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Triple P founder Professor Matt Sanders has visited Offaly to share his expert parenting tips and mark the launch of the Triple P – Positive Parenting Program in the region.
As part of the first phase of the rollout, Professor Sanders delivered 90-minute seminar to a packed room in Tullamore.
In two years almost 3,000 families in Westmeath and Longford have chosen this programme which has more than 30 years ongoing research to back it up.
"If we are serious about trying to reduce the level of behavioural and emotional problems of children in the community, then we really need to tackle parenting head on," says Professor Sanders.
"If we get that piece right, many many problems can be avoided with children."
Read the Midland Tribune story here.
Professor Matt Sanders, founder of the world-acclaimed Triple P – Positive Parenting Program, is coming to Laois and Offaly to share Triple P’s tried-and-tested practical tips to make raising kids easier – and less stressful. Just 90 minutes is all you need!
Triple P’s Power of Positive Parenting seminar can help you:
- Encourage behaviour you like
- Deal with problem behaviour
- Become confident as a parent
- Be realistic about parenting
- Take care of yourself
Who is it for?
Parents, grandparents and anybody who cares for a child seven years or under.
Choose your FREE Power of Positive Parenting seminar:
Tuesday February 26
Tullamore 8pm
Wednesday February 27
Heritage Hotel
Portlaoise 8pm
For details please phone 090 6434070
For parents of young children 7 years of age and younger, some of the most common difficulties can be disobedience, shopping hassles, bedtime dramas or fighting and aggression. Longford/Westmeath Parenting Partnership is now offering a series of 2 hour sessions which dealing specifically with these common experiences.
These sessions get to the heart of the specific problem quickly and directly. The sessions provide proven tips and suggestions that work. See our website for an introduction and all scheduled courses or download the flyer
These sessions get to the heart of the specific problem quickly and directly. The sessions provide proven tips and suggestions that work. See our website for an introduction and all scheduled courses or download the flyer
The Irish Times has shone a spotlight on Longford-Westmeath's Triple P Positive Parenting initiative.
In a story published today, journalist Sheila Wayman speaks to Triple P's Australian founder Professor Matt Sanders and Longford-Westmeath's Conor Owens, who is director of the Triple P initiative for the Longford-Westmeath Parenting Partnership.
The story coincides with Professor Sanders' visit to the counties.
Prof Matt Sanders is giving a free public talk about Parenting in Difficult Times on Thursday, June 9th, at the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, Co Westmeath, at 8pm.
Read the full story here.
For more about the Professor Sanders' talk, see the news item directly below on this page, under the heading "Triple P - Seminar. Parenting in Difficult Times".
Kids don't come with a manual so when parenting, how do you know what's best and what works? Triple-P takes the guesswork out of parenting. From temper tantrums to mealtime madness, Triple-P can help.
Triple-P helps you:
- Manage children's behaviour so everyone enjoys life more
- Set family routines and rules that everyone respects and follows
- Get on well with your kids and argue less
- Learn how to take care of yourself as a parent
- Raise happy, confident kids
Presented by:
Professor Matt Sanders (programme founder)
Where:
Radisson Hotel, Athlone
When:
Thursday 9th June, 8.00pm - 9.30pm
For Who:
Parents, Grandparents, Carers and Teachers of Children 0 -12 years.
FREE TO ATTEND NO NEED TO BOOK A PLACE
Triple-P's founder Professor Matt Sanders to visit Athlone
The Longford Westmeath Parenting Partnership will welcome Professor Matt Sanders, the founders of the Triple-P Positive Parenting Programme from 8th -10th June including a seminar in Athlone on Thursday June 9th. The programme is currently being piloted in Longford Westmeath having started up in September 2010.
The Triple-P (Positive Parenting Programme) is a set of evidence-based parenting programmes which reduce child behavioural and emotional problems or reduce the possibility of them happening, by giving parents proven tools and skills to build stronger families. Parents also learn tips which help to promote their child's confidence and independence. There is something for all parents.
The programmes has been available to parents with children seven years and younger for the last 9 months. In that short time approximately 1,000 parents have gone through the various levels of the programmes available.
The visit is yet another opportunity for parents in both Westmeath and Longford to attend a free seminar, to be held on Thursday June 9th in the Radisson Hotel, Athlone from 8.00pm - 9.30 pm where Professor Sanders will discuss 'parenting in difficult times'.
It is expected that the seminar will afford parents the skills to plan to reduce their stress levels by preventing common problems before they happen, managing them when they happen, and spotting the parenting traps.
The Longford Westmeath Parenting Partnership is made up the HSE, Westmeath County Childcare Committee, Longford County Childcare Committee, Co Longford VEC, Westmeath Community Development, Longford Community Resources Ltd., Athlone Community Services Council, Athlone Education Centre, Carrick on Shannon Education Centre.
For more information about Triple-P courses, tips and podcasts for common parenting concerns go to www.triple-staypositive.net or telephone the Longford Westmeath Parenting Parthership on 090 6434070.
Courses are free to parents living in Longford and Westmeath with children 7 years of age or younger.
Article Athlone Advertiser 270511
Parents in the counties of Longford and Westmeath now have free access to one of the world’s most respected parenting programmes, thanks to the Longford/Westmeath Parenting Partnership (LWPP).
Throughout 2010 and beyond, Triple P’s selection of courses, seminars and one-to-one consultations will be available to all Longford/Westmeath parents -- initially for parents of children aged 7 and under.
The Longford/Westmeath Parenting Partnership (LWPP) is an alliance set up to support local families by providing quality, evidence-based parenting information and courses.
Member organisations in the LWPP are: Health Service Executive (HSE), Longford County Child Care Committee, Westmeath Country Child Care Committee, Westmeath Country Development, Longford Community Resources Ltd, Longford VEC, Athlone and Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centres and Athlone Community Services.
Plenty of sessions
Joe Ruane, Local Health Manager Health (HSE) says the organisations in the Partnership are committed to working together because all understand how important good parenting is to the health and wellbeing of the community. He said Triple P was chosen for this initiative because of its flexibility.
“There are lots of levels to Triple P which means we can offer parents as much or as little help as they decide they need,” he says.
Group Triple P sessions, which run over a period of about two months, are already being held across the two counties in community centres, schools, crèches and other easily-accessible venues.
The Seminar Series will be launched in October and over the next two years the three seminars in the Triple P series will be offered free to parents of children in junior, senior, first and second classes. Dates, times and locations will be posted to this website.
Investment in our future
Almost 100 practitioners, including public health nurses, health visitors, family support workers, youth and community workers, have already been trained and accredited to deliver Triple P to parents and more will be accredited as the programme is rolled out.
Dr Phil Jennings, Director Public Health Midlands Area is confident Triple P’s impact will be noticeable.
“Most people have no training for the role of parent, so this parenting programme, Triple P , can really help all parents to build their confidence in meeting the challenges that parenting can bring, “ he said.
“Good parenting sets children up for life and helps build positive family relationships and, by extension, community relationships. So Triple P is an investment in the future of children and our community.”
Member organisations in the LWPP are: Health Service Executive (HSE), Longford County Child Care Committee, Westmeath County Child Care Committee, Westmeath County Development, Longford Community Resources Ltd, Longford VEC, Athlone and Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centres and Athlone Community Services.
Throughout 2010 and beyond, Triple P’s selection of courses, seminars and one-to-one consultations will be available to all Longford/Westmeath parents -- initially for parents of children aged 7 and under.
The Longford/Westmeath Parenting Partnership (LWPP) is an alliance set up to support local families by providing quality, evidence-based parenting information and courses.
Member organisations in the LWPP are: Health Service Executive (HSE), Longford County Child Care Committee, Westmeath Country Child Care Committee, Westmeath Country Development, Longford Community Resources Ltd, Longford VEC, Athlone and Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centres and Athlone Community Services.
Plenty of sessions
Joe Ruane, Local Health Manager Health (HSE) says the organisations in the Partnership are committed to working together because all understand how important good parenting is to the health and wellbeing of the community. He said Triple P was chosen for this initiative because of its flexibility.
“There are lots of levels to Triple P which means we can offer parents as much or as little help as they decide they need,” he says.
Group Triple P sessions, which run over a period of about two months, are already being held across the two counties in community centres, schools, crèches and other easily-accessible venues.
The Seminar Series will be launched in October and over the next two years the three seminars in the Triple P series will be offered free to parents of children in junior, senior, first and second classes. Dates, times and locations will be posted to this website.
Investment in our future
Almost 100 practitioners, including public health nurses, health visitors, family support workers, youth and community workers, have already been trained and accredited to deliver Triple P to parents and more will be accredited as the programme is rolled out.
Dr Phil Jennings, Director Public Health Midlands Area is confident Triple P’s impact will be noticeable.
“Most people have no training for the role of parent, so this parenting programme, Triple P , can really help all parents to build their confidence in meeting the challenges that parenting can bring, “ he said.
“Good parenting sets children up for life and helps build positive family relationships and, by extension, community relationships. So Triple P is an investment in the future of children and our community.”
Member organisations in the LWPP are: Health Service Executive (HSE), Longford County Child Care Committee, Westmeath County Child Care Committee, Westmeath County Development, Longford Community Resources Ltd, Longford VEC, Athlone and Carrick-on-Shannon Education Centres and Athlone Community Services.
