Understanding Parenting Struggles:
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- Identify common parenting challenges, such as maintaining boundaries whilst remaining empathetic.
- Discuss how these challenges impact daily family life and the parent-child relationship.
Understanding the child in attachment and Trauma
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- Causes of trauma
- How do children experience trauma?
Enhancing Communication Styles with empathetic understanding:
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- Learn how to better communicate with children by understanding their needs and motivations.
- Explore techniques for active listening, empathetic communication, and expressing authority calmly and effectively.
Establishing and introducing Boundaries:
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- Understand the importance of boundaries in child development.
- Learn how to implement boundaries without feeling guilt, whilst address the emotional reactions children may have to these limits.
Managing Parental Guilt:
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- Explore the root causes of parental guilt and its impact on disciplinary actions.
- Develop strategies to overcome guilt and reinforce discipline with love and consistency.
1 or 2 parent/guardian Households:
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- Identify specific challenges faced by parents/guardians.
- Understand how parent/guardian households can better align in conflicting parenting approaches and avoid contradictory messages (this can be with 1 parent/guardian households as conflict can be internal).
Practical Tools and Techniques – Personalising Parenting Styles and boundaries:
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- Implement conflict resolution strategies for various family dynamics.
- Use role-play scenarios to practice setting boundaries and maintaining consistent communication.
- Reflect on individual parenting values and how they influence interactions with children.
- Create a personalised action plan for implementing new strategies at home.