12 Week Parent Support Program
Parent Support is an approach based on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Applied Behaviour Analysis. The aim of this approach is to build psychological flexibility – the ability to adapt to unexpected life events. Building personal resilience and flexibility naturally improves parenting skills and helps parents to be grounded and intentional with their decisions. With psychological flexibility, you can bend rather than break in the face of challenges. This allows you to persist and move towards what’s important despite hardship. The goal is to develop the mental elasticity to be self-aware, determine if your parenting is working in your context, and align it with your values.
Over the next 12 weeks we will cover the following:
Course Topics -
Part 1: Understanding Behaviour
- Contextual Behaviour Science: Parenting In-Context
- Behavior Basics
- Understanding, Accepting & Celebrating your Child
Part 2: Learning New Skills
- Identifying Goals: What does your Child need to Learn?
- Connection & Prevention: Knowing your Child & Anticipating their Needs
- Responding to Concerning Behaviors & Increasing Cooperation
- Teaching New Daily Living Skills
- Parenting Kids with Big Emotions: Emotional Coaching & Regulation Skills
Part 3: Building Resilience
- Building Psychological Flexibility to Adapt & Thrive under Pressure
- Connecting to your Values: What is Most Important Right Now?
- Being in the Present moment: Building Mindful Awareness in your Parenting
- Unhooking from your Mind & Accepting your Experience
- Making Decisions & Taking ACTION: Committing to Meaningful Behaviour-Change