PARENTING SKILLS

Parenting Skills Create Happy Parents and Resilient, Thriving Children

Parenting Skills

Parenting skills and training isn’t part of school, college or university – and yet parenting young children and teenagers is one of the most demanding jobs a person can do. From tantrums to tears, from arguments to refusals to co-operate, we know just how hard parenting can be. Add in sleep deprivation, and it can take a toll mentally on the best of us.

It requires a set of parent skills we assume come naturally – but we know that learning skills to parent children comes with practice, and learning. New, and often sleep deprived parents must quickly master a range of skills, and the requirement for new parenting skills continually evolves as your child grows and develops through into adolescence – physically, cognitively and emotionally.

Parent Training and Coaching

Parenting can be stressful, and unrealistic expectations can add to this stress. Many parents wonder if they are doing the right thing, or whether they are being too easy or too hard on their children. Learning new strategies to cope with difficult or challenging behaviour can increase your confidence in your parenting skills, and reduce your stress.

Parents seek help for many reasons. Couples may have different parenting styles, or disagree about which values are important. Children’s tantrums or difficult behaviour can become exhausting. Emotions in families can get big.

Children can have a range of emotional, cognitive or behavioural issues which can have an impact on the family and the relationships within the family unit, or significant events may impact these relationships.

HELP YOUR ANXIOUS CHILD ONLINE COURSE

Help Your Anxious Child is a popular and effective 6-week online course for parents of 2-12 year-olds.

Using contemporary thinking in child development, parents learn to understand how their child’s brain develops, what anxiety is normal, and what is not.

It helps parent’s identify the common mistakes made when parenting an anxious child, give you the tools to use a flexible and mindful approach based on your family values.

This 6 session course teaches parents step by step a modern, easy-to-learn system to manage children’s anxiety.

Learn strategies to :

  • Help your child overcome fears (e.g. trying new things, speaking up, phobias and worrying)

  • Stop problem behaviours (e.g. stop tantrums, stop sleepless nights)

  • Use less talk and less emotion (stop getting overwhelmed by your child’s anxiety!)

  • Teach your child the skills to self-regulate and manage their own anxiety

  • Encourage your child’s growing independence, and strengthen your relationship with your child

  • Decide what action to take in difficult-to-manage anxious situations, including when to discipline

  • Know how to encourage and re-enforce brave, resilient behaviours

Good to know :

1-2-3 Magic and Emotion Coaching Parent Training

Tired of yelling or nagging?

1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching is a popular and effective 3-week course for parents of 2-12 year-olds.

Using contemporary thinking in child development, with an emphasis on the differences between adult and children’s cognitive abilities, this course will help you identify the common mistakes of parenting, and give you the tools to use a flexible and mindful approach based on your family values.

This 3 session course teaches parents a modern, easy-to-learn system to manage children’s difficult behaviour.

Learn strategies to :

  • Help your child self-motivate (e.g. getting dressed, start doing homework, doing chores)

  • Stop problem behaviours (e.g. stop tantrums, stop whining, stop hitting)

  • Use less talk and less emotion (stop yelling and nagging!)

  • Encourage your child to self-regulate and manage their own emotional reactions

  • Encourage your child’s growing independence, and strengthen your relationship with your child

  • Decide what action to take in difficult-to-manage parenting situations, including discipline

  • Know how to encourage and re-enforce desirable behaviours

Good to know :

  • The 123 Magic & Emotion Coaching program involves 3 x 2hr weekly sessions for parents only to attend.

  • Both parents are encouraged to attend where possible

  • Cost includes a comprehensive parent workbook and all refreshments

  • Medicare or private health fund rebates may apply to eligible clients

Engaging Adolescents Parent Course

The Engaging Adolescents™ program is a 3-week course that helps parents of 13-18 year-olds to develop greater confidence in parenting their adolescents.

Topics covered in the program include :

  • Understanding adolescence: a time of reconstructions, redeveloping social landscapes, brain snaps and body make-overs

  • Understanding our job as a parent of a teenager – observer, advisor, negotiator, director

  • Asking the question, Is it serious? What’s worth reacting to and what’s not…

  • How to hold the difficult conversations more successfully

Good to know :

  • The Engaging Adolescents program involves 3 x 2hr weekly sessions for parents only to attend

  • Both parents are encouraged to attend where possible

  • Cost includes a comprehensive parent workbook and refreshments

  • Medicare or private health fund rebates may apply to eligible clients

Parent Workshops, Parent Coaching, Online Courses, One Off Sessions, Seminars and One-on-One Solutions

Private parent coaching, as a one off, through a seminar, or by joining a workshop or group program can help.

Our group parenting courses may provide opportunities for parents to:

  • Creating workable routines

  • Developing positive parenting skills

  • Managing sleep problems in children

  • Managing challenging behaviour

  • Managing challenging behaviour

  • Coping with tantrums, hitting and biting

  • Building resilience

  • Managing anxiety

  • Overcoming school refusal

  • Sibling rivalry

  • Adjusting to family changes such as separation and divorce

  • learn effective strategies and routines to enhance parenting

  • build confidence in their own parenting skills

  • develop and consolidate skills in listening to children and disciplining them

  • understand and identify unique challenges in their family

  • think more deeply about their own values and parenting goals

  • education about child development

  • learning how to build relationships and help your child

  • strategies to enhance your child’s task motivation

  • discover that parenting can be enjoyable

At Mindworx Psychology, our team draw from a range of well-known and gold standard approaches, including Triple P, Cool Kids, 123 Magic and Circle of Security. As parents ourselves, we are interested in both what works, and what is practical and workable for parents. We know that one size doesn’t fit every family.

“I really liked learning how to switch off from my worry thoughts”

“Interesting, practical and well presented”

“I’ve already noticed changes in my sleep from the first session”

“Yes, I have stopped screaming. I just wanted to say thank you for this course – wish I had found it sooner!”

“Thank you for this course. It feels like my husband and I are on the same page now. We are finally enjoying family time.”

To chat to one of our friendly team, contact us on 02 7801 3841

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