Parenting Information Forum Program

Council’s Health and Family Services department is pleased to be once again running a series of Parenting Information Forums for Whitehorse parents, grandparents and carers in 2017.

What are Parenting Information Forums?

To deliver the Parenting Information Forum Program, Council uses a range of guest speakers to reflect the diverse range of parenting approaches that individuals, communities and cultures hold.  The program aims to achieve great outcomes for families, children and young people and believes that effective parenting matters to a child’s lifelong development and overall wellbeing.  By extension Whitehorse Council believes that we must support parents to develop key parenting skills and to relieve common parenting pressures through information.

The information provided to parents at our Parenting Information Forum program does not necessarily reflect the opinions of Council or any employee thereof. Council is therefore not responsible for the accuracy or validity of any of the information presented by the guest presenters.

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2017 Calendar

For further information about the format of Council’s forums and how to access additional access support please download the  2017 Parenting Information Calendar brochure (230.58kB).
To book please click the Book here button next to the forum you wish to attend. 

Date	Topic	Speaker/s	Further Information
Tuesday 14th March	Preparing Children for the Transition from Kindergarten to Primary School	Louise Dorrat Early Childhood Consultant	March PIF Flyer (507.96kB)
Thursday 27th April	Encouraging Body Confidence in our Teens	Amberley Laverick Butterfly Foundation	WH Parenting Information Forum Flyer 2017 (1.53MB)
Tuesday 16th May	Building Resilience and Self Esteem in Children	Sally Ward Early Life Foundation	Building Resilience and Self Esteem in Children (566.00kB)
Tuesday 20th June	Smooth Transitions from Primary to Secondary School	Rod Dungan Thriving Youth Australia	Smooth Transitions from Primary to Secondary School (1.58MB)
Wednesday 18th July	Connected Parenting (Based on Bringing Up Great Kids)	Pat Jewell The Australian Childhood Foundation	Further Information to come Not open for bookings
Tuesday 8th August	How to support Teens to become Emotionally Intelligent (Based on Tuning into Teens)	Joanie Bartolo Emotion Wise	Further Information to come Not open for bookings
Wednesday 13th September	Mindfulness – How it can really help manage your child’s anxiety	Michelle Graeber and Lisa Wolfenden Anxiety Recovery Centre (ArcVIC)	Further Information to come Not open for bookings
Wednesday 18th October	Talking to Teens about Respectful Relationships	Athi Kokonis Family Planning Victoria	Further Information to come Not open for bookings

For further information, please contact Molly Block, Parent Resource Officer, on 9262 6175 or parentresource@whitehorse.vic.gov.au (Monday, Tuesday and Friday).