Parents reunite after successful Slough parenting course
Parents who took part in a six week parenting course run by Slough youth offending team last year, will reunite this month to discuss its success.
The living with teenagers group, LWT, hope to start the same course again at the end of February with other parents and have invited the ones who attended last time to come and give their views on how the course has helped them.
They will discuss how the skills they learnt, such as young people’s behaviour and how to understand their behaviour patterns, have benefited them.
They also got to examine ways in which patterns of unwanted behaviours develop within families and how to improve listening and communication skills in order to reduce family conflict.
Jyoti Sahota, Slough parent support worker and Catherine Read, family support worker, said “It also serves as a support network for the parents.
“We’re very interested in seeing what parents have to say and how the course has helped them at home.”
Commissioner for Slough young people’s services, Cllr Sean Wright, said: “These courses give parents the opportunity to learn about their teenagers and to meet other parents.
“The course helps them to interact with their children, but it also becomes very beneficial to the young people themselves, who will gain more guidance from their parents who have been able to learn how to communicate with them at a better level.
Slough Borough Council.