parenting groups
Solihull Approach Parenting Group
The Solihull Approach Parenting Group was devised by Health Visitors over 20 years ago, to support parents who were struggling to understand their child's behaviour. Since then it has been developed and improved upon with many other professionals who work with children adding from their area of expertise.
The group is an opportunity for mums to share their experiences and to build on the knowledge that they already have. By looking at the child's age and stage of development as well as what has been happening in their lives recently, we can try to understand what our child is trying to tell us and this in turn can help us to pull away from having to use behaviour management as a way to deal with behaviour issues that we may have seen previously as problematic.
In this 10 week programme we look at topics such as:
Being a mum is a really hard job and each child is an individual who arrives with no manual to help guide us through the intricacies of this journey that both parent and child go through.
The Solihull Approach Parenting Group was devised by Health Visitors over 20 years ago, to support parents who were struggling to understand their child's behaviour. Since then it has been developed and improved upon with many other professionals who work with children adding from their area of expertise.
The group is an opportunity for mums to share their experiences and to build on the knowledge that they already have. By looking at the child's age and stage of development as well as what has been happening in their lives recently, we can try to understand what our child is trying to tell us and this in turn can help us to pull away from having to use behaviour management as a way to deal with behaviour issues that we may have seen previously as problematic.
In this 10 week programme we look at topics such as:
- Feelings - both mum and child's
- Child development - including brain development from the womb to being a teenager
- How we respond to our child's feelings
- Different parenting styles and how we have been parented as well as how our parents were parented
- How to have fun together and the importance of play
- The rhythm of interaction and sleep
- Self-regulation and anger
- Communication and attunement
Being a mum is a really hard job and each child is an individual who arrives with no manual to help guide us through the intricacies of this journey that both parent and child go through.