Parent Courses

We currently offer the following courses to parents and members of the local community:

• Empowering Parents Empowering Communities (EPEC) “Being a Parent course” for families of children aged 2-11 years old, gives tips for managing family stress, tools for understanding and handling emotions, better communication, listening and play skills and to help build stronger parent-child relationships. It is facilitated by other Wirral parents who have been trained to deliver the course and use their own personal experiences to support other families.

• HENRY (Health, Exercise, Nutrition for theReally Young) programme is an eight week course designed to help families adopt healthier lifestyles. This is delivered by the Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation and supported by the local council.

• We have been working with Wirral Lifelong Learning to see the challenges our families are specifically having with their children around sleep. They will be delivering a three week sleep course following on from an introductory session.

• Online Safety- a four session course looking at the most current issues around online safety to keep our children safe.

• Separation Anxiety Course offering practical tips and emotional support for parents of children struggling with separation anxiety.

• Riding the Rapids (Mental Health Support Team) is an evidence based course for parents and carers of children with neurodevelopmental conditions such as autism. It is a 10 week programme that helps parents understand and manage their child’s behaviour by building skills in areas such as positive behaviour management, communication and self-care. The aim is to increase the parents confidence and reduce their stress when dealing with challenging behaviours.

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) course is a 10 week course delivered by Crea8ing Communities. Learn how to understand how trauma and toxic stress impacts childhood development and later outcomes

• Neurodiversity Awareness one day workshop – What is Neurodiversity? Together you will explore the strengths of being neurodiverse, navigating the diagnosis of neurodiversity, learn how to understand the behaviours displayed and how best to support your child.

• Introduction to Autism – 4 session course – Together you will explore your understanding of Autism, focusing on the traits and behaviours of Autism along with the challenges and strengths it brings. You will look at the process of diagnosis along with what support is available locally.

• Separation Anxiety – 2 session course – This gentle and practical course is for any parent who wants to better understand and support a child experiencing separation anxiety. Over two relaxed sessions, we’ll explore why separation anxiety happens, how it shows up at different ages, and what’s going on in a child’s mind and body when they struggle to be apart from you. You’ll learn simple, effective strategies to help your child feel safer and more confident — at home, at school, and in new situations. We’ll look at how to build secure routines, reduce worry, and support your child to take small, manageable steps towards independence.

• Sleep 2 session course – This course is designed for parents who have already taken part in other sleep support sessions and would like further guidance tailored to their child’s needs. Over two focused sessions, we’ll build on the knowledge you already have and explore practical ways to tackle ongoing or more complex sleep difficulties. Together, we’ll look at how to fine-tune routines, respond to setbacks, understand your child’s sleep patterns, and create an approach that works for your whole family.

• Calm and Create parent and child art course – Together, you and your child will learn different art techniques such as batik and clay moulding. This is aimed to support your wellbeing and build relationships with each other in a calm and fun environment.