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Bridging the Gap

For parents of older children and teenagers

The teenage years can be a difficult time for everyone - parents and teenagers alike, but it needn’t be such a challenge. Thinking things through and being prepared can really help everyone.


The course covers:

* Where do I start? – Why do children & young people behave as they do? What are their needs? What feelings and emotions do they express? Changing to secondary school. The pattern of challenging behaviour. How do/should we react ?

* When listening helps – What has listening got to do with managing conflict? Communication skills. Saying ‘No’

* What encourages teenagers? – The power of encouragement. How can we encourage them? Encouraging responsibility, Encouragement & Assertiveness

* Managing conflict – steps for managing conflict, stages of dealing with a problem, dealing with abuse and criticism, finding help for Big Issues

* Teenagers and Discipline & the Healthy Family –   Do teenagers need boundaries? Discipline, How we can help Teenagers to develop Self-Discipline Skills; The Healthy Family, Looking after yourself

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