Parenting Courses
Many parents find parenting courses to be a useful way of gaining an understanding of what causes children to behave in certain ways and of positive things that parents can do to get the behaviour that they would like to see. The following are some ideas on organisations that run parenting courses; enquire with your local health centre about whether they also offer courses.
Links and Resources
Barnardos
Barnardos supports children from babyhood to teenage years. Involving parents and other carers in the work with their children is crucial to success. We work in the heart of local communities where many families face poverty.
Cuidiu
Some local branches may run pre and post natal courses. The organisation aims to provide courses to assist parents in making informed choices.
ISPCC
Childhood Support Workers work with parents in maternity hospitals before and after the birth of their first baby.
NightCourses.com
Ireland's largest online library of evening, weekend and distance learning classes, is a one-stop shop for information about adult education, evening classes and further learning.
One Family
Run structured courses in parenting for one parent families, working with all members of all one-parent families: mothers and fathers; children; grandparents.
ParentsPlace
Help Me 2 Parent
Help Me 2 Parent offers courses in parenting for all age groups from birth to teens. These courses give parents the skills they need to deal with everyday problems that occur in our homes.
Practical Parenting
Practical Parenting was set up to address parents’ needs for support and training for this most important job of all. Central to our programme is that ‘All parenting begins with the parent
Parents Place
We look at family communication and the most common challenging behaviors. Throughout the course we will look at the needs behind behaviors such as, aggression, irritability, passivity, avoidance, temper tantrums and bullying.