Parents Plus Winter 2024 Facilitator Training
We are delighted to announce our Facilitator Training Schedule at Parents Plus for winter 2024, offering you an opportunity to build on your skills and enhance your service’s capacity to make a positive impact in the lives of the families you support.
Parents Plus Early Years Programme Facilitator Training
Promoting attachment, learning and well-being for parents of children aged 1 to 6 years.
The Parents Plus Early Years programme (PPEY) is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over 6-12 sessions to groups of parents or to individual families. The Early Years Programme can be delivered as a universal programme for parents of children aged 1 to 6 years including those with additional needs such as ADHD, Autism, and other developmental differences.
Training takes place online over five mornings from 9.15am to 1.30pm.
- Monday , 25 Nov 2024
- Tuesday, 26 Nov 2024
- Thursday, 28 Nov 2024
- Monday, 2 Dec 2024
- Tuesday, 3 Dec 2024
Parents Plus Children’s Programme Facilitator Training
Promoting attachment, learning and well-being for parents of children aged 6-12 years
The Parents Plus Children’s programme is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over 6-12 sessions to groups of parents or to individual families.
The Children’s Programme can be delivered as a universal programme for parents of children aged 6-12 years including those dealing with additional emotional and behavioural concerns.
Training takes place online over five mornings from 9.15am to 1pm.
- Wednesday, 4 Dec 2024
- Thursday, 5 Dec 2024
- Friday, 6 Dec 2024
- Monday, 9 Dec 2024
- Tuesday, 10 Dec 2024
Parents Plus ADHD Programme Facilitator Training
Addressing the particular needs of parents of children with ADHD aged 6 to 12 years
The Parents Plus ADHD Children’s programme (PP-ADHD) is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over 8 sessions to groups of parents or to individual families.
Training takes place online over five mornings from 9.15am to 1:30pm.
- Tuesday, 26 Nov 2024
- Wednesday, 27 Nov 2024
- Thursday, 28 Nov 2024
- Tuesday, 3 Dec 2024
- Wednesday, 4 Dec 2024
Parents Plus Adolescent Programme Facilitator Training
Promoting effective communication and positive relationships, for parents of adolescents aged 11 to 16 years.
The Parents Plus Adolescents programme is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over 6-12 sessions to groups of parents or to individual families.
The Adolescents Programme can be delivered as a universal programme for parents of adolescents aged 11-16 years including those dealing with additional emotional and behavioural concerns.
Training takes place online over five mornings from 9.15am to 1pm.
- Thursday, 28 Nov 2024
- Friday, 29 December 2024
- Wednesday, 4 Dec 2024
- Thursday, 5 Dec 2024
- Friday, 6 Dec 2024
Parents Plus Special Needs Programme Facilitator Training
Addressing the particular needs of parents of adolescents with an intellectual disability.
The Parents Plus Special Needs programme (PPSN) is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over 7 sessions to groups of parents or to individual families.
The Special Needs Programme is suitable for parents who are raising an older child or adolescent with a mild, moderate or severe intellectual disability, and who may also have a diagnosis, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or a physical disability.
Training takes place online over four mornings from 9.15am to 1:15pm.
- Monday, 2 Dec 2024
- Tuesday, 3 Dec 2024
- Wednesday, 4 Dec 2024
- Thursday, 5 Dec 2024
Parents Plus Working Things Out Facilitator Training
Promoting positive mental health and teaching coping skills to adolescents.
The Working Things Out Programme is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on adolescent’s strengths. Drawing on the principles of CBT, and illustrated by the stories of real young people, it can be delivered over 8 sessions to groups of adolescents and to individual young people.
The Working Things Out Programme can be delivered both as a preventative youth mental health programme to promote positive coping, and as an intervention for young people with identified mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression or self-harm.
Training takes place online over three mornings from 9.15am to 1:30pm.
- Tuesday, 21 Jan 2025
- Wednesday, 22 Jan 2025
- Thursday, 23 Jan 2025
Parents Plus Parenting When Separated Facilitator Training
Supporting parents who are preparing for, going through or have gone through a separation or divorce.
The Parents Plus Parenting When Separated Programme is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over six sessions, to groups of parents or to individual parents.
The Parenting When Separated Programme is suitable for fathers and mothers as well as residential and non-residential parents.
Training takes place online over three mornings from 9.15am to 1:30pm.
- Thursday, 5 Dec 2024
- Friday, 6 Dec 2024
- Friday, 13 Dec 2024
Parents Plus Healthy Families Programme Facilitator Training
Promoting positive relationships, and family well-being for parents of children aged 0-12 years
The Parents Plus Healthy Families programme (PPHF) is a practical, solution-focused and evidence-based course that builds on parent strengths. It can be delivered over 8 sessions to groups of parents or to individual families.
The Healthy Families Programme can be delivered as a universal programme for parents of babies and young children aged 0-12 years, with an emphasis on establishing healthy habits that promote family health and well-being.
Training takes place online over four mornings:
- Thursday, 13 Mar 2025
- Friday, 14 Mar 2025
- Thursday, 20 Mar 2025
- Friday, 21 Mar 2025
Here’s what you can expect from Parents Plus facilitator training:
- Short morning sessions delivered online over several days, making it convenient to participate while managing your other work commitments.
- Practical skills from experienced trainers in solution-focused group work, proven to enhance parent engagement, reduce waiting lists, and lead to better outcomes for families.
- Access to a supportive community of practice, providing a space for continuous learning and development even after the training ends.
- Affordable training with a purpose. As a charity, all profits from training and materials are reinvested into developing new programmes to meet evolving family needs and sponsoring training and mentoring for services with limited-funding supporting high-need families.
Places are limited!
Places on our scheduled facilitator trainings are limited, so be sure to secure your place as early as possible. You can book online and if you have any questions, our Programme Manager Claire, will be delighted to help. You can contact here by email claire@parentsplus.ie.
