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Group sessions to help you to be the best parent you can
Learn about brain development, big feelings and how to care for connected relationships.
Parenting is a constantly changing journey. Togetherness is here to help provide guidance and support along the way. Join our groups to follow a series of interactive sessions to build emotional health, resilience and confidence.
The evidence-based Solihull Approach model that underpins the bitesize topics has been tested by researchers as well as hundreds of thousands of parents. You can have confidence it will make a positive difference in your relationships.
The Togetherness parent groups are proven to:
- Increase parent understanding and connection in their relationships
- Help parents identify where they want to make changes
- Help parents understand best responses to behaviours
- Help reduce parental anxiety.
Understanding your baby: birth to 12 months
8 weekly sessions
Face-to-face delivery in small groups (or alternatively live-virtual from home)
Led by experienced, registered, supportive practitioners
For parents with babies from newborn to 12 months
$480 per person ($60 per week)
- Introduction to emotional health: understanding and looking after your feelings
- Understand baby brain development
- Learn about baby communication and soothing your crying baby
- Tune into your baby’s rhythms and develop healthy sleep patterns
- Learn about feeding techniques
- Find new ways to play
- Think about and prepare for separating from your baby
Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager
10 weekly sessions
Face-to-face delivery in small groups (or alternatively live-virtual from home)
For all parents of toddlers, children and teenagers
Led by experienced, registered, supportive practitioners
- Introduction to emotional health: understanding and looking after your feelings
- Understand baby, child, and teenager brain development
- Learn about your child’s feelings
- Learn to read your child’s changing communication and behaviour
- Find ways to manage and process big feelings and emotions
- Find new ways to play and have fun together
- Tune into your child’s rhythms to find new connection
- Develop healthy sleep habits
- Understand more about self regulation and anger
Upcoming groups and information for parents
- Ask your Maternal Child and Family Health nurse if they know of any local groups
- Grampians Health region families have free access via their Early Parenting Centre, Ballarat (03 53203003) https://www.gh.org.au/services/early-parenting-centre/
- Or simply Email us
Getting the most out of your group experiences
Each session of the group builds on the previous session content, so attending each session is really important. The greatest benefits are gained by being there and able to focus, therefore it is recommended that you access childcare during the sessions when ever possible.
We understand life is unpredictable, so if you need to postpone your attendance we will arrange for you attend the next available group. If you need to cancel your course booking we refund your fee, minus a 10% administration fee.
Individual family sessions are also available
These sessions are for individual parents or family only. You have access to the group content through individual sessions with a qualified practitioner. This way practitioners can offer you or your family members individual support and guidance in the sessions. Private bookings cost $90 per session.
For more information or to register, please email Lian_nurturedparenting@outlook.com
