"Time Out for Teenagers" Course on CD

"Time Out for Teenagers" is a very popular six-week course for parents of 9-16 year olds.

This CD version includes PowerPoints of all the sessions for easy presenting with a laptop computer and data projector.

The pack comes as a CD-ROM and includes:

• The full course manual (which can be printed off)
• PowerPoint presentations of the whole course
• PowerPoint of a special 'taster' session for promoting the course
• Facilitator notes
• Handouts for parents
• Letters which can customised
• A synopsis of the background theory and research base for each topic.

This is a universal course aimed at those whose parenting support needs may be categorised as "low to moderate".

The six 2-hour core sessions cover:

• What it’s like being a teenager today
• What it’s like to have a teenager today
• The struggle for identity
• The struggle for independence
• Staying connected
• Peer pressure and self-esteem
• Meeting emotional needs
• Parenting styles
• House rules
• Communication
• Body language, listening, empathy
• Communicating feelings
• Particular issues - Dads, divorce, bereavement
• Single parents and step parents
• Family conferences
• Tools for handling conflict
• How to negotiate with your teenager
• Goals behind behaviour - avoiding getting hooked!
• Problem solving - alcohol, rudeness, bullying, truancy, drugs, friendships, sex, untidy bedrooms
• Consequences and sanctions

There are also two additional optional sessions:

• What to say about sex and sexuality
• Step-parenting

The course aims to support parents through change by applying knowledge and skills to individual family situations. Between sessions, parents complete homework tasks to consolidate their learning.

You may also be interested in this/these product(s):

"Time Out for Teenagers" Handbook £6.25

"Time Out for Teenagers" Facilitator Manual £59.00