Parenting and Child Development

Learn practical tools to strengthen your parenting confidence and skills, led by experienced parenting facilitators.

Available online or in person, offering a range of courses to suit your needs.

Find a course for you and enquire your interest with our team.

Courses We Offer

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Circle of Security Parenting

A five week course, explaining how children look to their parents or caregivers for support; from safety and security to exploration.

Learn to identify children's needs and how to promote secure attachment in children. Suitable for parents of children of all ages, but focuses on infants and young children.

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Tuning into Kids

This six-week course will teach parents how to help their children identify and understand their emotions, support them to problem solve, and build their confidence. It also provides an opportunity for parents to learn ways to connect with and strengthen their relationship with their children.

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Tuning into Teens

In this six-week course, you’ll learn skills on how to talk to and understand your tween or teenager. Learn how to support them to manage their emotions and navigate adolescence. You’ll support them to build their problem-solving skills, whilst maintaining connection with you as their parent.

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Emotion Coaching

A three-week in-depth focus on John Gottman’s emotion coaching; parents will gain an understanding of their own parenting style and how this impacts their children. For those who have attended 123 Magic & Emotion Coaching, this course will build on existing skills.

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Bringing up Great Kids

In this five-week course, parents will reflect on their parenting styles to enhance communication and positive interactions with their children. Topics include messages from our past; the child's brain; our children’s behaviour; and responding effectively.

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123 Magic & Emotion Coaching

In this three-week course, you will learn to engage your children’s cooperation by positively noticing and encouraging them, setting clear expectations and helping them develop frustration tolerance, resolving family conflict, and some simple calming strategies.

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Anxiety Coach

Designed to help parents understand how anxiety develops, and how they can support their children during times when they experience anxiety. This three week course enables parents to be able to respond effectively, and teaching preventative steps to help children build their resilience and coping strategies.

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Keeping Kids in Mind

A five-week course aimed at assisting separated/divorced parents to support their children through the changes. It explores areas such as loss and grief, attachment, resilience and communication, to support co-parenting with a focus on the needs of children.

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My Kids & Me

A seven-week course for parents whose children are in out-of-home or kinship care, covering loss and grief, understanding your child’s experience, communication skills, and navigating the legal system.

An assessment is required to determine suitability.

Facilitator training

For experienced practitioners, CatholicCare Sydney runs training programs to become facilitators of our parenting courses. Enquire your interest.

Group and team training

We also offer courses to organisations that would like to support their staff with parenting skills.

Call 13 18 19 or contact us online to find out more.

Parenting course evaluations

The Keeping Kids in Mind Post Separation Parenting program was externally evaluated by the Family Action Centre at Newcastle University in 2010.
Download the report: Evaluation of the Keeping Kids in Mind Group Work Program

In 2013, the My Kids and Me program for parents whose children are in out-of-home care was externally evaluated by the Centre for Child Protection at the University of South Australia.

Contact Us

To contact CatholicCare Sydney, call our Client Care Team (8:30am - 5:30pm Mon-Fri) on 13 18 19 or complete the form below. CatholicCare is closed on NSW Public Holidays.

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