Wellbeing @ Weeden

UNITING Community Services Chinese Family Program

Introduction to Parenting Teenagers in Australia

Facilitators: Helena Laverie (Senior Practitioner Anglicare Parentzone 伴有中文翻 译)

                        Joseph Jin (Uniting Parent Educator)

Date: Tuesday 19 November 2019

Time: 6.30pm  - 8.30pm

Venue: Glen Waverley Uniting Church (GWUC)

Address: Cnr. Bogong Ave & Kingsway, Glen Waverley 3150

Leading Facilitator Helena has been facilitating parenting groups and workshops throughout Eastern Metropolitan Melbourne for over 12 years with Anglicare PARENTZONE. Helena is a parent of four adult children. Helena has qualifications in Group Facilitation, Family Therapy and Drug and Alcohol counselling. Her passion is strengthening relationships between parent/young person/child through education, empathy and connection.

Dad's Tool Kit

Dad’s Toolkit is a low cost 4 week program designed specifically for fathers and male

caregivers of children aged between birth -18 years of age. It provides evidence based

parenting strategies to help support and enhance parenting skills, confidence and child

behaviour. This will also be an opportunity for dads to share their experiences of fatherhood

while developing their toolkit of resources to support them in their roles as fathers. This

program helps to bring together willing men and to encourage and support them to build

upon creating a better place for themselves, their partners and children.

THIS PROGRAM IS USEFUL FOR FATHERS WHO WANT TO:

• Increase parental self confidence
• Strengthen their bond with their children and ability to tune into their children
• Take home materials and suggestions and practical strategies to try at home
• Learn to look after themselves
• Develop a healthy parenting style
• Learn to manage common challenging child behaviours at home and outside, such as tantrums, school/bed routine struggles, non compliance, sibling conflict and aggression

Community Education Seminar : Depression & Suicide in Youth

THIS WORKSHOP WILL FOCUS ON:

• Understanding how depression and suicidality may present in young people.
• It will be an interactive seminar where we will unpack myths around depression and suicide, provide an overview of current treatments, practical ways to respond with young people you might be working with, understanding risk and current referral pathways