Please see the letter attached for information and a link for a Edinburgh Council survey.
Thank you.
Month: August 2017
Raising Children With Confidence
Promoting positive mental health and emotional well-being
Raising Children with Confidence Course
Wednesdays
27 September – 22 November 2017
12.00 to 2.00pm
Gate 55, 55 Sighthill Road
Free creche available
This course aims to give parents and carers the chance to explore emotional well-being and how we can best promote it in ourselves and our children. Drawing on the latest findings and research it helps to explain why what you do makes a difference.
The course comprises of eight sessions (2 hours each) covering the following topics:
- Introduction Session
- Why Do Kids Do That? (Looking inside children’s brains)
- What’s Love Got To Do With It? (How relationships shape child development)
- Cotton Wool Kids? (Helping children cope with the ups and downs of life)
- Staying Connected! (Listening differently to understand better)
- What Makes Us, Us? (How thoughts and feelings influence behaviour)
- Time Well Spent? (How to fit it all in, in the 21st century)
- Looking back at what we’ve learned (A celebration and certificates)
If you would like more information or to book a place contact Andrena or Helen at Gate 55 on: 0131 458 5095, Andrena.Graham@ea.edin.sch.uk or Helen.Purves@ea.edin.sch.uk or hand in the slip below to Gate 55. www.joininedinburgh.org/parenting-programmes/
