Parenting courses for parents of secondary school children
“Time Out for Teens”
Family Matters York, in partnership with Positive Parenting have trained teams of practitioners linked to a number of York’s secondary schools to offer mums, dads and carers taster parenting sessions and longer parenting courses. The sessions provide parents and carers with an insight into why adolescence is such a challenging time. The course provides a wealth of practical ideas to help parents cope, including understanding development tasks in adolescence, reflecting on your own experiences as a teenager, looking at the effects of different "parenting styles", boosting the relationship with your teenager, practicing communication & negotiation skills, looking at ways to handle common challenges and what to say about sex.
To find out where and when sessions near you are taking place ask at your child’s school. Secondary schools with a trained team of facilitators: Oaklands, Lowfields, Canon Lee, Burnholme, Archbishop Holgate, Fulford, Manor, Millthorpe and for parents of young people with special needs or disabilities Applefields.
Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities
Strengthening Families, Strengthening Communities is a community based programme for mums, dads and carers to help them develop strategies for dealing with difficult situations with their children, build good relationships, share their values and manage anger and conflict in the home.
It is aimed at parents of 8 - 13 year olds as this is the stage where children start the stage of questioning and pushing boundaries at home and will suit families who are looking for ways of dealing with the start of challenging behaviour.
For further details, contact the SFSC Co-ordinator on 554344.
The Stronger Families Parenting Programme can help you stay sane, manage challenging behaviour and generally improve your relationship with your teenager. The programme is for those families who need a little more than “Time Out for Teens” can offer them and feel their child’s behaviour is becoming an issue and need advice and support to turn things around.For further details or to apply for a place contact The Stronger Families Programme Co-ordinator on 01904 554565
Castlegate
The Castlegate Centre work mainly with young people aged 16-25 years, but will also offer support and guidance or just a listening ear to parents of young people in that age range.
Where can I find information about other parenting services, advice and information in York?
The service directory parenting section
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Are you worried about Teenage Pregnancy?
The ParentLine Plus campaign has information to help you talk to your teenager about sex and relationships. Further information and links to other websites can be found on the Teenage Pregnancy Strategy pages
School Home Support
School Home Support Workers are based in school and support children who face any kind of barriers to their learning. They take a holistic approach and extend support to parents and families where possible, arranging parents’ groups and liaising with other agencies who can support parents in their role. School Home Support Workers are based inthe following secondary schools:
- All Saints RC School,
- Burnholme Community College,
- Oaklands School.