Parenting Programmes

Parenting Focus has a range of parenting programmes available to meet the diverse needs of parents. All programmes and workshops have a proven track record with parents reporting enhanced confidence and improved parenting ability upon completion. Supporting resources are provided which further develop learning and understanding.

Parenting Focus work tirelessly to ensure that funding is available to support the delivery of all programmes and therefore at times there may be waiting lists for programmes.

Our programmes are:

Evidence Based

Evidence Based Programmes have been shown to consistently produce positive results by independent research studies that have been conducted to a particular degree of scientific quality.

Evidence Informed

Evidence Informed Programmes are practice based on the integration of experience, judgement and expertise with the best available external evidence from systematic research.

Below are the programmes Parenting Focus offer.

Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen

Duration: 8 weeks
Aim: To improve the parent/adolescent relationship.

Walking on Eggshells

Duration: 8 weeks
Aim: To support parents experiencing child to parent violence to achieve a calmer violent free home, based on the Non Violent Resistance approach.

Parenting Apart

Duration: 6 weeks
Aim: To support parents in minimising the impact of separation on children.

Keeping Your Cool

Duration: 6 weeks
Aim: To provide parents with the tools to recognise the triggers to their outbursts and manage their emotions.

Sink or Swim

Duration: 6 weeks
Aim: To support parents with emotional wellbeing and mental health.

Star Programme

Duration: 6 weeks
Aim: A joint parent and child/young person programme to support the parent and child's relationship by improving communication with each other. Please note: The Star Programme is only delivered when funding permits.

Fathers and Families

Duration: 6 weeks
Aim: To promote positive parenting skills to fathers.

Parenting Children's Challenging Behaviours

Duration: 6 weeks
Aim: To help parents understand and manage children's challenging behaviour.

Putting Parents First

We can deliver a range of 2 hour workshops to parents. You can choose a variation from the list of workshops below to meet the specific needs of the group. Below is a list of the workshop topics which are available to deliver to your group.

• Parenting Styles
• Bullying
• Communicating with your Child
• Parenting in a Digital World
• Stress Management
• Assertiveness
• Building Resilience
• Stepping into School (Managing Transitions)
• Promoting Independence
• Value of Play
• Managing Emotions
• Stop & Go (Alternatives to Smacking)

What parents say…

Odyssey Parenting Your Teen

"This programme gave lots of useful hints and tips that every parent needs to know."

"I found this programme to be very valuable and relationships within our family have improved."

"This programme has given me more confidence and better communication with my children."

"I would definitely highly recommend this programme to other parents because it works when you put it into practice."

Parents Positive Mental Health

"It helped me put things in perspective, build confidence in my parenting and gave me skills to manage and improve my mental health."

Parenting Children’s Challenging Behaviours

"The programmes helped me know I wasn’t on my own and there can be a reason children act the way they do."

Parenting Apart

"This course gave me a broader, unbiased viewpoint."

"[I've learnt]... The most important thing is the children, you need to forget about the past."