Virtual courses offered to Rutland parents to help understand their kids
They're available in 108 languages
Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland's NHS Partnership Trust has launched a virtual programme offering free online parenting courses to new and expecting parents.
The 'Solihull Approach' courses offer advice to parents on a number of topics concerning all children, from before they're born to early adulthood - including:
- Physical and mental health
- Understanding their feelings
- How to build better relationships
- Issues that affect children with additional needs
The courses, available in 108 languages with voiceovers in English and Urdu, include the same content as in typical face-to-face parenting groups.
"Vitally important"
Victoria Evans, a service group manager from Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, said: “The resources and training provided are designed to help improve emotional health and well-being for parents. They will also help you to better relate to your children’s experiences and how they – and you - might respond to those experiences. Understanding your own and your children’s feelings will hopefully result in more sensitive and stronger relationships between you and your children.”
She added: “These courses have also provided valuable insight for professionals who work with families, young people and children.”
Wider courses include:
- Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
- Understanding your baby
- Understanding your child - 0-19 years
- Understanding your child with additional needs
- Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager
- Understanding your teenager's brain
- Understanding your brain
- Understanding your child's feelings
- Understanding your child's mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding your relationships
All courses are free to access for anyone with an LLR postcode – it just requires users to create an account to access them – and they are available for the next two years.
More details, including how to register and access the courses, are availablehere.