Browse through our programme calendar below to find up and coming programmes and workshops and which areas they will be running in.
To register for a programme or find out more give us a call on 0808 8010 722.
Events Search and Views Navigation
November 2020
Supporting my Teenager’s Emotional Health – Fully Booked
We want our teenagers to have positive emotional wellbeing. This free session will explore the importance of teenager's positive emotional wellbeing, provide activities for emotional development & support parents to help improve their teenagers promote emotional wellbeing. Book now!
Find out more »Supporting my Teenagers Emotional Health for Practitioners
We want our teenagers to have positive emotional health & wellbeing. This free online session supports practitioners to encourage parents to recognise the importance of their teenager's mental health, providing opportunities for emotional development & helping to equip parents with the skills to help improve their teenagers emotional health & wellbeing. Book now!
Find out more »Children’s Emotional Health – Fully Booked
We want our children to have positive emotional health & wellbeing. This free online workshop encourages parents to recognise the importance of their children's mental health, exploring how we can provide opportunities for emotional development & helping to equip parents with the skills to help improve their children emotional health & wellbeing. Book now!
Find out more »Helping Children Manage Change during the Pandemic
With the uncertainty during the pandemic and changes to family lives, this may be having an impact on our children. This free online workshop explores these changes, their effect on children & parents, and will support parents to develop strategies to help reduce the impact of change for both them and their child. Book now!
Find out more »Parenting in the Pandemic
Parenting within the current climate can be extremely challenging for families. This free online workshop explores these challenges for parents during Covid-19 and looks at the impact of stress on the parent and the effect this can have on the parent and children's emotional health and wellbeing. Book now!
Find out more »Improving my Relationship with my Teenager – Fully Booked
Through the teenage years, the relationship between parents and their teenagers can become challenging. This session helps to promote a more positive parent-teen relationship throughout equipping parents with the skills to improve their relationship and improve communication. Book now!
Find out more »Improving Relationships with my Teenager for Practitioners – Fully Booked
Through the teenage years, the relationship between parents and their teenagers can become challenging. This session helps practitioners to support parents to promote a more positive parent-teen relationship through helping to support parents to equipping them with the skills to improve their relationship and improve communication. Book now!
Find out more »Positive Approaches to Discipline
Why do children misbehave? This online workshop is available for parents living in Belfast and will explore: Attitudes to the use of physical punishment on children and young people Current legislation in Northern Ireland Positive approaches to discipline and positive parenting strategies Call us to register on freephone 0808 8010 722. The freephone number is currently available Mon – Thurs 9:30 am – 3:30 pm & Fri 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. Delivery of this programme has been made possible…
Find out more »Helping Children Manage Change during the Pandemic
With the uncertainty during the pandemic and changes to family lives, this may be having an impact on our children. This free online workshop explores these changes, their effect on children & parents, and will support parents to develop strategies to help reduce the impact of change for both them and their child. Book now!
Find out more »The Teenage Brain (Practitioner Event) – Fully Booked
During adolescence many changes take place within the teenage brain. Dr John Coleman will host this event on Tuesday 24th November from 10 - 11.30am for practitioners to explain how this new information came about as a result of the technology of scanning. Dr John Coleman is a psychologist, author & research fellow. The event will explain: Some of the key features of the human brain The main changes that take place during the adolescent years The role of…
Find out more »Helping Children Manage Change during the Pandemic
With the uncertainty during the pandemic and changes to family lives, this may be having an impact on our children. This free online workshop explores these changes, their effect on children & parents, and will support parents to develop strategies to help reduce the impact of change for both them and their child. Book now!
Find out more »Children’s Emotional Health – Fully Booked
We want our children to have positive emotional health & wellbeing. This free online workshop on Weds 25th November from 7 - 8.30pm encourages parents to recognise the importance of their children's mental health, exploring how we can provide opportunities for emotional development & helping to equip parents with the skills to help improve their children emotional health & wellbeing. Book now!
Find out more »Supporting Teens Positive Body Image – Fully Booked
With altered images in the media & the pressure to look good, it can have an impact on our teenager's body image. Through the teenage years, it's important to help raise our teenager's self-esteem & for them to be more self-accepting. This session helps parents to support their teenager to develop a positive self-image and be more self-accepting. Book now!
Find out more »Promoting Teenagers Reslience for Practitioners
Building our teenager's resilience will help to prepare them for the challenges they may face throughout their lives. This free online session will help practitioners to support parents to understand the importance of developing their teenager's resilience and equip them to help parents to support their teenager to develop self-control, build self-regulation & develop thinking skills.
Find out more »Supporting Teens Positive Body Image for Practitioners
With altered images in the media & the pressure to look good, it can have an impact on teenagers' body image. Through the teenage years, it's important to help raise their self-esteem & for them to feel more self-accepting. This session helps practitioners support parents to help develop their teenager's positive self-image and be more self-accepting Book Now
Find out more »Parenting a Teenager – Fully Booked
Being a parent of a teenager can be challenging. This session explores the challenges of parenting a teenager while maintaining consistency when rules are broken. It will help equip parents to support the implementation of fair boundaries and consequences, while promoting their teenager's independence. Book now!
Find out more »Children’s Emotional Health
Children who have positive emotional health and wellbeing tend to have better outcomes in life. This free, online workshop encourages parents of children to recognise the importance of their children's mental health, exploring how parents can provide opportunities for children’s emotional development. Sessions made possible with support from the McCall Social Fund. Call freephone 08088010722 to register!
Find out more »December 2020
Children’s Emotional Health – Fully Booked
We want our children to have positive emotional health & wellbeing. This free online workshop encourages parents to recognise the importance of their children's mental health, exploring how we can provide opportunities for emotional development & helping to equip parents with the skills to help improve their children emotional health & wellbeing. Book Now
Find out more »Parenting in a Pandemic – Fully Booked
Parenting within the current climate can be extremely challenging for families. This free online workshop explores these challenges for parents during Covid-19 and looks at the impact of stress on the parent and the effect this can have on the parent and children's emotional health and wellbeing. Book now!
Find out more »Reduce Conflict in the Home – Fully Booked
Conflict within families can be challenging for teenagers and parents. This can be sibling conflict or challenges between the parent-teen relationship. This session will help parents to explore the causes of conflict, recognise reactions to conflict and equip parents to deal with conflict to help reduce family stress. Book now!
Find out more »Parenting a Teenager for Practitioners
Being a parent of a teenager can be challenging. This session explores with practitioners the challenges of parenting a teenager while maintaining consistency when rules are broken. It will help practitioners to equip parents to support the implementation of fair boundaries and consequences while promoting their teenager's independence. Book now!
Find out more »Reduce Risk Taking Behaviours for Practitioners
Many teenagers push the boundaries which can lead to risk-taking behaviour. This session provides practitioners with a better understanding of the changes teenagers are experiencing in their thinking & behaviour, as well as equips practitioners to support parents with the skills to manage their teen's risk-taking behaviour. Book now!
Find out more »Children’s Emotional Health – Fully Booked
We want our children to have positive emotional health & wellbeing. This free online workshop encourages parents to recognise the importance of their children's mental health, exploring how we can provide opportunities for emotional development & helping to equip parents with the skills to help improve their children emotional health & wellbeing. Book Now
Find out more »Positive Approaches to Discipline
Why do children misbehave? This online workshop is available for parents living in Dungannon and will explore: Attitudes to the use of physical punishment on children and young people Current legislation in Northern Ireland Positive approaches to discipline and positive parenting strategies Call us to register on freephone 0808 8010 722. The freephone number is currently available Mon – Thurs 9:30 am – 3:30 pm & Fri 9:30 am – 12:30 pm. Delivery of this programme has been made possible…
Find out more »Promoting Teen Resilience – Fully Booked
Building our teenager's resilience will help to prepare them for the challenges they may face throughout their lives. This free session supports parents to understand the importance of developing their teenager's resilience & helps parents to support their teenager to develop self-control, build self-regulation & develop thinking skills. Book now!
Find out more »Promote Teen Independance – Fully Booked
As parents we want our teenagers to become more independent but at the same time maintain their safety. This session helps parents to understand the importance of promoting independence to build their teenagers resilience & self-esteem, and it will help equip parents to support their teenager to become more independent within boundaries. Book Now
Find out more »Parents Emotional Health – Fully Booked
With the many challenges faced by parents, it can be difficult to manage when we are struggling with our emotional health. This session will help parents understand the impact parental mental ill health can have on their children & teenager, and it will provide top tips on how to cope being or supporting parents with mental ill-health. Book now!
Find out more »Reducing Conflict in the Home for Practitioners – Fully Booked
Conflict within families can be challenging for teenagers and parents. This can be sibling conflict or challenges between the parent-teen relationship. This session will help practitioners to explore the causes of conflict within families, recognise reactions to conflict, and to help equip parents to deal with conflict to reduce family stress. Book Now
Find out more »Promoting Teen Independence for Practitioners – Fully Booked
As parents we want our teenagers to become more independent but at the same time maintain their safety. This free online session will help practitioners to support parents to understand the importance of promoting independence to build their teenagers resilience & self-esteem, and it will help equip practitioners to help parents to support their teenager to become more independent within boundaries Book now!
Find out more »Supporting Parents Emotional Health for Practitioners – Fully Booked
With the many challenges faced by parents, it can be difficult to manage when we are struggling with our emotional health. This session will help practitioners to support parents to understand the impact parental mental ill health can have on their children & teenager, and it will provide top tips on how to cope with being or supporting parents with mental ill-health. Book now!
Find out more »Coping with Christmas
This free, online session on the 10th of December from 7.30 - 8.30 pm discusses parent's concerns about Christmas, explores setting expectations and equips parents with the skills to manage family conflict and stress during the holiday period. Session made possible with support from the McCall Social Fund. Available for parents in the Antrim & Newtonabbey area. Call freephone 08088010722 to register!
Find out more »Reduce Risk Taking Behaviour – Fully Booked
Many teenagers push the boundaries which can lead to risk-taking behaviour. This session provides parents with a better understanding of the changes teenagers are experiencing in their thinking & behaviour, as well as equips parents with the skills to manage their teens risk-taking behaviour. Book now!
Find out more »January 2021
Teens Emotional Health
We want our teenagers to have positive emotional health & wellbeing. This free online session supports practitioners to encourage parents to recognise the importance of their teenager’s mental health, providing opportunities for emotional development & helping to equip parents with the skills to help improve their teenagers emotional health & wellbeing. Book now
Find out more »DadsTalk Sessions – Dads Emotional Health
Regional online Dadstalk sessions are safe spaces for dads experiencing separation where they can feel supported to engage in conversations with other dads who share the same or similar experiences. Sessions offer the opportunity to be informed, to build relationships, provide a listening ear and to explore separation and its impact. Sessions take the form of informal online group meetings. The January Session will explore Dads Emotional Health and coping with feelings experienced before, during & after separation. Call us…
Find out more »Keeping Your Cool Programme for Dads
Duration: Every Monday for 6 weeks online via Zoom beginning on the 18th January and finishing on 22nd Feb Aim: To help parents manage their anger Anger is a normal emotion, which most parents experience on a regular basis. It is often seen as a negative emotion but it can be used as a motivator to instigate change.o This 6 week online programme via Zoom allows you to explore: Reactions to anger How anger impacts on children How to identify the…
Find out more »Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen – Western Trust
Duration: 8 week online programme – every Tuesday from the 19th Jan - 9th March for 1 hours 30 mins each evening Aim: To improve the parent/adolescent relationship The teenage years can be notoriously challenging but this programme can help you navigate your way through the reality of parenting teenagers. The programme covers a range of topics and promotes the Authoritative Parenting style, which has been proven to be most effective. Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen is an evidence based programme and…
Find out more »Digital Parenting
Our children's use of technology and social media has significantly increased. This workshop explores children and young people’s use of technology, explores the risks and dangers of the online world and encourages parents to have effective conversations around boundaries and keeping safe online. Book now
Find out more »Parenting Apart Programme For Dads
Duration: Every Tuesday from the 19th January for 6 weeks. Online via Zoom The Parenting Apart programme for Dads is aimed at parents who have separated, are separating, divorced or thinking of divorce. The programme will provide practical advice and guidance about what children need to know, and what parents can do to meet their children’s need. Although parents are immersed in their own difficulties, this programme can help parents focus on the child’s needs with the aim of minimising…
Find out more »Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen – South Eastern Trust
Duration: 8 week online programme – every Wednesday from the 20th Jan - 10th March for 1 hours 30 mins each evening Aim: To improve the parent/adolescent relationship The teenage years can be notoriously challenging but this programme can help you navigate your way through the reality of parenting teenagers. The programme covers a range of topics and promotes the Authoritative Parenting style, which has been proven to be most effective. Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen is an evidence-based programme and has…
Find out more »Parenting Apart for Dads
Duration: Every Wednesday from the 20th January for 6 weeks. Online via Zoom The Parenting Apart programme for Dads is aimed at parents who have separated, are separating, divorced or thinking of divorce. The programme will provide practical advice and guidance about what children need to know, and what parents can do to meet their children’s need. Although parents are immersed in their own difficulties, this programme can help parents focus on the child’s needs with the aim of minimising…
Find out more »