Understanding Kids

What is it?

Understanding Kids is a new 6 session group for parents and carers of primary aged children which has been developed to support their understanding and knowledge about children’s development and behaviour. This course provides parents with up to date, evidence-based explanations and strategies to help parents feel confident to manage their child’s difficulties and to help child develop and thrive.

You can sign up to Understanding Kids by clicking the “Book Now” button below.

If you are unable to attend as a 6 week group, you can attend these sessions as individual workshops. Information on what will be covered in each session can be found below”

What does the course involve?

First of all this is not group therapy, currently this is run as an online class.
NHS professionals teach you tried and tested (evidence-based) methods of supporting children’s social and emotional development, including managing children’s distress and behaviours which challenge.
You will receive free workbooks for each session
You do not have to share your personal experiences, although many parents do find this helpful

How will this help me?

These sessions will help you understand childhood development and ways to promote children’s social/emotional wellbeing.
It will give you practical advice on how to support emotion regulation, manage distress and understand behaviour.
The course will show you how to use positive parenting techniques in day-to-day life in the context of supporting your child to thrive

The Workbook

You will be sent a workbook that goes alongside the group, which has spaces for you to write about your experiences and practice some of the strategies that we will discuss. This workbook is for you to keep and it is useful to bring it along with you to the group sessions.

Course Content

Session 1

Session 1 – Understanding child development

The first session focuses on child development and will explore brain development as well as social and emotional development. We also introduce the topic of parental self care, which we will revisit throughout the group.

Session 2

Session 2 – Emotion regulation

Helping children to manage big feelings can be very difficult! This session focuses on how parents can support children to learn how to make sense of their feelings and communicate these effectively.

Session 3

Session 3 – Making sense of behaviour

This session looks into understanding behaviour as a form of communication in children, and ways parents/carers can manage difficult behaviour.

Session 4

Session 4 – Positive parenting strategies

This session looks at evidence based parenting strategies to help children thrive

Session 5

Session 5 – Supporting emotional wellbeing

We all have mental health. Promoting emotional wellbeing in children is the focus of this session, whilst also looking at ways to get further support if required.