Course feedback from a selection of Parents' Workshops
Feedback from parents
Course Topic: Understanding children’s behaviour and helping them gain confidence.
I enjoyed learning about the stages of child development.
It was brilliant to practice active listening.
I was not aware of how labelling children can affect them so this was very helpful.
I enjoyed learning about how to give descriptive praise.
I found the specific topics on the neuroscience of the brain fascinating and how to use language to stop problems escalating
The session gave loads of useful ideas tips and practical examples of how to respond to difficult behaviour
I like being able to talk to Caroline and other parents about issues and how to deal with difficult behaviour and also knowing everyone else is going through the same issues
I learnt about the needs of children at different ages how to respond appropriately to challenging behaviour
I feel empowered after the session with words and phrases that we can use with the children to help manage their behaviour.
I found it very useful to know all behaviour is driven by underlying needs
The flow of the session was brilliant
I enjoyed the way you gave us strategies to use and lots of examples
I found it very useful to try and understand how my child feels
I love the behaviour strategies and how to manage children of different ages
I found the practical tips and all the interaction very empowering.
I found the most useful thing was understanding strategies to help to understand emotions and also to understand the developmental tasks of children of different ages
Course Topic: Helping Children with Big Feelings
I found it very useful understanding what happens to the brain when children go into a stress response
The importance of acknowledging feelings
All the activities to do with children were very useful I loved the interactive nature of the session
I enjoyed the clear explanation of simple ways to support children with their feelings
The information about children with autistic spectrum disorder and attention deficit disorder
It was fascinating learning about the 3 brains.
Caroline’s personality, warmth and expert knowledge.
I found it very useful learning how to deescalate a tantrum by validation and acknowledgement of emotions
I found it a very sensitive and interesting look at the subject .
I was fascinated by Caroline’s responses
I found understanding the neurophysiology very useful
I enjoyed interacting with others and knowing other parents experience the same things as I do
I enjoyed the variable delivery between teaching and interactive work
The real life examples made it easy to understand Understanding the neuroscience of emotions gave me more understanding of my children
I enjoyed having space to think and new ideas to consider
Course Topic: Helping children thrive in school
General feedback
Very interesting and informative
I can use these skills with adults as well
It gave an insight into my child’s anxiety
Lots of new ideas to think about
It challenged my thinking and gave me more strategies to support my child
Very helpful and thought provoking
The neuroscience of the brain was very useful to learn about so I can respond differently when my child is anxious, defiant or angry
The things participating parents enjoyed most about the course
The parents enjoyed understanding about neuroscience
They were fascinated by the different tasks of development of children at different ages
The variety of teaching methods from lecturing to interactive work
What Caroline enjoyed and took from providing the course
The excitement of seeing the parents really engaged and getting excited about trying new things out
Seeing the parents getting really involved and sharing their experiences
Seeing parents getting really enthusiastic about finding out about neuroscience
Getting positive feedback the following week about how much difference it had made to the participants’ parenting and hearing how they were enjoying their parenting so much more
The most important pointers participants took from the course
The importance of ages and stages; when you are thinking about how to respond to your child’s behaviour
The neuroscience of the brain
The importance of acknowledging feelings even if you can’t do anything to make them better
Every child deserves to reach their full potential
Acknowledgements:
Kate Hajduckafor her fantastic illustrations in the book and on this website