Component 3: Working with parents and carers resources

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Children’s development: Understanding emotions
Parent information sheet Making sense of children’s emotions (PDF, 787KB)
How come they’re so different? (PDF, 758KB)
Overview How children’s emotions develop and change (PDF, 846KB)
Suggestions Supporting children’s emotional development: Understanding and managing feelings (PDF, 618KB)
Supporting children’s emotional development: How thinking affects feelings (PDF, 651KB)
Other Resources Children’s emotional development – Other resources (PDF, 673KB)
Children’s development: Thinking and learning
Parent information sheet Supporting children’s learning (PDF, 744KB)
Overview How children’s thinking and learning develop (PDF, 928KB)
Suggestions Assisting children’s thinking and learning – Suggestions for parents & carers (PDF, 621KB)
Assisting children’s thinking and learning – Suggestions for teaching staff (PDF, 612KB)
Other Resources Children’s development: Thinking and learning – Other resources (PDF, 673KB)
Children’s social development
Parent information sheet ‘I dare you.’ (PDF, 758KB)
Overview Children’s social development (PDF, 1.6MB)
Suggestions Supporting children’s social development – Suggestions for parents & carers (PDF, 614KB)
Supporting children’s social development – Suggestions for teaching staff (PDF, 611KB)
Other Resources Children’s social development – Other resources (PDF, 675KB)
Effective discipline
Parent information sheet Catch them being good (PDF, 781KB)
Using effective discipline (PDF, 735KB)
Overview Strategies for effective discipline (PDF, 956KB)
Suggestions Making rules and setting limits – Suggestions for parents & carers (PDF, 621KB)
Applying effective discipline in the classroom – Suggestions for teaching staff (PDF, 620KB)
Other Resources Effective discipline – Other resources (PDF, 674KB)
Family relationships
Parent information sheet Strengthening family relationships (PDF, 754KB)
When parents separate (PDF, 735KB)
Overview Building better family relationships (PDF, 842KB)
Suggestions Building better family relationships – Suggestions for parents & carers (PDF, 613KB)
Building better family relationships – Communicating effectively (PDF, 615KB)
Other Resources Building better family relationships – Other resources (PDF, 678KB)
Coping with separation and divorce – Other resources (PDF, 673KB)
Risk and protective factors for children’s mental health
Parent information sheet Stuff happens (PDF, 747KB)
When life hurts (PDF, 720KB)
Everyone has a right to feel safe (PDF, 758KB)
Overview How risk and protective factors affect children’s mental health (PDF, 854KB)
Suggestions Building protective factors for children’s mental health – Suggestions for parents and carers (PDF, 614KB)
Building protective factors for children’s mental health – Suggestions for teaching staff (PDF, 622KB)
Other Resources Risk and protective factors for children’s mental health – Other resources (PDF, 683KB)
Bullying and mental health – Other resources (PDF, 679KB)