Summary: | 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. |
Age: | 16 and over |
Sex: | n/a |
Cost: | yes |
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
Contacts:
YOT: | Leicester City Youth Offending Service |
Name: | Heather Mair |
Telephone: | 0116 454 4600 |
Email: | heather.mair@leicester.gov.uk |
Source Organisation: | Centre for Fun and Families |
Name: | Jayne Ballard |
Email: | jayne@funandfamilies.org.uk |
Web: | http://www.funandfamilies.co.uk |