GETTING THROUGH THE DAY FOR DADS
- an 8 week course for dads with pre-school children
"Getting Through The Day" is a
course for parents and has been run for mums and dads. We aim to
provide a place where dads can talk together and learn from each
other. We do this by talking about a range of topics. Each topic
gives dads opportunities to find solutions to concerns they have
about their children and themselves. We expect that what is said
in the group is kept confidential. This course offers dads a
chance to learn from and support each other
The course was developed by John
Rogers and some parents and has been running since 1994. This
means that the course was developed by parents for parents. Lots
of dads have made suggestions about making the course better and
we have tried to use these ideas. Courses for dads have been
run.
We will also look at how children
grow and what we can do to help our children. Also, as one dad
said, "parenting is not so much about the children as being
about us parents feeling happy with ourselves". We think there
is something to this so we will look a bit at ourselves.
We will look at ways of getting on
with our children - at communication and how to make our
children feel encouraged and also how to get their co-operation.
All this will lead to ideas on managing our children's
behaviour. We will do this in a variety of ways including
watching a video which shows a series of typical scenes in daily
life which can cause hassles.
The video and the handouts offer
some ideas on managing children's behaviour but this does not
mean we have to be expert parents, merely that we try and get on
with our children - where we respect our children and they will
respect us.
We ask dads to do some things at
home. This will mean trying out the ideas at home and talking
together with partners and children. Handouts for reading at
home will also be given out.
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Week 1 - INTRODUCTIONS |
Week 2 - COMMUNICATION |
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This session will look at what
it means to be a parent and what we hope to get from the
course. |
This session will consider ideas
how we communicate with our children, the barriers and how
we can get better at it.
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Week 3 - ENCOURAGEMENT |
Week 4 - CO-OPERATION |
This session will explore the
importance of talking and listening to our children in a
positive way.
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This session will look at
strategies for getting your children to co-operate with you
and others. |
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Week 5 - DEALING WITH CONFLICT |
Week 6 - GETTING UP! GETTING
OUT! |
This session deals with the
difficult subject of conflict and tries to help find ways
that parents can deal with more effectively.
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This session will look at
strategies for getting your children to co-operate with you
and others. |
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Week 7 - MEALTIMES, BEDTIMES &
SIBLINGS |
Week 8 - WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED? |
This session will explore the
difficulties around these activities and discuss how these
can best be handled.
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A final review of the course and
a look at what happens next. |
CLICK HERE to download a printable leaflet containing all
this information.
For more information or to book a
place on this course please contact:
Sure Start (tel. 01506 775836) or email
surestart@westlothian.gov.uk
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