.
Bringing out the Best in Boys
This workshop teaches practical skills for parents to use with their sons to encourage cooperation, to channel high levels of energy and aggression and to promote effective communication.
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Raising Girls
Do you worry about bringing up a girl in today’s world? This talk looks at the issues that are especially relevant to girls and how parents can help. In particular we teach practical and effective strategies for fostering strong self esteem and for helping your daughter have positive friendships.
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Preparing for the Teenage Years
Parents need to be able to communicate well with their teens if they are to reduce conflict, help improve their teenagers’ self-esteem and to minimise the impact of peer pressure. Come and learn skills and strategies to prepare and cope positively with the teenage years.
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Calmer Parents, Happier Children
Would you like to stay calm and be positive with your children but sometimes feel that is impossible? Learn how to get children to be more cooperative and considerate and how to establish practices which help you remain calm more often when provoked
Fostering Harmony between Siblings
Do your children often bicker, argue or fight? Do they come to you complaining about each other or telling tales? Parents find it very upsetting to witness their child being cruel to his/her sibling. This workshop will give you practical skills to help your children be more tolerant and considerate of each other and resolve arguments successfully.
We will show you how much can be done to make it easier for your children to like each other. We will look at the causes of the rivalry and teach you many practical, well-tried solutions to help reduce the fighting and create a more harmonious environment. We will also look at effective ways to intervene without appointing yourself judge and to help the children resolve their own disputes.
How to be an Even Better Dad
Would you really like to make the most of the time you have with your children? This workshop celebrates the vital role fathers play in raising their children and shows you how to be positive and firm with your kids.
What to do when your child says “no”
Most parents find disciplining their children one of the hardest things to do. They often feel they swing from being too lenient to overly harsh. When children are well-behaved it makes everyone’s life easier. We teach parents ways of achieving a balance so that they can be both positive, and firm and consistent at the same time.
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Raising Confident Children
Boosting motivation and self-assurance
Confident children are happy children who are willing to try new things and persevere. They develop a positive ’can-do’ attitude and look for solutions. They are less vulnerable to peer pressure and bullying and more considerate of others. They are better able to handle life’s knocks.
In this workshop we will look at practical and effective ways of fostering self-confidence and self-motivation in children.
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What to do When your Children push your Buttons
Sometimes your children just seem to do the very thing that pushes your buttons and at these times it is very easy to overreact and then regret it later. This workshop will give you skills and strategies to help you keep your cool in these situations and respond positively to your children's behaviour.
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Managing Meltdowns and Misbehaviour
When your children don’t get what they want do they have ‘melt downs’, shouting, screaming, or hitting? Do you lose your temper when they
mimic or pull faces or blow raspberries? Do you sometimes feel like
slapping them if they tell you to shut up, swear or use a rude
tone of voice?
In this workshop we look at the reasons why children misbehave and give strategies for dealing with it in a more effective and positive way
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