Being A Parent
Who it is for:
Parents and carers with children aged 2-11 years
Course content:
- Attachment and parent-child relationships
- Understanding and managing children’s feelings and parents’ emotional regulation
- Parenting roles
- Expectations and culture
- Parent listening and communication
- Play and interaction skills
- Positive behaviour management and discipline strategies
- Managing parent and family stress Course length: 8-week programme – 2 hour sessions
*Parents who have completed this course can then apply for free training become a trained Parent Group Leader (PGL) and begin to deliver BAP to families in their community with the support from their local EPEC team.*
Follow the link to book directly onto the EPEC Being A Parent course.
Baby and Us
Who it is for:
Parents and carers with children up to 1 years
Course content:
- Following your baby’s cues
- How to feel more confident in your role as a parent
- Learning to communicate responsively with your baby
- Building a good attachment between you and your baby
- An opportunity to develop friendships with other parents
- Games, singing, physical touch and play to have fun with your baby
- Understanding your baby’s temperament
- Thinking about your relationships within the family and how these affect you and your baby
- Support to understand your baby’s crying/ sleeping / feeding, and the practicalities of your baby’s routine
Course length: 8 – week programme – 2 hour sessions
Follow the link to find out about course details and how to be referred for a place.
These are Springfield Children’s Centre activities for families with under 5s in the Hall Green District. If you are not sure, please call us on 0121 777 2722 to check you are in our catchment area, and if not we will be happy to put you in contact with the Children’s Centre for your area.
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