At Thrive, we believe that parenting programs are vital for fostering strong, healthy families and creating positive outcomes for children and their parents/carers. These programs empower parents/carers with the tools and knowledge they need to navigate the challenges of raising children in today’s complex world.
Thrive Services workers are trained facilitators and provide the following parenting programs free to parents and caregivers living in the Blue Mountains and Lithgow communities:
The Black Box Parenting Program is an innovative program developed specifically for the challenges after trauma. The program is a great, non–blaming way to get parents thinking about how they interact with their children and how to manage some of the challenges of parenting after experiencing family violence.
The focus of the group is about understanding how past experiences might affect how you get along as a family today. Participants will learn about their relational patterns and develop skills in emotion coaching and limit setting.
The Bringing Up Great Kids Program is an integrated suite of activities and tools that are unique and offer all parents/carers a fresh way to understand and enact relationships with their children.
It focuses on building positive and nurturing relationships between parents and their children. The program aims to support parents to review and enhance their patterns of communication with their children, to promote more respectful interactions and encourage the development of children’s positive self-identity.
Anxiety Coach is a child development course that aims to support parents to understand how anxiety develops and take a preventative role in the development of anxiety problems in 4-12 year-olds.
The program uses a ‘parent-led’ approach, meaning that you take on the role of the coach in your child’s life, and are able to guide them through emotionally distressing episodes.
The program equips you with a practical set of tools and an understanding of the theory behind these to enable you to build resilience in your child.
If you would like more information about any of our parenting programs or have any questions, please contact via email – parentingprograms@thriveservices.org.au
Parenting programs are essential because they equip parents and caregivers with the skills, knowledge, and confidence needed to raise healthy, resilient, and thriving children.
Parenting programs strengthen parenting skills by:
- Teaching effective communication and problem-solving strategies.
- Help parents/carers understand child development and age-appropriate behaviour
- Foster positive relationships between parents/carers and children.
- Support emotional, social, and cognitive development.
- Provide tools to manage stress, conflict, and challenging behaviours.
- Enhance family cohesion and improve relationships.
- Foster resilience in families to manage future challenges.
- Help break intergenerational patterns of poor parenting or trauma.
Other local services that provide parenting programs:
Blue Mountains – Gateway family services https://www.gatewayfamilyservices.org.au/
Lithgow - Lithgow information & Neighbourhood Centre (LINC) https://linc.org.au/services/communities-kids/
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