Courses on offer for parents

This is a rolling programme and additional dates are added where possible so if the session(s) you are interested in attending is fully booked, there may be further opportunity to attend.

If you are a professional who works with children and families and wish to access training, please see our professionals training courses.

Understanding why children might be anxious about school

This is an awareness session to increase understanding of why children might be anxious about school, identify potential triggers and look at available support and strategies. This session is suitable for parents/carers of all school aged children but may be of limited value to parents of children with more complex needs.

• Tuesday 2 June 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am

Anxiety

This session looks at what anxiety is, what the triggers might be, how to identify it and how we can support our children and young people.

• Anxiety (in children over 11 years old)
  • Tuesday 9 June 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am 
  • Tuesday 7 July 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am 
• Anxiety (in children 5 to 11 years old)
  • Tuesday 28 April, 9.30am to 11.30am
  • Tuesday 16 June 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am
  • Tuesday 30 June 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am

Emotional wellbeing

This session will focus on emotional wellbeing, what is it and how can we improve it for ourselves and our children? This session explores the link with mental health and looks at how we can manage our own wellbeing as well as that of our children and young people.

• Tuesday 5 May 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am

Understanding behaviour development in children and young people

This session will look at behavioural norms in the developing child and how adult
behaviour influences this. We will look at the challenges parents and carers may face
and how they can support their children and young people to develop resilience and
manage risk as they grow to adulthood and independence.

• Tuesday 12 May 2026, 9.30am to 11.30am

How to book

For further information about our sessions, please email: [email protected] 

Please include individual email addresses if one person is booking for a number of applicants rather than a general workplace address (so applicants receive important emails) along with a contact number.

If your booking is confirmed you will receive an MS Teams invitation a week or two before the training. Please respond to this invitation.