8 – 12 years (tweens): Parenting programs

This is a NEW program to the South West of WA and only facilitated by Parenting Ways. By having a greater understanding of the problem of increasing levels of anxiety in children, parents will identify anxiety and counter its progress. As a parent, you will be taught how to help reduce anxiety and build resilience in children aged 4 to 12 years.

The Anxiety Coach program will also teach parents:

• An overview of how a well-honed theory of parenting (what you need to repeatedly do) can assist parents to manage children’s worries
• How some misguided policies are making parents and children more anxious
• The brain, including how the pre-frontal middle cortex and the amygdala operate, and where fear and anxiety originates
• Commonly misused phrases & cognitive distortions used by children & peers
• A helicopter view of what risks we can allow, and which require us to keep children safe

• ‘Traps and trip wires’: what to do when a child’s amygdala starts to play-up
• Memorable strengthening sayings, questioning strategies and mindfulness exercises

This is a NEW program to the South West of WA and only facilitated by Parenting Ways. 123 Magic & Emotion Coaching equips parents with discipline techniques and emotion coaching to help parents resolve difficult behaviour in children aged 2 to 12 years. It focuses on teaching children to respond more flexibly when they are frustrated and equips parents with skills to use in specific parenting moments. The program also emphasizes building positive parent-child relationships. 

Parents will be taught:

• Identifying and recognising behaviour
• How to sort, stop and start behaviour
• Strategies for encouraging good behaviour
• How to handle challenging and testing behaviour
• How to discipline without yelling, arguing or smacking
• Choosing strategies – the 3 choices model
• Implementing the 1-2-3 Magic® program
• Using emotion coaching to encourage good behaviour
• How to listen empathically to children and encourage resilience

Tuning into Kids will develop parents and carers ability to support your child/children to manage their emotions in a healthy way and equip parents and carers with the skills to support children through the ups and downs of life.

Learning to tune into your kids before the big emotions take over is essential in understanding why your children behave the way they do.  Recognising and responding to these early warning signs will make your child feel safe and secure.  Research shows that EQ (emotional intelligence) is more important in life than IQ (intelligence quotient).

This evidence-based, emotion-focused group parenting program helps you help children develop emotional intelligence.

Children with higher emotional intelligence:

• make and keep friends easily
• concentrate better at school
• self-regulate their emotions

As a parent, the benefits include:

• awareness of your own emotions
• how to recognise, understand, and manage your children’s emotions
• communicate in meaningful ways with your child
• help your child learn to manage and self-regulate their emotions
• guide your children with behaviour limits
• equip your child with problem solving skills

Tuning into Teens will develop parents and carers ability to support your tween/teen to manage their emotions in a healthy way and equip parents and carers with the skills to support them through the ups and downs of life.

This program will equip parents and carers with the skills to support their child/ren through the ups and downs of tween and teen life.

Focusing on Emotional Coaching parents will learn:

• Awareness of your own emotions
• How to recognise, understand and manage your teen’s emotions
• How to communicate in meaningful ways with your teen
• Help your teen learn to manage and self-regulate their emotions
• Guide your teenager with behaviour limits
• Equip your teen with problem solving skills
• Transition from your role as custodian to consultant

Bringing Up Great Kids program is for parents of children aged 2 to 10 years.   

Parenting programs like Bringing Up Great Kids (BUGK) offer parents and carers a fresh perspective on relationships with their children. BUGK is an evidence-based program that supports the development of mindful and positive parenting practices.  The program gives parents and carers the skills to nurture their children’s wellbeing and build strong family relationships. It is also proven to help reduce parenting stress and improve parenting confidence.

Bringing Up Great Kids- Parenting Adolescents program is for parents of children aged 10 to 18 years and offers parents and carers a fresh perspective on relationships with their children during their tween and teen years.

With Deb’s expert guidance, you’ll find yourself equipped with the skills and knowledge to support your teen through this challenging time and emerge as a strong family unit.

This program is designed for children up to 12 years of age.

These workshops will look at the background of safety, recent research and ways to recognise when Protective Behaviours are needed. Deb will introduce the Stay Safe program and show you fun, interactive ways you can teach your children to:

• identify the signs when things are no longer safe
• think clearly about your options
• take the right action to stay safe
• seek help from your support network
• problem-solve using your support network.

The Incredible Years®, this excellent evidence-based parenting course focuses on strengthening parent-child interactions, nurturing relationships, reducing harsh discipline, and fostering parents’ ability to promote children’s social, emotional, and language development. And with the pre-school and school-age programs, Deb helps parents learn how to encourage school readiness skills.

Parents, teachers and children worldwide have gone through The Incredible Years programs successfully.

Are you navigating the turbulent waters of parenting post-separation? Keeping Kids in Mind (KKIM) offers a supportive setting where you can learn to nurture your child’s emotional well-being through and beyond the hurdles of separation.

In the KKIM course, you will gain invaluable insights and skills such as:

• Empathy through your child’s eyes: Understand the separation from your child’s perspective to foster empathy and improve communication.
• In-depth understanding and support: Learn how to effectively support your child’s adjustment and emotional well-being after separation.
• Strategies for emotional growth: Equip yourself with tools to aid your child’s emotional development, ensuring they navigate post-separation changes with resilience.

Transform your approach to post-separation parenting with the comprehensive support and expert guidance of Keeping Kids in Mind.

Key features

• Expert-led support: Led by the warm and enigmatic Deb Woods, this programme offers a nurturing environment for shared learning and mutual understanding among parents facing similar challenges.
• Comprehensive support framework: Beyond practical strategies, the programme provides a holistic approach to addressing the emotional and psychological needs of both parents and children during this challenging time.
• Community and connection: Engage with a community of parents who understand your journey, offering mutual support and shared experiences to enrich your learning.

A new personality profiling tool is taking parents in Australia and New Zealand by storm. The name on many parents’ lips is Personality Dimensions®.

At its core, Personality Dimensions® is about helping parents find ways to tailor their parenting approach based on their child’s unique personality. Whether you’re a new parent looking to learn more about how you can best support your child, or a seasoned parent looking for fresh ideas, Personality Dimensions®has something for everyone.

'Me Time' for Mums is a wellness program for managing stress and anger for Mums or female caregivers.

Becoming a mum brings huge life changes and new responsibilities that impact all aspects of life. Becoming a Mum can transform your physical, mental and emotional health, change relationships, and impact your sense of self.  Understandably, this often brings a range of mixed and big emotions for Mum’s.

Have you lost yourself since becoming a Mum?

Are you feeling overwhelmed and having outbursts you later regret?

Do you want to reconnect with your family and start having more fun?

Finding it hard to reach out and ask for help?

If you are looking for support with the above or support as a Mum, we will help you identify where these big emotions are coming from, recognise the early warning signs and know how to ask for help (and get it).