We now offer parent support programmes that have been produced by The Family Caring Trust. For over a decade, the Trust's resources have been the most popular parenting materials in Britain and Ireland - over half a million parents have experienced at least one of the courses. They have also been translated into Afrikaans, Arabic, Bengali, Czech, Danish, Icelandic, Japanese, Latvian, Punjabi, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu, Welsh and Xhosa! They are widely used by social services, and by well over a thousand schools and adult education bodies.
Nought to Sixes - Seven or eight weekly sessions offering effective parenting support to parents of babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers and children in the first few years of primary school. Simply written, jargon-free, common sense approach. Produced in co-operation with Barnardos and incorporating the BBC's acclaimed QED programme on parenting.
Primary to Pre -teen - Eight weekly sessions to help parents of children five to twelve years old to improve their communication skills and create a framework of discipline and respect in their families. Now fully updated with new DVD.
Parenting Teenagers - Six to eight weekly sessions to reinforce the same parenting skills while dealing with the more difficult situations met in the teen years. Because it is so important to reinforce skills being learnt, it is recommended that parents of teenagers experience the Primary to Pre-teen programme first (though this is not essential).
Being Assertive - Ways of respecting others but not letting yourself be walked on - especially for parents. Seven weekly sessions to help you to deal more effectively with those awkward situations when you could kick yourself for having said 'yes' to something you didn't want to, or for saying the wrong thing, or for handling something badly.
The Family Caring Trust has more courses and publications. For more information visit The Trusts website.
To express an interest in a parenting course in your parish please contact [email protected]
To express an interest in a parenting course in your parish please contact [email protected]
Facilitator Training
We are now able to offer training for people to facilitate Family Caring Trust programmes in their own parishes and schools.
This one day training, which will be delivered by Margaret Hinton, will prepare participants to deliver, with support, their first Family Caring Trust programmes enabling them to register as facilitators with the Family Caring Trust. The day will include awareness of basic group facilitation skills an how to run successful groups, familiarisation with the Family Caring Trust programme, ethos,values,evidence base and content and support in developing and maintaining good practise as parenting group facilitators.
There will be a charge of £100 per team (parishes and schools are asked to send teams of two) which includes the cost of materials i.e. 1 Programme DVD, 2 parents handbooks, 2 leaders guides, 1 pack certificates per team. (This offer is for Wrexham Diocesan schools and parishes. For those outside the Diocese or not associated with a school or parish please contact us for details).
If you are interested in this training offer them please contact us as soon as possible. Date and venue will be arranged according to interest.
This one day training, which will be delivered by Margaret Hinton, will prepare participants to deliver, with support, their first Family Caring Trust programmes enabling them to register as facilitators with the Family Caring Trust. The day will include awareness of basic group facilitation skills an how to run successful groups, familiarisation with the Family Caring Trust programme, ethos,values,evidence base and content and support in developing and maintaining good practise as parenting group facilitators.
There will be a charge of £100 per team (parishes and schools are asked to send teams of two) which includes the cost of materials i.e. 1 Programme DVD, 2 parents handbooks, 2 leaders guides, 1 pack certificates per team. (This offer is for Wrexham Diocesan schools and parishes. For those outside the Diocese or not associated with a school or parish please contact us for details).
If you are interested in this training offer them please contact us as soon as possible. Date and venue will be arranged according to interest.
