Tuning into Teens
Tuning in to Teens™ Whole School Approach
How children and adolescents manage their emotions plays a central role in how well they are able to navigate their world. For 2019, we are collaborating with the University of Melbourne and will run a series of sessions for (1) all parents, (2) Year 8 and 9 students and (3) all teachers. These sessions are aimed at promoting healthy emotional communication within our school community to foster strong relationships and emotional wellbeing.
These free talks are aimed to help you develop skills that will
assist your adolescent to:
- Develop greater emotional intelligence
- Be more aware of and empowered in, situations of peer pressure
- Be better able to cope with anger, anxiety and other strong emotions
- Improve communication with their parents and reduce family conflict
These talks are part of a research study at the University of Melbourne to find out whether helping parents, teachers and students learning about emotional intelligence is useful. All parents are encouraged to attend.
Register your attendance at the free talks by clicking the link below:
To register for the talks and research study, or for further information contact:
Dr Christiane Kehoe, Research Manager, on 9371 0207 or email ckehoe@unimelb.edu.au
Tuning in to Teens™ Whole School Approach is an emotion-focused program based on the evidence-based parenting program, which helps to support the development of adolescents’ emotional competence. The program teaches parents and teachers a communication style (emotion coaching) that has been found optimal for adolescents’ social (behavioural) and emotional functioning.
For Parents
- Research has shown that learning the skills of emotion coaching can strengthen parent-child connection, reduce family conflict and reduce adolescent anxiety and behaviour problems.
For Teachers
- Teachers’ use of emotion coaching with their students has promoted greater emotional awareness and acceptance and stronger relationships.
For Students
- Year 8 and 9 students will also receive five sessions during school time, delivered by trained school staff, to learn skills in emotion awareness, understanding and regulation.
Our Presenter
Dr Christiane Kehoe is based at Mindful, Centre for Training and Research in Developmental Health at the University of Melbourne. She is Co-author and Project Manager of Tuning in to Teens™ and Tuning in to Toddlers™ which are emotion-focussed parenting programs. She is also an accredited trainer of both Tuning in to Kids® and Teens™ and has provided certified training to mental health practitioners nationally and internationally. Christiane has been delivering parenting programs to parents since 2006 and has also been working in educational settings where she has provided consultation to teachers and implemented the Tuning in to Teens™ program as a whole-school initiative.
More information will follow in our newsletter and on Compass Newsfeed about the free parent information sessions (to be held at the school on three evenings in Term 1) and the student program (to be held in class time in Term 1).