Early Life Foundations conduct a 3-part parent workshops series "Effective Parenting; Family Support and Strategies with Children's Behaviour" on a regular basis throughout the year.

The parent workshops are conducted in response to requests from:

• organisations such as local government, pre-school and primary schools or local community
• groups of parents (minimum of 10 participants)

Parent workshops are also conducted by Early Life Foundations in our offices at Gardenvale.

Please contact the office directly (03 95235595; or contact us on this website) if you are interested in attending a parent workshop series; or you have a group of parents from your school or preschool who would like to run a series ; or you would like to enroll in our next series being held in Gardenvale.

Broad Outline of the Parenting Workshop

Each session has a general guide to the key issues and strategies that will be covered. However each series responds to the particular issues and questions of the actual participants and therefore each session is slightly modified to accommodate the specific needs of parents.  A summary of the series is outlined below - more information is listed on the document attached at the bottom of this page.

Session 1

• Children and society today; what we want for our children
• Why parent workshops are important:
• Defining effective parenting
• Understanding children
• Key strategies

Session 2

• Feedback and debrief from session 1
• Unpacking importance of self esteem and resilience
• Key Strategies
• Identification of key issues for final session

Session 3

• Feedback and debrief from session 2
• The importance of perseverance in parenting
• Key question and answer/response time for any questions/issues
• Looking after yourself as a parent
• Final Reflection

In 2012 parent workshops are booked to run in Hurstbridge, Brighton and  Ringwood in the first half of the year.

If you would like to attend a workshop please contact tour office  to discuss costs and to book a place.  Please note, the series is designed for parents to attend all sessions.