Bump to Baby Antenatal

This is a self-guided course composed of three presentations to provide parents-to-be with all of the information and skills they need to feel confident about making the right choices for their new baby.

Topics include:

• Having a healthy baby
• Preparation for parenthood, birth and beyond
• Communicating with your bump and baby
• Changes in relationships
• Getting your baby off to the best possible start
• How babies grow and develop

Face-to-face antenatal support is coming soon! 

Understanding your Child (ages 1 to 3)

Join us for a 20-hour workshop (ten 2-hour sessions) for parents and carers of children aged 1 to 3 years. 

This is an evidence-based course 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. 

Understanding your Child (ages 4 to 11)

Join us for a 20-hour workshop (ten 2-hour sessions) for parents and carers of children aged 4 to 11 years. 

This is an evidence-based course 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. 

Living With Parents

Join us for a one day, in-person workshop for parents and carers of young people aged 12 to 17 years. Living with Parents is an evidence based workshop for parents and carers to attend with their young person.

The aim is to improve communication and relationships and reduce conflict within the home. Both parents and carers and their young person undertake a range of activities including:

• Interactive activities
• Structured activities
• Guided discussion
• Group work
• Strategies and top tips
• Discussing effective communication
• Relationship building
• Boundary setting

This workshop is only offered face-to-face. 

Parents Plus Adolescent Programme (12-17 years) 

Join us for a 18-hour workshop (nine 2-hour sessions) for parents and carers of young people aged 12 to 17. Parents Plus is an evidence-based workshop that covers topics such as:

• Understanding teenagers
• Pressing the pause button
• Getting to know your teenager
• Establishing rules with teenagers
• Connecting with your teenager
• Communicating rules positively
• The power of encouragement
• Using consequences
• Active listening
• Creating a discipline plan
• Empowering teenagers
• Dealing with conflict and aggression
• Problem solving with teenagers
• Establishing routines
• Family problem solving
• Parent self-care

Positive Parenting Bitesize 

Join us for a free 2-hour workshop for parents and carers of children/young people aged 4 to 19 years.

Bitesize parenting workshops are weekly 2-hour sessions (12:30 – 14:30) delivered by our parenting team to support on a wide range of topics. 

Solihull approach online antenatal, postnatal and parenting courses

All parents and carers in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly can now access these self-guided courses for FREE. Visit the link and use the code TAMAR for free access. The Solihull Approach have released also an online course for TEENS:  ‘Understanding your brain (for teenager’s only!)’ Solihull approach online antenatal, postnatal and parenting courses

Hunrosa Sleep Education

Parents – What’s on offer:

• Parent Sleep Wise Education Video - A short Sleep Wise presentation by Sleep Consultant Jan Jenner to help parents with sleep strategies for young people and families. Contact your healthcare provider for a bespoke link for a family.
• Parent in person Workshops - To book contact your healthcare provider.
• One-to-One Support - Online or in person – To book contact your healthcare provider.
• The Sleep Wise App

SPACE - Supporting Parents and Children Emotionally

SPACE is a new free programme for any parent or carer who wants to better understand and support their children’s emotions, as well as their own.

This 6 weeks 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

Video Interaction Guidance (VIG) Service-

VIG is an intervention for parents/carers and their children where there are concerns about communication, interaction or the attachment relationship. Parents/carers will need to be available to work with the VIG guider and want help to try and improve the relationship between them and their child. The starting point of VIG work is the adults (and older children where relevant) being supported to identify their own goals - specifically what they want help with. 

Safer Futures Recovery Pathway Programme

The SUsie Programme (The Susie Project) provides trauma informed psycho-educational support to men and women who are recovering from domestic abuse. This support programme is tailored towards enabling clients to recover and positively move forward with their lives. The strengths based programme focuses on long-term wellbeing and is designed to address the impact of abuse and enable victims to develop future protective behaviours.

The Reconnect Domestic Abuse Recovery Programme

The Reconnect Programme is a needs-led support programme tailored towards children and young people (CYP) aged 8-18 years who have experienced/witnessed Domestic abuse.   The programme focuses on the long-term recovery and resilience of children and young people affected by domestic abuse.

Qwell - Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Parents/Carers

Qwell - for parents & carers in Cornwall from Peta Coote on Vimeo.

Understanding your Child with Additional Needs

‘Understanding your child with additional needs’ is an evidence-based, self-guided, online support that can be accessed at a time that is most convenient to you and completed at your own pace. The resource offers engaging videos, helpful notes and tips from other parents, resources you can save and print, interactive quizzes, and much more! The course can be accessed from a computer, tablet, or mobile device. 

Please use the code 'TAMAR' to register. 

There are now FREE COURSES available to parents in Cornwall to help support healthy relationships. No matter where you are in your parenting journey, you can learn to manage stress and communicate more effectively. The courses can be accessed online, entirely on your own, or through a group workshop - where you can meet other parents and professionals.

Whether you are parenting together or separately, one of the best things you can do for your child is to improve the relationship between parents.

Click here to book onto a Free Supporitng Healthy Relaitonships group workshop

Cllick here for Free self-guided courses

Click here for information and advice on reuding parental conflict

For Practitioners

Click here to book onto Supporting Healthy Relationship training for practitioners

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