Overview
To make a difference in the lives of children, you need to give them more than love. You need parenting skills to guide children effectively in everyday situations. Situational Parenting® formally extends the application of the Situational Leadership® Model from the conference room table to the kitchen table. Organizations are realizing that family stress can have serious work-related consequences including: absenteeism, decreased performance and turnover. Numerous work-life studies yield a consistent message: effective parents make better employees. Investing in employee personal development pays off in their professional performance.
Target Audience
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Objectives
Fosters work life balance atmosphere.
Enables employees to cope with personal issues without impacting job performance.
Increases ability to communicate with children of various ages.
Provides a systematic approach when dealing with matters of the heart.
Decreases outside stress factors which increases performance levels.
Reduces absenteeism and turnover rates.
Content
More than a compilation of tips and tricks for good parenting, Situational Parenting® provides participants with a new model for understanding a child’s unique ability to complete a variety of everyday tasks. Recognizing that a child’s ability, or readiness level, can vary from task to task helps adults communicate more effectively. As children grow and learn new things their rate of advancement may differ. Where one new task might come easily and rapidly another task might require extra effort, concentration and trial. Adults able to recognize this and adapt their interactive style and method of communication increase their effectiveness dealing with children overall. Unique features of the Situational Parenting® program include the Parent Self assessment which is a self-scored questionnaire designed to provide feedback on current parenting behaviours.
The Parent Other assessment is available for partners to evaluate and give feedback on each other’s styles. The Situational Simulator is a fast paced game to test learning under “real world” circumstances. Wrapping up the training program with the Parent Promises solidifies an action plan to change parenting behaviour. It also helps create alignment with other parenting partners.
Situational Parenting®
