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Working with parents and caregivers

At Grace Counselling and Education it is important that parents and caregivers feel and are supported in their caring roles.

In therapy, you are a co-therapist and co-facilitator along with me, in the healing journey.

Being able to understand and meet the needs of your child or young person and to provide safe relational connection, co-regulation, as well as safe and supportive environments, will help your child or young person to grow, learn and heal.

Be sure to check out the following links for some great resources:

parents

Parenting SA: https://parenting.sa.gov.au/easy-guides

Raising Children Network: https://raisingchildren.net.au

School TV: https://schooltv.me/ Check if your school has subscribed to this great resource.

Headspace: https://headspace.org.au/

Carolyn is a facilitator for the following two parenting programs:

- Tuning in to Kids

- Bringing Up Great Kids

Tuning in to Kids

Tuning in to Kids is an evidence-based, emotion-focused parenting program that was developed in 1999. It was developed by Professor Sophie Havighurst and Ann Harley.

Tuning in to Kids® is a suite of globally recognised evidence-based parenting programs.
Tuning in to Kids® programs help caring adults to respond to children’s emotions in supportive ways.

When adults respond to children’s emotions by communicating that emotions are acceptable and important, children learn to trust their feelings, understand what they are and manage them effectively in their lives. This also helps to build connected relationships.

Bringing Up Great Kids

The Bringing Up Great Kids program is built on the understanding that parents need good support to be the kind of parents they aspire to be.

It recognises the significant challenges faced by parents and provides self-care strategies for them. It also helps parents understand that there is no perfect recipe for raising great kids.

The program uses ideas of mindfulness and reflection to support parents to review and enhance their patterns of communication with their children. It promotes respectful interactions and encourages the development of children’s positive self-identity.

BUGK is fun, interactive and guilt-free. The focus is not on acquiring skills to improve children’s behaviour but offers a general overview about parenting. It gives parents practical help to understand the emotional development of their children, develop attentive communication skills with them, and enjoy the two-way learning journey of parenthood.

The program is structured as an unfolding story that centres around six chapters. Each chapter builds upon the previous, helping parents to improve their approach to parenting. It is child-centred, family focussed and strengths based.

By the end of the program parents will:

Know how to build positive and respectful relationships with their children
Identify how to respond to their children’s needs
Understand their parenting styles
Understand the messages they give and receive
Be able to source information and support for their parenting roles

For more information, check out:

www.bringingupgreatkids.org

and speak to Carolyn about running a group in your area.