Free online courses to help you understand your child and support their wellbeing
A range of free online parenting courses are available for people and professionals in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Togetherness courses cover concerns that parents often face with all children, from before they are born to early adulthood, including physical and mental health, understanding their feelings and how to build better relationships. Issues that affect children with additional needs including learning disabilities and autism – are also covered.
The courses include the same content as you would receive in a typical face-to-face parenting group run by health visitors. They are available in 108 languages, with voiceovers in English and Urdu. Each course has a number of different components, and they can be accessed at any time and any place.
The courses include:
- Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
- Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby: for women couples
- Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
- Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager
- Understanding your baby
- Understanding your brain (for teenagers only!)
- Understanding your child with additional needs
- Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager
- Understanding your child’s feelings (a taster pathway)
- Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing
- Understanding your feelings (for teenagers only!)
- Understanding your own trauma
- Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
- Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you’re home
- Understanding your relationships
- Understanding your teenager’s brain
- Moving up to secondary school for children with additional needs
All courses are free to access for anyone with an LLR postcode – it just requires users to create an account to access them.
More details including how to register and access them is available here.
