08. Investing in Parents
$395.00 includes GST
Parent education sessions to offer at your school.
Annual Digital Subscription (GST inclusive)
The evidence is clear to see. Parent education positively impacts parent stress and effectiveness and directly impacts children’s achievement and wellbeing. As such, schools havessentialrtant role to play in connecting their parent community to the vast literature on effective parenting by offering regular information sessions on different parenting practices.
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Author
Dr Michael E. Bernard
Target Audience
School leaders, wellbeing coordinators, psychologists, counsellors, and teachers who present parent education sessions
Contents
- Online Parent Education Leader’s Guide
- Digital overheads
- Downloadable handouts
- Reduce parent stress and increase parent wellbeing
- Strengthen essential parenting skills related to relationship building, discipline, motivation, and social-emotional learning
- Develop socially and emotionally highly competent children and adolescents
Sessions are designed to be presented to groups of parents of any size and take between 60 – 90 minutes to present.
The topics and content covered in Investing in Parents fall into three categories: positive parents, effective parents, and positive children. The content included in each parent session is based on an extensive study of what international research in the fields of parenting, child development, and related fields has discovered about ways that parents socialise and influence their achievement and wellbeing.
Positive Parents
- Session 1 – Parenting today: what do you want for your children?
- Session 2 – The parenting style that matters most: ‘Authoritative’
- Session 3 – Avoid common mistakes that parents can make (ineffective parenting)
- Session 4 – Parent stress management and resilience
Effective Parents
- Session 5 – Develop positive relationships with your children
- Session 6 – Be involved in your children’s education Part A: Show interest Part B: Manage homework Part C: Tutor your child Part D: Steps to take if your child underachieves
- Session 7 – Provide children responsibility and involve them in decision-making
- Session 8 – Provide activities that accommodate children’s interests
- Session 9 – How to motivate your children
Positive Children
- Session 10 – Children’s social-emotional learning at home
- Session 11 – Character education at home: values and strengths Part A: Values of good character Part B: Character strengths
Presented to groups of parents during the day or after school, the sessions generally consist of a mini-lecture presentation, discussion, and activities. We have also found that parents can also perform in the role of the leader in taking responsibility for the delivery of the sessions. In consultation with their parent community, schools can select one or more sessions to offer parents throughout the school year.