Two parenting courses to start
Uniting Care Burnside will run two parenting courses during term two at the Umina Uniting Church Community Centre, 346 Ocean Beach Rd, Umina.
The two courses are "Start em right make it easy" and "What makes toddlers tick".
The first course is a behaviour management course for 0 to 8 year olds.
It will begin on Monday, May 5, and run for four weeks, from 11am to 1.30pm each session.
The course will begin on Monday, June 16, and run for three weeks from 11am to 1.30pm.
The course starts with setting the foundations, knowing your child needs, understanding how different your children can be, recognising the reasons for their behaviours and recognising the purpose of misbehaviour.
It covers play and special time, praise, rewards and reinforcement, ignoring and distraction and developmental stages.
It will discuss a positive approach, obedience and responsibility, rules, limits and boundaries, consequences and punishment and modelling communication skills to your children
It also will look at quiet time and time out, choices with different children and the out of control child.
The second course is for parents of 1 to 3 years olds, and covers all aspects of parenting toddlers.
It will discuss normal toddler behaviour, social and emotional development, tucker without tantrums, toilet training, dealing with sleeping problems, speech, tantrums and helping toddlers cope with change.
Childcare is available for both courses, with limited places.
For more information and registration, telephone Christina McMahon on 4325 9639 or Sue Tancred on 4341 0793.
Press release, 15 Apr 2008
Sue Tancred, Broken Bay Parish