Parent Effectiveness Course
How can the Parent Effectiveness course benefit me?
Parent Effectiveness teaches you a comprehensive set of skills as well as a framework for knowing how and when to use these skills to establish open, honest, and healthy relationships at home.
Once learned and practiced, these skills will become an integral part of your day-to-day communication.
We are here to help you obtain useful skills that will help you feel more confident as a parent. We don’t blame, we don’t shame, and we don’t mess with your values. We work with any skill level, with parents of children of all ages, and you are encouraged to make mistakes and have fun while learning.
The Parent Effectiveness course skill set helps you to build and maintain a home environment of acceptance and mutual respect.
You will learn how to:
– Talk to your children so that they will listen to you
– Listen to your children so that they feel genuinely understood.
– Resolve conflicts and problems in your family so that no one loses and problems stay solved.
– Troubleshoot family problems and which skills to use to solve them.
The advantages of effective communication:
– Your children will feel free to discuss their problems and concerns with you instead of withdrawing.
– They will learn self-discipline, self-control and an inner sense of personal responsibility.
– You will learn how to work with each other instead of against each other.
– You will experience fewer angry outbursts and more problem-solving.
– Everyone can participate in rule-setting so that all will feel motivated to comply with rules.
How does the Parent Effectiveness course work?
Parent Effectiveness Training is 24 hours in total and led by a certified Gordon Training International Instructor. The schedule will depend on the individual instructor’s time.
The sessions are based on the philosophy of learning by doing, and include:
– Hands-on practice
– Group discussions
– Workbook exercises
– Real-life skills and examples
Programme materials include:
– P.E.T. workbook
– P.E.T. textbook
– Certificate of completion
– Dr. Thomas Gordon’s credo for relationships
What’s been said…
This course has given me a much needed self-awareness and has helped me to better understand the people I care about most.
Vee is real, relatable and gives relevant examples.
She is a very good and helpful instructor and understands you and is patient with you.
The skills taught are practical and highly effective . I’ve seen a real improvement in my life and my abilities to deal with situations, people and my own self.
Vee was caring, practical and gave good feedback. Knowledgeable and practical – killer combo!
It was one of the best experiences in my life and I have learned so much.
Very good, understands the course material, always willing to listen to feedback and re-explain things. Always available between classes.
Mature, kind, wise and accommodating.
Very well prepared and informed.
I look forward to implementing what I have learnt.
Vee explains all parts with examples that mean something.
A brief background:
The Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) programme was created by award winning psychologist and three-time Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Dr Thomas Gordon in 1962. It was designed as a preventative programme “Training before Troube.” It was the first parenting programme to be distributed nationwide in the United States.
The programme offers parents the essential communication and conflict resolution skills they need to have high quality relationships at home so that there will be fewer power struggles – less tension, less resentment, more fun, more peace, more love.
