Training Courses and Workshops
E-learning for parents and families.
Brought to you by the Solihull Approach NHS team -
FREE TO PARENTS WHOSE CHILDREN ATTEND BAYSGARTH SCHOOL
Understanding your teenager's brain - Understanding the rapid development of the teenage brain. What this means for their mental health.
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager -Reflective thinking about your teenager’s emotional wellbeing and the impact of the pandemic.
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager -Reflective thinking about your teenager’s emotional wellbeing and the impact of the pandemic.
Understanding your child's feelings (a taster course) - An intro to understanding your child, their feelings and how to nurture their emotional development.
Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager - No matter your family setup, the important relationships in your child’s life help shape their emotional health and wellbeing. This transformative course offers a reflective space to think about your child’s development, their behaviour and how they are communicating.
Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing - The important relationships in your child’s life help shape their mental health and wellbeing, teaching important emotional skills they’ll use throughout their lives. Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing will help you to connect with them and provide the best support to nurture confidence, resilience and empathy, setting them up to thrive.
Moving up to secondary school for children with additional needs - This short specialist course is for parents, relatives or friends of children who have additional needs. Your child may be dyspraxic, dyslexic, very anxious, autistic, really dislike change, have ADHD, a learning disability, a physical disability or any other additional need.
Prefer face to face....
Drop in on these dates ......
Barton Family Hub – 9th January to 20th February 10am-12pm
FREE PARENT / CARER Workshops 2025
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Expert Support When You Need It
My Family Coach offer free online classes; the perfect choice if you’re after help and support from someone you trust, struggling with a particular issue, or want to look more closely at the key challenges of parenting.
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There are multiple dates for the one-off workshops below, please click here for details:
*Youth Mental Health Aware Workshop
*Understanding Tweenagers Workshop
*Supporting Young People's Digital Wellbeing Workshop
*Understanding Autism
*Understanding Behaviour that Challenges
*Building Resilience and Developing a Positive Mindset
Eating Disorder Workshops for Parents and Carers
Supporting a child with an eating problem
If your child is experiencing difficulties with eating or has been diagnosed with an eating disorder, it can be worrying, isolating and distressing for you as a parent or carer.
Charlie Waller Trust are offering free workshops aim to alleviate anxiety and distress in family members by providing practical communication tools, skills and techniques. These courses have helped so many families to navigate their way through a seemingly impossible task.
They have courses throughout the year. They vary the days of the week and times of day the workshops are held – so there’s something for everyone.
To reserve a spot on one of our upcoming New Maudsley Carer Skills Courses, please see the available options on their website.
Parenting in the 2020's : About THE Course
The parenting course will teach you all about self-esteem, and give you multiple strategies to raise the self-esteem of your youngster. The associated book will also equip your youngster with knowledge and strategies that they can apply themselves.
Session 1: Young people are struggling – as never before
The importance of a healthy self-esteem
The two fundamental needs of every young person
The devastating impact on young people of the covid lockdowns
The key strategy to repair the damage to young people’s wellbeing.
Session 2: Understanding self-esteem
Identifying the benefits of a healthy self-esteem
Three problems with establishing and maintaining a healthy self-esteem – and the solution to those problems
The effects of low self-esteem
Behaviours associated with low self-esteem
Session 3: Causes of low self-esteem
Home-based causes of low self-esteem
School-based causes of low self-esteem
Socially based causes of low self-esteem
World & societal causes of low self-esteem
Session 4: Indicators of low self-esteem
The dominance of negative thinking in a young person with low self-esteem
How to identify the dominant negativity
Assessing a young person’s main relationships to identify low self-esteem
Five other areas that can alert parents to the probability that their teenager has low self-esteem
Session 5: Improving your teenager’s self-esteem
The importance of good communications
Ensuring the right approach
Identifying parental responses to all identified causes of low self-esteem
Session 6: Everyday issues affecting a young person’s self-esteem, and parental responses
Looking at the area of tech exposure – learning the problems and solutions
Looking at general wellbeing (eating, sleeping, exercise, adverse events) – identifying ways to improve and strengthen wellbeing through these issues
Looking at aspects of a teen’s social life (alcohol, smoking, vaping, drugs & sex) and how parents can safeguard them through their developing independence and the new challenges and adventures that brings.