Tuning in to Teens

Tuning in to Teens helps parents teach their teenage children to control, understand and express their emotions in healthy ways. The program offers tools to recognise, understand and respond to teenage emotions, and helps parents manage their own emotional responses.

Overview

Who It's For

Tuning in to Teens is for parents and carers of nine to 18-year-olds learning to manage their own and their teen’s emotions in ways that support healthy communication and emotional intelligence.

How We Help

Our facilitators help you to enhance communication with adolescents in your care. This process can help them achieve positive health and social outcomes in lots of aspects of their lives.

What to Expect

Our sessions offer a supportive environment for you to connect with others who are having similar experiences. Facilitators present positive and practical methods so you can support your teens’ development of emotional intelligence.

Program

Six sessions, over six weeks
Two hours per session

Price

Free.

Delivery Options

The next session is available online, for residents of Northern Sydney and the Northern Beaches.

What you’ll learn

This program is designed to help you:

Clarify any problems you are experiencing with your teen and your own behaviour

Recognise and understand specific emotions in adolescents and yourself

Learn ways to cope when you or your teen are upset and angry

Learn to manage changes in your relationship with your teen

Build strong communication routines to support a satisfying relationship

Enhance emotional intelligence in your child

“I feel more confident in how I can help my son navigate his teen years. I also feel I can manage my relationship with him and better understand the importance of good behaviour by modelling it myself.”

- Tuning in to Teens participant

“It's exciting to learn different ways to handle things better in the future. Even just pausing and thinking before I engage or being more aware of triggers and what I bring to things.”

- Tuning in to Teens participant

“This course is amazing and I would definitely say it is a must for every parent, even if their kid is not a teen yet. I would recommend it to all my friends!”

- Tuning in to Teens participant

How to Enrol

Enquiry Form

Complete the enquiry form below.

Phone Call

Our team will call you for a short, private conversation to determine if the program is right for you.

Booking

If it’s a good fit, we’ll book you into the next available group.

Waitlist

If our upcoming program is full, we’ll place you on our waitlist and contact you as soon as we have availability in another group.

Fees

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Enquire now about this group program

We current don’t have any public dates scheduled for this program. Please send our team an email to find out more.

FAQs

Are group workshops right for me?

Our group workshops are perfect for those looking to build their relationship skills in a safe, supportive and collaborative group environment, led by our expert facilitators. We cover a huge range of topics, from parenting techniques to developing mental wellbeing practices – and offer groups throughout the year, both online and face-to-face.

What happens if I am unable to attend one of the workshop’s sessions?

If you’re unable to attend a session, please contact our client services team by calling 1300 364 277 or emailing us, and we will let your Group Leaders know. Please note – for those who’ve been court-ordered to attend one of our group programs (such as our Men’s Behaviour Change program), participants must attend at least 80% of the workshop’s scheduled sessions in order to receive a statement of attendance.

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