Course Title : Certificate Course in Positive and Responsible Parenting
This course can help you get your parenting skills to where you want them to be. It covers a broad range of topics, including what parenting skills are, child development, understanding temperament, intellectual development, communicating with your kids, the dynamics of discipline, instilling self-esteem, teaching children values, meeting their needs, being a good role model, and more!
This course will help you understand your child’s personality, challenges, and how to go about being the most effective parent you can be! You will learn about those things that are crucial in the first years of life, how to use positive discipline, avoid power struggles, and how to determine a need from a want.
For whom (target group) : This course is ideal for all parents, but can also be a very useful tool for caretakers, grandparents, teachers, and anyone who spends a lot of time helping to shape the minds of the next generation. This course provides an overview of all the parenting skills that are necessary to raise a healthy and well-adjusted adult. It will also help you learn where and why some challenges may arise and how to best go about overcoming them.
If you are about to become a parent, would like to become a more effective parent, or you want to learn more about how to effectively guide children, this course is for you! After taking this course you will never look at parenting in quite the same way again!
Entry Requirements : G.C.E. A/L’s or O/L’s and Fluency of the English language is essential
Course Duration : 2.5 Months – part time study
Contact Hours : 3 Hrs. per week
Total No. of Classes : 10 class-contact sessions
Total No. of Contact Hrs : 30 Hrs. of Lectures (class contact time)
30 Hrs
Social Science & Humanities
Certificate
Institute of Human Resource Advancement - University of Colombo - Diploma in Counseling Psychology (DCP)
Duration
Medium
English