|Developing understanding/empathy for adolescents||
To provide participants with an understanding of the developmental and social challenges facing adolescents and their parents during the transition from childhood to adulthood.|
To increase parental empathy for their adolescent
To assist parents to identify their core values relating to parenting and establish concrete actionable goals.
Understanding Adolescence (Session 1)|
Parenting Traps (Session 1)
Identifying Family Values (Session 2)
|Building strong relationships:||
For participants to have a clear a clear understanding of the importance of establishing and maintaining a positive parent-adolescent relationship.|
For participants to practice a range of strategies for building and enhancing their skills for connecting and communicating with their adolescents.
Connecting (Session 2)|
Positive Feedback (Session 2)
Communicating (Session 3)
|Building adolescent responsibility and autonomy||
For parents to be able to effectively use a model for establishing boundaries around their own and their adolescent's behaviour.|
To provide parents with skills for dealing with problems arising with their adolescent.
To provide parents with strategies for backing up agreements and/or parent decisions.
To assist parents to identify, prevent and/or manage potential risk-related problems facing their adolescent.
Boundaries (Session 4)|
Problem Solving (Session 4 & 5)
Setting Limits (Session 5)
Monitoring (Session 5)
Problem Solving and Risk Taking (Session 6)
For parents to develop a range of options for maintaining their own well-being.|
To provide parents with a range of information regarding seeking help.
Dealing with Strong Emotions (Session 5 & 6)|
Self Care (Session 6)
Getting Support (Session 6)