Parenting Programs
The Northern Centre offers a range of parenting groups to provide parents and carers with effective activities, information and coaching to assist them to build positive parenting skills.
Our groups are usually held during school terms and are listed below. Our Targeted Early Intervention (TEI) program funding allows us to deliver many of our programs at no cost. We also offer childcare for the duration of some programs. Please notify us at the time of booking program if you need this service.
Circle of Security (via Zoom)
Circle of Security is a highly successful 8 week evidenced based program for parents of 0-5 year olds that focusses on how you can strengthen your relationship with your child through understanding and responding to their needs and behaviours.
Circle of Security is a relationship based, early intervention program designed to enhance attachment security between parents and children. Decades of university-based research have confirmed that secure children exhibit increased empathy, greater self-esteem, better relationships with parents and peers, enhanced school readiness, and an increased capacity to handle emotions more effectively when compared with children who are not secure. For further information, see www.circleofsecurity.net.
When: Wednesdays: 8 May to 26 June
Time: 6:45pm to 8:45pm
Where: Via Zoom (link will be provided prior to sessions)
Engaging Adolescents (via Zoom)
Over 3 sessions, parents/carers will be provided with practical tips to prepare for tough conversations with young people. It teaches strategies to maintain open communication, build a relationship with your teenager and foster safe independence. Parents/carers will learn to better understand adolescents and appreciate what are reasonable expectations to hold. The program works towards giving parents/ carers a renewed sense of confidence about the role they can play in their teenagers’ lives, without conversations morphing into arguments.
Dates: Tuesdays: 21, 28 May and 4 June
Time: 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Where: Via Zoom (link will be provided prior to sessions)
Tuning in to Kids (Korean
Focuses on the emotional connection between parents and their 4 – 10 year old child. Aims to teach parents emotion coaching skills, to help their child understand and manage their emotions, as well as improving communication and parent-child relationship. Help develop your child’s social skills and manage frustrations and conflict, thus increasing positive behaviours.
Teach your child to understand and regulate their emotions.
- Teach your child the skills of ‘emotional intelligence’ – the ability to understand and control emotions.
- Help your child communicate how they’re feeling and to then move to problem solving.
- Explore family parenting styles and how emotions, including conflict, are handled within the family.
- Learn new ways to handle emotions including those of their children, which leads to improved family relationships.
When: Thursdays: 23 May to 27 June
Time: 10:00am to 12:00pm (limited childcare available upon request)
Where: Level 3, 3-5 Anthony Road, West Ryde
