Contents
- Understanding your Child (Togetherness - Solihull Approach) – Ages 4 to 11
- Positive Parenting Bitesize
- Supporting Parents and Children Emotionally (SPACE)
- Let's Talk Safer Families
- How to Argue Better - a course for couples who want to improve communication and work together for their child’s wellbeing.
- Getting it Right for Children - a workshop for separating or separated parents
- Self Harm Awareness: Children and Young People
- Home - Start
Parenting programmes are workshops and/or groups that support you with some of the challenges of being a parent.
Parents tell us that they learn a great deal from each other and enjoy the support that a group provides.
We offer a selection of free workshops, whatever the age or needs of your child.
Understanding your Child (Togetherness - Solihull Approach) – Ages 4 to 11
Join us for a free 20-hour workshop (10 weekly 2-hour sessions) for parents and carers of children aged 4 to 11 years.
This is an evidence-based workshop that covers topics such as:
How your child develops
Understanding how your child is feeling
Tuning into what your child needs
Responding to how your child is feeling
Different styles of parenting
Having fun together
The rhythm of interaction
Why is sleep important?
Self-regulation and anger
Communication and tuning in
Looking back and looking forwards
This workshop is offered both face-to-face and online.
Book the 'Understanding your Child' workshop
Empowered Parenting Bitesize
Empowered Parenting Bitesize sessions are free workshops run by Together for Families’ team of Parenting Workers who are trained in evidence-based interventions.
They are an introduction to some top tips and strategies and incorporates golden threads from our other parenting programmes.
Topics include;
Routines
Teenage brain
Praise & rewards
Technology & safety
Remaining calm
Sibling rivalry
Conflict, and many more!
Each session is 1-2 hours long and sessions are available weekly on different topics.
To book a workshop, please visit the Bitesize Workshops booking page.
Supporting Parents and Children Emotionally (SPACE)
SPACE is a free programme for any parent or carer who wants to better understand and support their children’s emotions, as well as their own.
This 5-week face-to-face programme will cover:
Understanding what is meant by a Trauma Informed approach
Understanding toxic stress and the flight/fight response
Practical approaches to support children to regulate their emotions
Healthy coping strategies for dealing with stress
Managing different emotions
Understanding behaviour
Building resilience in ourselves and our children
Adopting appropriate expectations of children
Enhancing your ability to provide nurturing care
If you are a parent/carer of a school-aged child please contact your child’s school to find out if they are running a programme.
If you are a parent/carer of a child aged 5 years and under please book your place with Headstart Kernow.
Let's Talk Safer Families
Let’s Talk Safer Families is a trusted online resource supporting parents, carers and professionals. It is designed to help keep children and young people safe in their communities. This is through expert guidance, practical toolkits, videos, and evidence-based information.
We help families understand and respond to issues such as
online safety
county lines exploitation
healthy relationships
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Our aim is not to alarm, but to empower families with the knowledge, confidence, and tools they need to support young people in today’s world.
How to Argue Better - a course for couples who want to improve communication and work together for their child's wellbeing
You will learn:
Where stress comes from and how it can effect you
Ways to recognise stress and talk about it
How to support each other through difficult times
What causes arguments and how to stop them
Both parents are encouraged to attend together, but one parent can attend on their own.
Book 'How to Argue Better' workshop
Getting it Right for Children - a workshop for separating or separated parents
You will learn:
How to stay calm and listen as well as talk
Why it's helpful to see things from a different point of view
What to do to stop a discussion from turning into an argument
Skills for finding solutions and making compromises
Parents should attend separate courses and book separate dates.
Book 'Getting it Right for Children' workshop
Self Harm Awareness: Children and Young People
This free, half-day training session is suitable for parent/carers to learn more about self harm in the context of young people.
Throughout the session you'll learn the knowledge and skills to:
Understand self harm in the context of children and young people
Identify the risk factors that can lead a young person to self harm
Raise confidence in responding to, and supporting, a young person who self harms
For more details and book a place, contact Healthy Cornwall.
Home-Start
Home-Start Kernow offers support, friendship and practical help to parents with children under 5 throughout Cornwall.
Parents may struggle at one time or another, you are not alone, that’s when Home-Start Kernow can help.
Home-Start offer a variety of groups for families and most groups operate every week during term time.
Most families will get 6 months of group support, some may be offered places for longer if additional support is needed or needs change.
Come chat and play.
To find out more and to book visit Home-Start Kernow