Parent Workshop Programme
The Parent Workshop Programme offers free 1 hour Mental Health workshops for parents and carers, offering support, advice and guidance on how best to support a child or young persons emotional health and wellbeing.
This programme offers families a range of one hour workshops, led by the Psychology in Schools Team from Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT). The Psychology in Schools Team is made up of clinical psychologists and senior psychotherapists who have worked in specialist mental health services.
Parent/carer workshops coming up:
Building Resilience: Managing the Next Steps
For parents/carers to learn strategies they can teach their children for managing difficult thoughts, feelings and situations.
19th June 2023 – 1pm Book a place
19th June 2023 – 6pm Book a place
Supporting our Young People with Anxiety
For parents to understand anxiety and how to support their child with worry
20th June 2023 – 6pm Book a place
18th July 2023 - 7.15pm Book a place
Supporting our Young People Manage Big Feelings
A workshop aimed at parents of young people aged up to 11 to help support our children
manage difficult emotions
20th June 2023 – 7.15pm Book a place
Supporting our Young People with Eating Difficulties
A workshop for parents to help them look out for and understand what to do if their child
is struggling with eating.
17th July 2023 – 1pm Book a place
17th July 2023 – 6pm Book a place
Supporting our Young People with Sleep (11+ years)
For parents/carers to learn about the importance of sleep and strategies they can teach their young people to support better sleep.
18th July 2023 – 6pm Book a place
These workshops will be recorded so anyone unable to attend can still access the content. If you miss a workshop or want to watch it again you can find all of our previous parent workshops on the NSFT Mental Health YouTube channel
Recorded workshops you may find useful:
Supporting our Young People with Eating Difficulties
This workshop is designed to explore some of the eating difficulties young people maybe facing, to understand the way food can be used as a coping mechanism in times of stress, to address what a parent/carer can do that is helpful or not helpful, and importantly identify what are the red flags to alert a parent/carer to take action to get help, as well as where to get help. View workshop
Tools to Manage Uncertainty and Building Resilience in our Young People
This workshop is suitable for parents/carers of all children struggling in the current pandemic who would like to learn strategies they can teach their children to manage difficult thoughts, feelings, and situations. It is also helpful for professionals who might work with young people. View workshop
Supporting our Young People with Anxiety
This workshop is for parents of school aged children to help them understand anxiety better. The session covers: what is anxiety, why anxiety, how it effects the brain, how it effects the body, how it impacts on what we do and don’t do and how parents can support their children/adolescents with anxiety. Anxiety in Adolescence YouTube webinar
Teens and Tweens Wellbeing Webinars
A series of 20 mini webinars designed for Teens and Tweens (Tweenager – children from eight years of age) by Dr. Tina Rae (Educational and Child Psychologist), covering advice on managing stress and anxiety, perfectionist behaviours and negative thinking. Watch the webinars on Youtube
