Family Communications Parenting Teens is a course aimed at supporting parents to move into the space of a teenager and to understand the many changes that are happening in this stage of development. By doing this, parents are encouraged to parent assertively, offering their teen a voice in the home, while maintaining boundaries; encouraging teens to make good choices while helping them overcome the bad ones; helping teens to manage the changes both physically and emotionally that are taking place for them while allowing them the freedom to explore and express and discover the person they are becoming.
This course asks parents to recognise the shift from childhood to teenager and how this is an emotionally challenging time for parents as much as it is for teens. Managing your fear as a parent will allow your relationship to get stronger with your teen and ensure you are there with them as they move into this new stage of life.
| Module 1 | Welcome! | |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Unit 1: Getting Started | |
| Unit 2 | Unit 2: Your Learning Tools | |
| Unit 3 | Unit 3: What I Want to Give/Get | |
| Unit 4 | Unit 4: What is Journaling | |
| Unit 5 | Unit 5: Self-Reflective Practice | |
| Module 2 | Family Life | |
| Unit 1 | Unit 1: Strong Families | |
| Unit 2 | Unit 2: Good Communication in Strong Families | |
| Unit 3 | Unit 3: Assertive Parenting | |
| Unit 4 | Unit 4: Routines Consistency and Creating Boundaries | |
| Module 3 | Teens | |
| Unit 1 | Unit 1: A Day in a Life of a Teenager | |
| Unit 2 | Unit 2: Listening to Our Teens | |
| Unit 3 | Unit 3: Your Child is Growing Into a Teenager: What Puberty Means | |
| Unit 4 | Unit 4: How to Empower Your Teen to be More Responsible | |
| Unit 5 | Unit 5: The Power of Family Meetings as a Problem-Solving Tool When Parenting Teens | |
| Module 4 | The Child Who Feels Stressed | |
| Unit 1 | Unit 1: Sibling Relationships | |
| Unit 2 | Unit 2: Keeping Conflict Healthy - Understanding Levels of Fighting | |
| Unit 3 | Unit 3: Power struggles: When Parents Question Who's in Charge - Me or My Teen? | |
| Unit 4 | Unit 4: Flip the Lid | |
| Module 5 | Parenting & Stress | |
| Unit 1 | Unit 1: Sexual Development and Developing Relationships: Talking to Your Teen | |
| Unit 2 | Unit 2: Teens and Risky Behaviours | |
| Unit 3 | Unit 3: Ways to Support a Teen Who Lacks Motivation Around School | |
| Unit 4 | Unit 4: Family's Mental Health and Wellbeing | |
| Module 6 | Review & Reflection | |
| Unit 1 | Unit 1: Will This Ever Be Over? | |
| Unit 2 | Unit 2: So Far What Have I Learnt | |
| Unit 3 | Unit 3: Techniques for Life | |
| Unit 4 | Unit 4: And the Journey Continues |