Virtual courses offered to Rutland parents to help understand their kids

They're available in 108 languages

Author: Ellis MaddisonPublished 25th Feb 2023

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.

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