1. Raising Confident, Competent Children
Conducted by
[Practitioner Name]

2. Today’s Agenda Overview of Triple P Highlights from Seminar #1
Getting off to a good start
Building blocks for success
Take home messages
Question time

3. Overview of Triple P Triple P = Positive Parenting Program
Developed in Australia
30 years of research
Used in 22 countries
Local program sponsored by First 5 Santa Cruz County
Background:
Origins-Australia; 30 years ago
Research based- shows effectiveness
First 5 SCC Sponsored
Positive Parenting Program (Triple P) is a parent education program that originated in Australia over 30 years ago. Triple P provides an array of services for the different needs parents have. Over 30 years of research shows that it is effective and it helps parents. First 5 Santa Cruz County is sponsoring Triple P services through-out the county.

4. Triple P Services Seminars: General parenting information
The Power of Positive Parenting
Raising Confident, Competent Children
Raising Resilient Children
Workshops: Brief help with specific and common parenting issues
Groups: Brief (4 sessions) or In-depth (8 sessions)
One on One Consultations : Brief (1-4 sessions) or In-depth (10 sessions)
Additional Triple P Support
Different types of service
Seminars-general information and an introduction to Triple P concepts
-The Power of Positive Parenting- provides an introduction to the Triple P program
-Raising Confident, Competent Children- covers social and emotional skills that children need in order to thrive at home, in school and throughout life
-Raising Resilient Children- offers strategies to teach children healthy ways to deal with their emotions
Workshops-provide tips for handling everyday parenting situations such as encouraging sharing, establishing bedtime routines and handling tantrums. 
Groups- Learn strategies for handling specific parenting situations through a brief group with other families or Get in-depth information and support on parenting concerns in a group setting with other families.
One on One consultations- brief-Learn strategies for handling specific parenting situations through individual consultations (1-4 sessions) or In-depth-Work one-on-one with a practitioner to get in-depth information and support that is tailored to your family’s needs (10 sessions)
Additional Support-Parents who have completed Individual or Group Triple P can receive additional parenting support from a practitioner if they would like help with: Managing their own emotions, Improving communication and teamwork with a parenting partner
What to expect in Seminar 1
Framework and principals of Triple P
A little bit on encouraging desirable behavior & discouraging misbehavior
At the end can discuss how to get more in-depth info on strategies

5. Seminar 1: 5 Principles Creating a safe, interesting environment
Having a positive learning environment
Using assertive discipline
Having realistic expectations
Taking care of yourself
Before we begin covering the content for today’s Seminar, I want to do a quick recap of what we covered in Seminar 1 on The Power of Positive Parenting.
We talked about the 5 principles of positive parenting (read/summarize the 5 principles).

6. Seminar 1: Take home messages
Make your family a priority
Create a warm, loving, safe environment
Encourage your child’s learning
Use assertive discipline
Have reasonable expectations
Take care of yourself:
look after your own needs
balance work and family responsibilities
talk back to negative thinking
work as a team
Then we covered several ideas for how to incorporate those principles into your family lives.
In the end, it came down to these Take Home Messages: (read/summarize bullet points)
Which brings us to today’s topic of “Raising Confident, Competent Children.”

7. A good start
Parents choose the values, skills and behaviors to encourage
Foundations for social and emotional skills are laid in the early years
Children are more likely to:
develop confidence
reach their potential
get on well with others
Parents can help children develop skills

8. Building blocks

9. Building block 1
Showing respect to others

10. Why respect is important
Children get on well with parents, peers, teachers, and others when they:
speak politely
use appropriate names or titles
cooperate with parents’ and teachers’ requests and instructions
follow family, school and classroom rules

11. Encouraging politeness
Model speaking politely, in a pleasant tone of voice
Prompt your child to ask politely
Praise your child for being polite and speaking pleasantly
Do not give your child what they want when they ask in a rude or unpleasant way

12. Cooperation Children need to be able to: stop what they are doing
listen and understand what is being said
follow an instruction without complaining
join in class or group activities
cooperate with other children

13. Encouraging cooperation
Get close
Use your child’s name
Give the instruction clearly in a calm, firm voice
Pause (5 seconds)
Praise your child if they do as you ask
Repeat the instruction once if necessary
Back up the instruction with a suitable consequence

14. Building block 2
Being considerate

15. Being considerate helps
Children find it easier to make friends and get along with others if they:
listen
let others have a turn
ask what others would like to do
wait while others are busy
think about others’ feelings
help others
are friendly and welcoming
help out at home

16. Encouraging consideration
Model being considerate yourself
Avoid criticising others
Point out others’ good points
Provide opportunities to show caring
Praise your child for being kind or helpful
Ask your child about feelings
Encourage your child to make amends
Provide a consequence for inconsiderate or hurtful behaviour

17. Building block 3
Having good communication
and social skills

18. How social skills help Children who develop good social skills:
find it easier to make and keep friends
are liked by their peers
get on well with others
have fewer arguments and disagreements

19. Encouraging friendship
Show an interest in your child’s friends and their family
Talk about being a friend and making friends
Suggest your child invites a visitor
Expect appropriate behavior from your child and from visitors
Use consequences for misbehavior

20. If your child hurts others
Listen to what your child has done
Discuss it with your child
Say it is a serious problem
Discuss how it affects others
Explain the consequences for your child
Watch how your child plays with others
Praise your child for playing well
Provide a consequence for hurting
Work with your child’s school

21. Building block 4
Having healthy self-esteem

22. How self-esteem helps Children with healthy self-esteem often:
are happy
cooperate
succeed
make friends easily
Children with low self-esteem often:
feel inadequate
are reluctant to try anything new
give up easily

23. Positive self-esteem Children’s positive self-esteem is influenced by:
thinking and believing good things about themselves
receiving lots of praise, affection and attention from parents
having achievements recognized
having clear limits and appropriate discipline

24. Low self-esteem Children’s low self-esteem may be caused by:
unfavorable comparisons with siblings
lack of self-care and hygiene
lack of regular exercise
low fitness and being overweight
negative thinking
frequent arguments and conflict between parents
neglect or abuse

25. Building self-esteem Create a safe, predictable world
Encourage an active lifestyle
Be affectionate and say I love you
Encourage your child to set goals
Help your child be a good friend
Help your child see their achievements
Encourage your child to express ideas
Encourage laughter
Let your child make decisions

26. Building block 5
Becoming a good problem solver

27. How problem solving helps
Problem solving is an important life skill
Problem solving skills are related to:
personal development, self-esteem and confidence
schoolwork and academic learning
skills in other areas (e.g. hobbies)
social development and relationships

28. Helping problem solving
Set a good example
Play games that promote thinking
Encourage your child to find answers
Prompt your child to work at solving problems
Congratulate your child when they solve a problem on their own
Involve your child in family problem solving

29. Problem solving steps Define the problem Come up with solutions
Evaluate the options
Decide on the best solution
Put the plan into action
Review how it worked and revise the plan if necessary

30. Building block 6
Becoming independent

31. How independence helps
Learning to be independent helps children:
prepare for later life
participate in family life
Becoming independent involves:
learning basic self-care and hygiene skills
increasing responsibilities
feeling confident in their abilities

32. Showing independence Behaviors that show independence include:
getting ready to go out
completing simple household chores
self-care skills
looking after their own things
tidying up after themselves
getting ready for school
cooking under supervision

33. Example: morning routine
Children need to be able to:
get out of bed at a suitable time
get dressed
eat breakfast
have everything they need for their day’s activities
arrive at school happy and alert
greet their teacher and peers politely

34. Morning traps Getting up late Rushing Not being organized
Taking over and doing everything for your child
Giving too many prompts and reminders

35. Strategies Plan ahead Be organized and have everything ready
Avoid distractions
Discuss ground rules
Start an activity schedule
Prompt your child to use their schedule
Praise and reward your child
Gradually reduce prompts and rewards

36. After school traps Too many activities Not enough routine
Too much change from one day to the next
Children being rewarded for avoiding or delaying doing homework

37. Strategies Have a predictable routine that your child understands
Allow your child to unwind and relax
Give your child a healthy snack
Decide on a time to start homework and stick to it
Allow play, television and computer games after homework is done

38. Take home messages

39. Take home messages
The values, skills and behaviors to encourage are the choice of each parent
Some core skills are the building blocks to help children:
develop confidence
reach their potential
and get on well with others
Parents can encourage children to develop their skills

40. Take home messages Encourage your child to show respect
Encourage your child to be considerate
Help your child become a good communicator and develop social skills
Help your child develop self-esteem
Teach your child to problem solve
Encourage your child to take responsibility and do things for themselves

41. Tip Sheet Review it with your partner or by yourself.
Review it this week!
Choose one strategy you learned today to try at home.
The tip sheet provided for this seminar gives you an overview of what was discussed in today’. I encourage you to not just set in on your counter and forget about it, but to pick it back up and look at it again with your partner or by yourself tonight or just sometime this week while it’s still fresh in your minds. You can use this as a tool for starting some new positive parenting strategies at home right away.

42. Next Steps Attend the next seminar [insert date]
Contact [insert name] for more services [insert info]
Contact First 5 Santa Cruz County for more services (831) or or visit
Review what to expect at the next seminars
Inform parents on how to get more in-depth services
Provide your information
Describe type of services you provide (i.e. workshops, one on one)
Provide info on First 5 (website calendar & warmline- & (831)
Give out the Triple P cards
Form a workshop right then
Have them select from workshop topics- which topics they would like a workshop for (“It sounds like there is a group of you who are interested in learning more about Triple P strategies. Here is a list of Triple P workshop topics. We can select which 2-3 topics are of interest to this group and set up a workshop.”)
Identify a topic based on seminar discussions and let them know you will give them more details about date/time the next week (“It sounds like there is a group of you who are interested in learning more about Triple P strategies, specifically, how to handle tantrums. I can set up a workshop on this topic if there are enough of you interested. Please let me know if you would attend something like this if I set it up”)

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44. Question time

45. Positive Parenting…
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Big differences