Stepping stones (Triple P) course

You'll meet with a group of parents who also have a child with a disability or additional needs. You will learn strategies for dealing with behaviour and get a book to take home for you to keep. The workers running the group will also call you at home after the group ends to answer any questions you may have.

Sessions run weekly for nine weeks, and are made up of five weeks of face-to-face group support, three weeks of telephone support sessions and one final week of face-to-face at the end. In person sessions last for two hours each. Your child does not need to have a formal diagnosis for you to attend.

Sessions

Session 1: Positive parenting

An introduction to positive parenting, causes of child behaviour problems, setting goals for change, and how to keep track of children's behaviour.

Session 2: Promoting children's development

How to develop positive relationships with children and how to encourage desirable behaviour.

Session 3: Teaching new skills and behaviours

Techniques you can use to teach children with disabilities skills in areas such as communication, problem-solving, self-care, and self regulation.

Session 4: Managing misbehaviour and parenting routines

Strategies to help you manage misbehaviour. You will also learn to develop parenting routines to encourage children to follow instructions.

Session 5: Planning ahead

Family survival tips, identifying high risk situations, and developing planning ahead routines to implement over the next few weeks. 

Session 6-8: Putting strategies in place

Sessions will pause to give you time to put the strategies you learn in sessions 1-5 in place. You will get phone calls from the group facilitators to see how things are going.

Session 9: Final session

Final group session to review progress, look at ways to maintain changes and problem solve for the future.

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