The Programme:

Focuses on the parent/child relationship aiming to improve parental sensitivity and responsiveness within the relationship.

Emphasises the need for emotional containment and the presence of a reciprocal relationship.

Enables parents to think about sensitive and effective approaches to behaviour management.

Empowers parents, to build on their existing skills and develop a way of thinking to solve difficulties in the future.

The Solihull Approach Parenting Group is designed to help parents develop a way of relating to their child that promotes child development and effective behaviour management. The facilitators help parents to think about what is being communicated through the child’s behaviour and to reflect on their relationship with the child. To support this approach the group programme does not start with behaviour management techniques, but rather sets them within the context of learning about the parent/child relationship.

The programme is designed to run for 2 hours per week over 10 weeks, with some flexibility.

The sessions will include:

How do you know what you and your child are feeling?

Tuning into your child’s developmental needs

Having fun together

Self-regulation, sleep and anger

Different styles of parenting

How to recover when things go wrong