This is a 3 week program 18th, 25th August and 1st September.

By having a greater understanding of the problem of increasing levels of anxiety in children, parents will identify and counter its progress

Parents will learn:

An overview of how a well-honed theory of parenting (what you need to repeatedly do) can assist parents to manage children’s worries
How some misguided policies are making parents and children more anxious
The brain, including how the pre-frontal middle cortex and the amygdala operate, and where fear and anxiety originates
Commonly misused phrases & cognitive distortions used by children & peers
A helicopter view of what risks we can allow and which require us to keep children safe
‘Traps and trip wires’: what to do when a child’s amygdala starts to play-up
Memorable strengthening sayings, questioning strategies and mindfulness exercises