Ambassador Training over eight weeks: A Very Warm Welcome
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.
Ambassador’s Handbook
The Ambassador’s Handbook is designed to be used alongside the training contents of this website.
It contains advice on preparing for, and running, the Real Parenting Workshops, including recommended times for each part of the sessions.
Please click on the red button to the right of this paragraph (or below, if you are on a mobile phone or tablet).
This will open up the Handbook in a separate window. In the top right hand side of your screen you will see this image:
please click it to download the Handbook.
Parenting Workbook
The Parenting Workbook is designed to be printed off by the Ambassador and handed out to participants at the beginning of the course.
As well as help and advice for parents it contains material to help parents with assignments in between sessions.
In our experience, parents often lose or forget their workbooks so we have included easy to download sections throughout this website, so that you can quickly and easily download just the relevant bits for that particular session.
We recommend that you familiarise yourself with the Parenting Workbook before you begin your first session.
Also, on page 3 you will find an area where you can fill in the contact details of useful further resource agencies in your area. We recommend that you write these in before handing out the Workbook to parents.
To download the workbook please click on the red button to the right of this paragraph (or below, if you are on a mobile phone or tablet).
This will open up the Handbook in a separate window. In the top right hand side of your screen you will see this image:
please click that image to download the Workbook.
