Welcome to the Real Parenting Ambassador Programme

Welcome to the Real Parenting Ambassador Training Programme.

The purpose of the Real Parenting course is to equip you as an Ambassador to run workshops for parents. It is based on the Spurgeons Parent Support Course model which has been developed over the years and has transformed the lives of many families. It teaches parents the skills needed to:

• develop a relationship on which behavioural management skill can be built;
• teach their children how to recognise and manage their own emotions;
• develop positive behaviour management through clear instructions and specific praise;
• move towards minimising conflict and disobedience around boundaries and household rules.

Top tips on running a group

You may already have experience running groups. If not, don’t worry, the material in this course has been in group settings, in individual homes and even over the internet. Each week covers two parenting skills and is a combination of:

• animated videos;
• PowerPoints for you to use in summarising the main points of the subject;
• exercises for you to run with the group.

Here is a video to give you some ideas on how to run a group.

Privacy and no judgement

Establish right from the first session that the privacy of the members of the group is paramount. Members are not to try to find out where other members live, or where their children go to school.

Also different parents are likely to have differing parental styles. We are all here to learn and we need to encourage and support each other as a group, not to be critical of other parents who we might think are too strict, or not strict enough etc.