Parenting Adolescents brings new challenges, changing roles and plenty of growth, for both parent and young person. This workshop equips trained BUGK facilitators to deliver a version of the program tailored for parents of adolescents, offering resources, tools and knowledge to support strong, respectful relationships during this important stage.

This workshop will provide participants with skills and knowledge to facilitate a Bringing up Great Kids (BUGK) parenting group tailored for parents who are embarking oin the challenging and rewarding relational journey with their adolescents. It provides participants with everything they need to know about this iteration of BUGK as well as all access to the manual, handouts, and other resources. 

Please note that the prerequisite for this training is successful completion of of Bringing Up Great Kids: Facilitator training.

BUGK: Parenting adolescents workshop builds on the principles of the foundational BUGK program focussing on being reflective, respectful and mindful when working with parents.

BUGK: Parenting adolescents provides the skills and knowledge to confidently be able to facilitate a BUGK group for parents of adolescents. The workshop will support participants to identify and implement multiple possibilities in running a reflective, experiental and interactive parent group.

This workshop enables participants to support parents to experience their journey with their adolescents as a positive adventure by providing knowledge about adolescent brain development, communication styles and different ways of understanding and responding to the behaviour of adolescents.

About the facilitator

This workshop is facilitated by experienced BUGK facilitators and parenting consultants, with a deep understanding of adolescent development and family relationships. They support professionals to deliver BUGK programs with confidence, compassion and cultural sensitivity.

Other information

• Timezones: all course and workshop times are displayed in Sydney/Melbourne/Canberra time zones. Please ensure you convert to your current time zone.
• Payment: All workshop payments must be made by credit card.
• Group bookings: Invoicing is only available for group bookings of 5 or more for the same workshop date. Contact us through support@childhood.org.au for group bookings.
• Resources: Included with this training are access to the Bringing Up Great Kids : Parenting Adolescents manual, relevant worksheets, tools, activities and resources within the registration cost of the workshop.

This training is suitable for all professionals who have completed the Foundational Bringing Up Great Kids: Facilitator training and who aim to provide a parenting program that sensitively supports parents/ carers with adolescents in their family.