Para-counselling and Positive Behaviour Management Strategies for Parents

A child benefits tremendously from a non-judgemental, understanding and accepting environment, and studies have repeatedly shown that good parent-child relationships play a huge role in the child's positive growth and emotional development.

Therefore, parents play an essential role in facilitating their child's attitudes, behaviours and beliefs.

At the same time, parenting has never been more challenging, and many parents are "flying blind" by doing what they think, or feel is right and hoping for the best.

This course is designed to help parents learn and apply some of the basic skills that counsellors have been using for decades to better communicate, nurture and grow with their child. This course can provide parents with support by guiding them through para-counselling and guidance skills that can help their kids reach their full potential.

Programme Outline:

Module 1a: Laying the Foundation – Nurturing Parent-Child Relationships

A healthy and nurturing relationship with your children is built through numerous interactions in their early years. This parent-child relationship lays the foundation for their life choices, behaviours, socioemotional wellbeing and mental health. Therefore, the module seeks to help parents in:

●     Developing age-appropriate expectations of your child
●     Enhancing knowledge on child development
●     Assessing their parent-child relationships

Module 1b: Laying the Foundation – Maintaining Parent-Child Relationships

School-aged children go through various changes and transitions in their environment and may experience difficulties with adapting to their new life experiences. Positive parent-child relationships and consistent support from parents and caregivers are important in developing your children’s basic skills, especially in communicating their needs, and providing a positive environment to develop their sense of independence. Some key highlights of this module include:

●     Helping your child feel secure in this world
●     Engaging positively with your child
●     Strengthening the parent-child relationship

Module 2a: Building the Structure – Para-counselling and Coaching Communication Skills

Parenting is no easy feat. Parent-child interactions are extremely stressful at times. The practical application of basic counselling and coaching techniques help to ensure effective communication between parents and your children. With these techniques, parents can

●     Communicate effectively with your children
●     Strengthen parent-child relationships
●     Improve your children’s socioemotional well-being

Module 2b: Building the Structure – Para-counselling and Coaching Socioemotional Skills

Socioemotional skills play a vital role in our ability to form meaningful social relationships. Socioemotional skills enable children to express who they are, what they are feeling and enable us to function happily and successfully in everyday life.

●     Foster essential socioemotional skills
●     Teach children about their emotions
●     Help children to communicate their emotions

Module 3: Constructing the Roof – Parenting Positive Behaviours

It is common for children to exhibit challenging behaviours in varying stages and situations which affects their socioemotional and academic functioning. A positive approach is often the best way to guide your child’s behaviour. This module teaches parents to guide their children’s behaviours while respecting their children’s healthy boundaries and rights to their healthy development and participating in their learning. Create a home environment where children can develop a sense of belonging

●     Understand purposes of challenging behaviours
●     Identify triggers that give rise to challenging behaviours

Module 3b: Constructing the Roof – Positive Behaviour Management Strategies

Positive Behaviour Management Strategies equips parents and caregivers with skills to manage challenging behaviours of children with an emphasis placed on understanding behaviours and positive support strategies to minimize or prevent challenging behaviours from occurring. It aims to help you as parents and caregivers to implement:

●     Implement various antecedent-based strategies to reduce the onset challenging behaviours
●     Managing your children’s challenging behaviours with positive consequences and discipline
●     Planning ahead for better behaviours