Power to Parent III– Common Childhood Challenges
Sessions: 8
Lecture: 7h 39m
Certificate: 16+ hrs
200 CAD
In this third and final course of the Power to Parent series the focus is on the typical challenges of parenting. Every child gets stuck from time to time on the road to maturation. Dr. Neufeld helps equip parents to read the signs of a child in trouble, live with a sensitive child, cultivate resilience in a child, lead an alpha child, soften a defended child, discipline a stuck child, and much more.
As is the case with all our courses, this course features lectures by Dr. Neufeld, carefully curated support for enriched study, study aides, the opportunity to ask questions of trained faculty or course facilitators, a year's access to the campus to enable study at one's own pace, and a certificate of attendance upon completion. For more information, consult the 'about our courses' page.
COURSE SUMMARY
Raising children is rewarding, but not always easy! Every child has some difficult times and every parent faces challenges at some point on the journey. Making sense of what is happening is the best place to start. In this course, students benefit from Neufeld's decades of experience helping parents through challenging times. He shares the insights he has gleaned over the years and shares effective and safe practices that honour and preserve the relationship, even when the problems seem daunting.
If taking this course without first taking the Vital Connection, we recommend viewing Relationship Matters (see Free Resources) first to set the stage.
SUITABILITY/APPLICABILITY
This course is suitable for both parents and professionals alike although it is addressed primarily to parents. The material and principles discussed are applicable to children of all ages. The focus of this course is on everyday parenting and everyday problems but the material applies even more so to the more challenging scenarios and problems.
SAMPLE TOPICS
- the distinctives of this attachment-based developmental approach
- the gardener as a guiding metaphor for parenting
- the signs of a child in trouble emotionally or developmentally
- when the vulnerability is too much to bear
- the challenges of parenting a sensitive child
- how and why to take the lead as a parent
- why children need to depend upon us
- how to soften a child's defenses
- how to compensate for the deficits and dysfunction of stuck kids
- how to discipline when kids are stuck
- how to become the parent a challenging child may need
Course Outline
The course is structured into 8 sessions with each session including approximately an hour of instructional video from Dr. Neufeld.
- Session 1 - Thinking developmentally when facing challenges
Understanding our role as a parent is especially important when needing to find our way through difficult times. The gardener analogy is presented as most fitting the developmental approach. - Session 2 - Recognizing the signs of trouble
We can't effectively address a problem we don't understand. Our first question should never be 'what should I do' but rather 'what do I see'. Neufeld helps us to read the signs of a child in trouble. - Session 3 - Living with a sensitive child
Children differ tremendously in their intensity as well as how easily they get affected. In this session, we look at the signs of sensitivity and the special challenges that result. - Session 4 - Softening the defenses in a child
Every human brain is equipped to defend against vulnerability but when these defenses get stuck, the cost to development and well-being can be profound. Every parent should be equipped with the know-how to soften a child's heart when this is called for. - Session 5 - Cultivating resilience in a child
Not all children bounce back from adversity, and some not all the time. The focus of this session is on how to help a child when their tears have become stuck. - Session 6 - Leading an alpha child
Parenting is very challenging indeed when a child who should be depending upon us, gets stuck in trying to control everything in their lives. The frustration is immense on all sides. Finding one's way through to restoring the lead is the focus of this session. - Session 7 - Disciplining a stuck child
Imposing order on a stuck or troubled child can be quite challenging. Most prevailing forms of discipline will actually backfire with a stuck child. Neufeld shares how best to compensate for the deficits and dysfunction of stuck kids. - Session 8 - Putting the developmental approach into practice
In the final session Neufeld summarizes the challenges with his twelve pillars of practice that can applied to children of all ages and in any venue.
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