Understanding Friendships & Bullying
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St Philip's College
Hosted by Vicki Martin, Psychologist and Founder of Harmony and Growth, this engaging
webinar will provide parents with insights as to the importance of friendships, their
significance in children’s and teen’s lives, the typical friendship challenges they might
encounter, and strategies parents can use to support them in building healthy relationships.
In addition to this, Vicki will address effective ways to recognise and manage bullying
behaviours.
Key Takeaways for Parents:
- Learn strategies that will support your child or teen to build healthy friendships
- Understand the role you have in helping your child or teen to build good friendships
- Build awareness of what bullying behaviour is and strategies to protect your child or teen
- Recognise when further support might be needed and from who
Presentation Overview:
- Overview of how our social brains develop
- Identify some of the challenges that can influence this development
- An interactive exercise to help you and your child/teen recognise who makes a good friend
- Helpful language you can use when supporting your child/teen with their friendships