Parent Education for Primary Schools:
Are your primary school teachers struggling with disruptive classroom behaviour and the challenge of needing to accommodate many different learning difficulties? Learn how a holistic approach to children's well-being and behaviour can create calm classrooms and prevent teacher burn-out!
Nicki's educational talks for parents and schools shed light on how to resolve triggers and create meaningful behavioural change at home and school.
These presentations are designed to forge a positive parent-school partnership to combat behavioural challenges. For more information or to book a talk, please contact nicki@wholepictureparenting.com.au.
1 hour presentation, 30 minutes question time.
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Challenging Behaviour at Home or School:
Decoding children’s behaviour to create
happy homes and calm classrooms
Do you wish you could be confident about how to respond to your child’s difficult behaviours? Common parenting strategies leave parents in an emotional tug-of-war with their child, trying to make them stop their meltdowns or undesirable behaviour.
Challenging feelings and behaviours don’t need to be stopped; they need to be understood! Once you know how to decode the messages in your child’s behaviour, you can become an ally to your child, partnering with them to meet their needs, resolving challenges and creating a deeper connection with your child.
Take a fresh look at your child’s challenging moments and what these might be telling you about their needs. Parent Coach Nicki Pittorino will shed light on how psychological, physiological, nutritional and environmental needs play a part in children’s behaviour, giving you the knowledge and confidence to create a healthy, peaceful and connected family.
* The talk presents a model for understanding behaviour that is relevant for educators and is intended to help facilitate collaboration between parents and teachers. Teachers and staff are encouraged to attend!
Feedback from Parents:
“Thanks for the great talk. Yes I definitely feel motivated to make changes and try new techniques. Knowledge is power 🙂”
“I learned about the reasons behind my child’s emotions and about the importance of sleep, food etc and how they affect behaviour”
“I learned about nutritional needs and sleep needs for behaviour as well as about play and sensory needs. I’m inspired to make changes”
“Tonight was extremely helpful & I will be recommending to my friends – especially with children who are picky eaters!”
“I have learnt that I should validate my children's feelings rather than rush to distract them to solve the situation immediately. I also need to provide more options and variety of food.”
Feedback from Educators:
“The presentation was really enjoyable, relevant and engaging”
“The explanation of needs, feelings and behaviours was great for the educators”
“I believe the presentation was beneficial for parents and educators… how to approach meltdowns, how to help children calm and process their feelings”
“Good examples of how parents can manage children’s challenging behaviour and how to identify the cause for children’s behaviour. Also useful tips for educators to manage and work with children’s behaviour.”
Nicki is also available for consultations with school management about the impact of nutrition on behaviour, how schools can show leadership around healthy choices (without dividing the school community) and how to make simple changes which can significantly improve children's well-being and classroom behaviour.
❇️ For more information or to book a talk, please contact nicki@wholepictureparenting.com.au.