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Parenting Programs
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MYFS works in collaboration with other local community agencies, and some neighbourhood houses to provide many different parenting programs to help you gain extra skills in managing yourself and your family. Some of these programs include:- How To Talk So Kids Will Listen, Who's In Charse, and Parenting Teenagers.
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Parenting adolescents is a program for parents of young people aged
between 10 - 15 years of age. Over 5 weeks the program will cover a
number of topics including: Understanding Adolescent Development,Setting Boundaries & Limits, Consequences, Strategies to deal with adolescent behaviours, Respectful Communication, Problem Solving, Anger, their’s and yours, and Self Care.
In addition to these topic areas, the program will give parents the
opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other.
The How to Talk program utilises weekly session videos, session worksheet & parent interaction. The program is task orientated as parents are asked to use the skills learnt from the session & implement these at home, parents are also asked to read the chapter of the book just covered. The following session is always opened with discussions about how well or not the implementation of the learnt skills went at home, parents volunteer to share their scenario.
The videos depict a parenting group going through the program as the parents in your program are. The program runs for 6 weeks & each session is for 2hrs. Topics covered are;
1/ Dealing with Children's Feelings
2/ Engaging Cooperation
3/ Alternatives to punishment
4/ Encouraging Autonomy
5/ New Ways To Praise
6/ Freeing Children From Playing Roles.
This is an 8wk program for parents or carers of young people aged 8 - 18 who are out of control, violent or defiant. The aims of the program:
•Reduce parents feelings of isolation
•Challenge parent's feelings of guilt
•Loosen deterministic thinking about causes (e.g. " he can't help it because he has A.D.H.D. or he saw his father being violent" - it is always multi -causal)
•Create belief in possibility to change
•Clarify boundaries of what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
•Examine strategies for creating meaningful and practical consequences for unacceptable behaviour.
•Reinforce progress and provide emotional support while they attempt to become more assertive parents.
•Explore anger, both children's and parent's
•Topics such as self -care and assertiveness are useful if time permits.
It is expected that parents will feel less depressed and more in control by the end of the program. It is also hoped that the amount of violence and abusive behaviour will decrease in a majority of families.
Program devised by Eddie Gallagher
Parenting adolescents is a free program for parents of young people aged between 10 -15 years of age. Over 2 weeks the program will cover a number of topics including:
- Understanding Adolescent Development
- Setting Boundaries & Limits
- Respectful Communication
- Problem Solving - Conflict Resolution
- Self Care
In addition to these topic areas, the program will give parents the opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other.
When: 6th and 13th March 2012 Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm Where: Monash Youth and Family Services - Glen Waverley
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - CALL 9518 3900 For more information please see flyer attached
This is an information session for parents, teachers, youth workers and other professionals which aims to provide them with an understanding of this complex issue. It also offers them a range of stategies they can use to assist young people to go back to school. EVENT DETAILS
Thursday, 8 March 2012 4.30pm - 6.00pm Clayton Community Centre Theatrette Crn of Centre Rd & Cooke St, Clayton To book call 9518 3900 by 29 Feb 2012
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