The Parenting Centre | Programs for Parents

Facilitation Skills for Parents and Professionals
A 10-day course in facilitation skills for parent educators. Covers parenting programme content as well as facilitation skills. Key topics include: being a group leader; listening skills; parenting course content; group process; communication skills; positive parenting skills; facilitation practice; group facilitation and anti-discriminatory practice.

Core Curriculum
Devised by the Parenting Education and Support Forum to give those who work with parents a set of underpinning knowledge specific to this area of work. The curriculum consists of 6 units: working with parents; lifespan development; facilitation and groupwork skills; the developing parent and child; the developing parent and young person; supporting parents.

Facilitation and Group Work Skills
A 5-day course in facilitation skills and group-work theory and practice. It is aimed at parent educators who have their own parenting course material.

Family Intervention Program
A 12-week program for professionals and volunteers working with parents of children showing disruptive behaviours. May be health visitors, school or nursery nurses, or family support workers from the statutory or voluntary sector. Course covers behaviour-modification, systemic family interventions and developmental problems.

Equal Space Training
A 2-day training course for parent educators in working with substance misusing parents.