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MYFS works in collaboration with other local community agencies, and some neighborhood houses to provide many different parenting programs to help you gain extra skills in managing yourself and your family. Some of these programs include:- How To Talk So Kids Will Listen, Who's In Charge, and Parenting Teenagers.
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Select a program below:
Parenting Adolescents
Parenting adolescents is a program for parents of young people aged between 10 - 15 years of age. Over 5 weeks the program will cover a number of topics including: Understanding Adolescent Development,Setting Boundaries & Limits, Consequences, Strategies to deal with adolescent behaviours, Respectful Communication, Problem Solving, Anger, their’s and yours, and Self Care. In addition to these topic areas, the program will give parents the opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen
The How to Talk program utilises weekly session videos, session worksheet & parent interaction. The program is task orientated as parents are asked to use the skills learnt from the session & implement these at home, parents are also asked to read the chapter of the book just covered. The following session is always opened with discussions about how well or not the implementation of the learnt skills went at home, parents volunteer to share their scenario.
The videos depict a parenting group going through the program as the parents in your program are. The program runs for 6 weeks & each session is for 2hrs. Topics covered are;
- Dealing with Children's Feelings
- Engaging Cooperation
- Alternatives to punishment
- Encouraging Autonomy
- New Ways To Praise
- Freeing Children From Playing Roles.
Who's in Charge
This is an 8 week program for parents or carers of young people aged 8 - 18 who are out of control, violent or defiant. The aims of the program:
- Reduce parents feelings of isolation
- Challenge parent's feelings of guilt
- Loosen deterministic thinking about causes (e.g. " he can't help it because he has A.D.H.D. or he saw his father being violent" - it is always multi -causal)
- Create belief in possibility to change
- Clarify boundaries of what is acceptable and unacceptable behaviour.
- Examine strategies for creating meaningful and practical consequences for unacceptable behaviour.
- Reinforce progress and provide emotional support while they attempt to become more assertive parents.
- Explore anger, both children's and parent's
- Topics such as self -care and assertiveness are useful if time permits.
It is expected that parents will feel less depressed and more in control by the end of the program. It is also hoped that the amount of violence and abusive behaviour will decrease in a majority of families.
Program devised by Eddie Gallagher
Parentzone Newsletter Term 4 2012
- Details
- Category: Parenting Programs
- Published on Friday, 05 October 2012 14:38
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Parenting Adolescents
- Details
- Category: Parenting Programs
- Published on Friday, 21 September 2012 15:23
Parenting adolescents is a free program for parents of young people aged between 10 -15 years of age. Over 5 weeks the program will cover a number of topics including:
- Understanding Adolescent Development
- Setting Boundaries & Limits
- Respectful Communication
- Problem Solving - Conflict Resolution
- Self Care
In addition to these topic areas, the program will give parents the opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other.
When: 13, 20, 27 Nov and 4, 11 December 2012
Time: 9:30am - 12 noon
Where: Monash Youth and Family Services - Glen Waverley
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - CALL 9518 3900
For more information please see flyer attached
| Parenting Adolescents Poster FINAL T4.pdf | [ ] | 75 Kb |
Parentzone Newsletter Term 2 2012
- Details
- Category: Parenting Programs
- Published on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 09:49
Parentzone's quarterly newsletter " Parent News" is a handy resource containing information about groups and events, support groups, family supports and professional development .
Who's in Charge? July 2012
- Details
- Category: Parenting Programs
- Published on Thursday, 07 June 2012 09:58
Does your child hurt, intimidate or abuse you? Do you feel you are losing control? Want to learn how to handle conflict? Reclaim respect and calm in your family!
The Who's in Charge? group is an 8 week program for parents or carers of young people (8 to 18 years) who are out of control, violent or defiant.
Next program runs from 7pm - 9:30pm
The program starts on Thursday 26th July and finishes on 13th September 2012
The program runs from Monash Youth & Family Services (MYFS), Clayton Community Centre, Cnr Cooke St & Centre Rd, Clayton
This program is FREE. For enquiries or bookings call Libby at MYFS on 9518 3900.
Limited places, Bookings essential.
For more information please see the flyer attached.
| July Flyer | [ ] | 266 Kb |
Parenting Adolescents
- Details
- Category: Parenting Programs
- Published on Thursday, 16 February 2012 15:14
Parenting adolescents is a free program for parents of young people aged between 10 -15 years of age. Over 5 weeks the program will cover a number of topics including:
- Understanding Adolescent Development
- Setting Boundaries & Limits
- Respectful Communication
- Problem Solving - Conflict Resolution
- Self Care
In addition to these topic areas, the program will give parents the opportunity to share their experiences and learn from each other.
When: 6th and 13th March 2012
Time: 7:00pm-9:30pm
Where: Monash Youth and Family Services - Glen Waverley
BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL - CALL 9518 3900
For more information please see flyer attached
| Parenting Adolescents Poster FINAL T4.pdf | [ ] | 75 Kb |
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