Parenting Support
Parenting Support
All parents want to do the best for their children, but there are times when family life can be challenging and difficult. There is help and information available, both locally, and nationally. We hope that the information on this site will offer some useful suggestions. You can also ask at your child’s school, or contact the Locality Team who will be able to help you further if you have a specific issue or are going through a particularly difficult time within your family.
Parenting Support in the Bottisham, Burwell and Soham Locality
There are a number of people within schools, Children’s Centres and in the Locality Team who are there to offer support to families in the local area. We can also call on the services of a handful of small independent family support organizations, including East Cambs Family Project. Support can be tailored to meet your needs, but may include:
- giving one-to-one support or work with groups of parents who may be in need of extra help with issues such as dealing with their child’s behaviour or attendance at school
- working with parents and children
- signposting to specialist services
Parenting Courses
There are a number of recognised courses available aimed at providing parents and carers with information, support and strategies to develop their confidence and parenting skills.Most commonly offered within our locality are:
Keeping Up with the Children - to help parents and carers become more involved in their children’s education by understanding the literacy/numeracy curriculum.
123 – Magic – for parents and carers of children aged 2-12 years, this short course aims to help parents and carers develop the strategies to use at home to:
- stop unacceptable behaviour
- encourage positive behaviour and
- establish a peaceful and enjoyable family atmosphere.
Triple P – for parents and carers with children aged 11+. On this course you’ll learn about:
- effective parenting strategies,
- how to promote your child’s development,
- how to manage common child behaviour problems
- principles to help you deal with almost any situation that might arise
Raising Children - Raising Children is a fun, informative way to look at all aspects of parenting. Over 10 weeks we look at parenting styles and how we were parented, listening skills, strategies, self esteem for parents and children, effective communication and more.
The Freedom Programme - The Freedom Programme is for survivors of Domestic Violence. It runs for approximately 10 weeks, and it provides an opportunity to develop ways of thinking and behaving to protect themselves their children and others from harm. All programmes are run by fully trained professionals and survivors of domestic violence who have also been trained.
Parent Partnership Service
The Parent Partnership Service (PPS) is a service for parents and carers of children and young people with special educational needs. To find out more, please visit their website:
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 dosfcafi East Cambs 030107.pdf | 131 Kb | |
| dosfcafiSouthCambs310507.pdf | 56 Kb | |
| PSAinfoleaflet.pdf | 539 Kb |
