Creating Connections: Parenting Teens 4 week Course

Parenting Teenagers Course: Creating Connections

About the Course

Are you the parent or guardian of a teen or teens (12+) and feel like you could do with some

support, ideas, tips and advice?  Join a small group of parents of teens to come together to explore what parenting teenagers looks like for them.

 This course will start in March and is a 4-week virtual class with exclusive access to a platform full of resources.

The belief that underpins this course is that parents and guardians have the resources already, but they don’t always realise it. By providing a safe, creative and collaborative space, we will move swiftly past the theory of the teenage brain and dive deep into what parenting teenagers looks and feels like to us as individuals. Using a mix of NLP tools, coaching, Non-Violent Communication tools, self-reflection and group discussion, we connect with ourselves as parents to better connect with our teens. Creating Connections is a course open exclusively to MESSAGE members to give our members confidence and courage to meet the challenges (and the joys!) of their children’s teen years.

Some of the topics that the course will cover:

• The Teenage Brain: Recognising the physical and emotional changes taking place during the teenage years
• Communicating effectively with teens
• Being a positive role model for your teen (and looking after you!)
• Understanding and managing risk-taking behaviour
• Ensuring mutual parent-teen respect

In order to participate in this course, everyone is required to complete this registration form

About the Facilitator

Dr Beth Dawson is a Certified Coach, an NLP Practitioner and a higher education professor,

certified in Non-Violent Communication. Her PhD focused on educational pedagogy and

communication techniques in France and the UK. She is a communication professional with

20 years’ experience in the corporate world. In parallel to her corporate career, she has

Taught various subjects for the past 15 years and is a certified mindfulness teacher. She loves working with young people and bringing NLP techniques into the classroom (Pro-tip: they really work!)

In her private coaching practice, Beth is passionate about helping people optimise their

communication techniques in order to create connections and improve relationships. She is

a mum of teens and a step-mum of a young adult and firmly believes A Happy Teen is a

Happy Home. She volunteers for MESSAGE and is looking forward to exploring parenting

techniques for teens in more detail with fellow MESSAGE members.