A Solihull Approach to Understanding Your Child group for parents and carers living in Warwickshire.

This 10-week programme is intended for parents and carers who want to know more about sensitive and effective parenting. It aims to develop a framework of thinking about parent/child relationships that can be developed into a lifelong skill. This in turn promotes effective behaviour management.

The programme explores issues such as:

Tuning into children
Exploring feelings
Parenting Styles
Play
Communication and what may be being communicated through behaviour
Temper tantrums and anger - why they happen and how to support your children to regulate their emotions
Sleep
Behavioural difficulties

This is a great opportunity to meet other parents. Age groups covered are from 0-4, 4-11 and 11-18 yrs. Our experienced trainers will adapt the programme to use scenarios appropriate to the different ages and developmental stages of children whose parents/carers attend the group.

This programme aims to promote parent's understanding of behaviour in the context of their child's development. It promotes the relationship between child and parent and acknowledges that parenting can be challenging, therefore one of the main aims and outcomes reported by parents who have attended the programme is that it increases their confidence as a parent and helps them to respond to their children's needs and behaviours in a way that is beneficial to both child and parent.

This group is based in St Michael's Children and Family Centre, Bedworth and starts on Monday the 15th September 2025. It runs weekly for 10 sessions 12:30-14:30 until 24th November with a break during October half term.

To ensure that you are joining the most suitable programme for your family's needs, group facilitators will make contact with you on the contact number you provide on the booking form prior to the group commencing.

This programme is free and available only to parents living in Warwickshire or having children in Warwickshire schools/nurseries. If you live in another area, please contact your local early help team to see what they can offer you.

For any enquires or questions about this course please email: ehparenttrainers@warwickshire.gov.uk stating the date and venue of the course e.g. 'St Michael's Children Centre Solihull Approach programme'

We regret that we are unable to offer childcare for parents to attend the programme and unable to accommodate children in the room due to limited numbers. Please let us know if this will prevent you from accessing the programme so that we can find a suitable virtual programme for you to take part in.

Solihull Approach to Understanding Your Child 10-week programme (Bedworth)