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Upcoming Events: April- June

April
– Easter/Anzac Day clinic closure: 18 April- 22 April, 25 April.
– Stepping Stones Triple P seminar. Changing challenging behaviours to positive behaviours. Currumbin Community Special School. 28 April.
– Stepping Stones Triple P seminar. Changing challenging behaviours to positive behaviours. Mudgeeraba Special School. 29 April.

May
– Chinese Triple P seminar. Gold Coast Chinese Christian Church. 1 & 15 May.
– Stepping Stones Triple P group starts at Currumbin Community Special School.

June
– Triple P one day intensive workshop. June 21.
– Raising Tweens and Teens one day intensive workshop. Date TBA.

For more details about the above groups and seminars, visit www.couragepsyc.com.au/groups

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Triple P one day intensive workshop

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A level 4 Triple P group intervention, for parents of children (2-12).

Triple P is proven to help you raise happy and confident children. The program is based on extensive research that shows the importance of positive, effective parenting. Triple P uses simple strategies and small changes to demonstrate practical, effective ways to manage common behavioural issues faced by many parents, such as:
•    tantrums
•    aggression
•    bedtime and mealtime difficulties
•    disobedience
You’ll learn about:
•    Effective parenting strategies.
•    How to promote your child’s development.
•    How to manage common child behaviour problems.
•    Principles to help you deal with almost any situation that might arise.

Program facilitator
Karen Li- Psychologist
Trained as a Triple P Practitioner; and runs various group-based parenting interventions. Karen’s PhD dissertation focused on the roles of family relationships and parenting on high risk adolescent behaviours. Karen is also active in conducting research into parenting and parenting interventions.

Next group – 18 October 2014

Cost: $195 per participant.
Includes course materials and lunch.
Some rebates may apply.
Completing this one day intensive parenting workshop will also help to fulfill family court requirements.

A limit of 12 participants for this workshop. Please reserve you place ASAP to avoid disappointment.

RSVP: 07 55 620 466, ask for Andrea/groups.

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Triple P Groups

FREE PARENTING PROGRAM. For a limited time. Stepping Stones Triple P (SSTP) is part of the Triple P parenting program, and has been specially tailored for parents of children with a disability. It doesn’t tell you how to be a parent. It’s more like a toolbox of ideas. You choose the strategies you need. You choose the way you want to use them. It’s all about making it work for you.

In 2014, Karen will be running a series of Stepping Stones Triple P groups on the Gold Coast. This is a funded program, for more information refer to: www.triplep-steppingstones.net.

Stepping Stones Triple P helps you:

  • Raise happy, confident kids
  • Manage misbehaviour so everyone in the family enjoys life more
  • Set rules and routines that everyone respects and follows
  • Encourage behaviour you like
  • Take care of yourself as a parent
  • Feel confident you’re doing the right thing
  • Take part in community events
  • Develop plans for tricky situations

Am I eligible?

  • If you have a child with a disability aged 2 to 12, you may be eligible to participate in the research project and receive Stepping Stones for free. Check details carefully to make sure you’re eligible to attend the session.
  • If you don’t meet eligibility criteria this time around, please contact me for more options. Karen is also accredited to deliver Triple P programs to those without disabilities.

How do I register for FREE Group Stepping Stones Triple P?

  1. Complete a survey on mysay.org.au
  2. Find out more information about Triple P and the trial. www.triplep-steppingstones.net
  3. Register for a session. find-a-stepping-stones-session

Spaces are limited so hurry!

If you have any other questions, please email: info@couragepsyc.com.au.

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Free behaviour diary for parents

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Parents are very skillful in identifying undesirable behaviours in their children. Tantrums, swearing, arguing, hitting, etc are all behaviours parents have told me are concerning to them.

Unfortunately, children often misbehave. The first step in preventing and replacing child misbehaviour is to understand why the behaviour is occuring.

First step: Understand the behaviour.

The first step is to understand the behaviour. Why is it happening? Is there a pattern to when it happens? What makes it more likely to happen? While parents often have good ideas of why, it is really helpful to get some cold hard evidence.

This is where the behaviour diary comes in. The behaviour diary is designed to help parents keep track of problem behaviours. It can also help us get an overall understanding of the behaviour. Use a separate behavior diary for each problem behaviour. You may use additional monitoring tools to help you keep track of behaviour.

In my personal experience, those parents who diligently keep a Behaviour Diary for at least a week, have better outcomes in therapy. They are more likely to follow through with other recommendations and report more competence in parenting.

I have provided a copy FREE for you to download and use. Find other FREE resources in the “resource section” of this website.

Once you understand the behaviour, your psychologist, including Karen, can help you find ways to prevent, reduce and replace problem behaviours in children. It’s not going to be easy, but take Courage and be a Brave parent.

If you would like to book into see me in private practice, please contact reception on (07) 55 620 466.