This FREE three-part series is brought to you by CatholicCare and The Neighbourhood Hub's Early Connections Program. This workshop is specifically designed for parents and carers of children aged 0 - 8 years and will provide a greater understanding of the problem of increasing levels of anxiety in children to help parents to manage and counter its progress.

You can expect:

An overview of how a well-honed theory of parenting (what you need to repeatedly do) can assist parents to manage children's worries.
Coverage of 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 and cognitive distortions used by children and their 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.

Children welcome and morning tea provided.