Aimed at:

• Living with Teenagers Programme is a specialist targeted group work programme aimed at parents and carers of young people (aged 11-16 years) who are experiencing communication and behavioural difficulties with their children.

Intended Outcomes:

• Reduce behavioural difficulties experienced by parents/carers of children aged 11-16 years of age
• Increase parental understanding of the behaviour exhibited by their children
• Support parents to make positive changes

Description:

The programme is run by 2 practitioners with a group of 10-12 parents/carers, who have experienced some conflict with their children.  The programme runs over 7 weeks for 2 hours per session.

The programme covers the flowing topics:
 

• Understanding what behaviour is being found difficult
• Why that behaviour is taking place
• What steps need parents/carers need to implement in order to achieve some change

What Makes it Work:

• Programme is underpinned by theoretical approach used is Social Learning Theory with elements of a cognitive behaviouraltherapeutic (CBT) approach
• Facilitators meet with all the parents in their home to support participation
• Programme supports parents to embrace that all parents/carers at some point experience some difficulties on their parenting journey
• Programme has been awarded CANparent Quality Mark
• Training for parents is interactive and practical learning approach using the principles of empowerment, social learning and cognitive behavioural theories

Implementing the Practice:

• Currently Leicester YOT is no longer in a position to run the programme in house, although they have done so previously.
• Currently Leicester YOT refers directly to Centre for Fun and Families who run the programme with their families.
  When the training was run in house;
• Group work Coordinator and Parenting Support Coordinator were trained to deliver the programme
• The training for practitioners is a 2 ½ day training with a cost of £312.20 per practitioner

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