Challenging Behaviour Training for Parents
About the courses
These courses have been running for the past 4 years in Oxfordshire and have been very well received by parents. The course runs over 2 weeks with an additional workshop a short while later, and aims to look at:
- ways of helping your child calm down
- preventing further outbursts
- the feelings your family may have around difficult behaviours
- understanding the process behind changing behaviours
- exploring ways of finding support
- sharing and learning from other parents.
The course is run informally with usually only around 8 participants so parents can feel at ease talking and learning about this difficult subject.
Some of the comments from parents who have attended:
- "It was useful and gave me an insight into how to cope with challenging behaviour"
- "Very valuable. I feel more equipped with confidence and strategies. the content was very thorough."
- "The way the whole aspect of challenging behaviour and management can be broken down into strategies and phases instead of one big, daunting problem, really helped."
- "Very good technical and practical knowledge, real life examples."
Currently due to funding issues there are no future course dates from September 2011- July 2012. If you would like to be notified if new dates are added please register your interest by e mailing us.
If new courses are published:
How to book
Please check that you meet the criteria for this course:
- Have a child with a learning disability, special need or mental health problem and some type of challenging or difficult behaviour
- Living in Oxfordshire
- Child is aged 2-12 years old
There is no need for you to be referred on to the courses by someone else - please book your place directly using the contact details supplied above.
The courses are free to parents who meet the criteria above.
We respectfully ask that parents book their place before attending the course as some courses can fill up quickly.
The courses take place all over Oxfordshire, normally in Children's Centres, Special Schools or community buildings. If you would like us to run a course in your venue, and think there would be enough interest locally, we can possibly add extra course dates. Please contact us to discuss further.
There are some courses starting in Buckinghamshire run by a team similar to ourselves. If you would like information about these please contact bianca.postelmans@obmh.nhs.uk.
