Child & family specialists

We equip you with the skills to work with and teach parents to effectively manage common behavioural issues in children and youth.

In your daily work, we know you play a vital role in helping parents that are at their wits’ end to develop important new skills to deal with their kids’ difficult behaviour. Your support makes a real difference in the lives of parents and families.

That’s why Parentshop is pleased to offer you quick and affordable supportive training courses that help you to meet PD requirements.

Parentshop trained practitioners are equipped with the skills to understand and teach:

How parents can reduce stress in challenging situations

How parents can manage conflict and behavioural issues

What happens when children and young people get upset

What parents can do to help them manage their emotions

How to manage and reduce anxiety and build resilience in children

How parents and professionals can work with teenagers in difficult times

How professionals in the child protection system can have effective tough conversations.

The method-based learning is simple, practical, effective and easy to work with parents and families immediately in either becoming certified to train to parents or your daily work with children and families.

Three reasons why the significant adults in a child’s life won’t intervene in a child’s anxiety.

Our courses

teachers & leaders

Tough Conversations™ for Frontline Staff

A practical workshop for those at the frontline of a school, council or service organisation to manage difficult, emotional encounters with members of the public.

child & family specialists

Engaging Adolescents™ for Child and Family Specialists

Easy-to-use techniques to manage teenage behaviour problems and emotional reactions.

child & family specialists

1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching

1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching is a one-day professional learning course that equips you with the skills to manage children’s difficult behaviour.

child & family specialists

Anxiety Coach™ for Child & Family Specialists

Anxiety Coach is a one-day professional development course for child & family specialists working with children or their families.

child & family specialists

1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching Adapted for Special Needs for Professionals

1-2-3 Magic® & Emotion Coaching Adapted for Special Needs is a one-day professional development course that equips you with the skills to manage children’s difficult behaviour.

child & family specialists

Tough Conversations™ in Child Protection

Tough Conversations™ in Child Protection is for child protection professionals and family workers to help them to hold the often-challenging conversations with parents.

National Webinar on Childhood Anxiety for GPs

child & family specialists

National Webinar on Childhood Anxiety for GPs

This webinar includes a presentation of the social-emotional antecedents of child anxiety, including the factors involved with increases in child anxiety, nationally.

child & family specialists

Tough Conversations™ with Youth

This workshop provides youth workers with practical elements and skills for having tricky-to-hold, but necessary, conversations with young people.

From the Blog

Parenting

Childhood Mental Health

Starting on Your Journey to Supporting Children's Mental Health

By Parentshop Staff•

In today's fast-paced world, parents and caregivers face a range of challenges in nurturing their children's mental health and well-being. A recent study from Smiling Mind presented a concerning statistic: only 1 in 2 parents feel confident in meeting the mental health and well-being needs of their child. This shows how important it is to find ways to help parents feel more sure of themselves.

Emotion Coaching

Toggling

Self-regulation

The Role of Toggling in Emotion Coaching and Behaviour Management

By Parentshop Staff•April 15, 2024

When it comes to emotion coaching and building healthy behaviour management tools, there is one crucial component that is often not considered; that is, what is actually happening in the brain of the developing child. Toggling is a mechanism wherein there is somewhat of a conversation happening between different parts of our brain. It allows individuals to consider their environment and adapt and manage their responses. However, children are not born with the acknowledge and ability to respond in appropriate ways to their environment. Caregivers can help them understand their environment and emotions better and provide opportunities to build their toggling abilities, allowing their brain’s emotional centre to talk to their reactive centre and self-regulate their behaviour.

Behaviour

Classroom Behaviour

Teacher Wellbeing

The Effects of Student Behaviour on Educator Wellbeing

By Parentshop Staff•April 16, 2024

Recent discussions in Australia have highlighted the issue of poor behaviour in schools and its multifaceted impacts, notably on teacher and school leader wellbeing. The Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey released last year reflects this, with more than half of Australia’s school leaders considering retiring or leaving the profession early due to stress and other factors.