Toolbox Groups are a unique approach to parent education, offering practical skills and strategies that you can immediately incorporate into your family. Over six sessions you explore key parenting principles and pick up practical ways to address problems as well as how to build a great team. You receive a comprehensive manual and listen to information presented by a variety of experts in a relaxed environment.

Toolbox is facilitated by trained local volunteers. The atmosphere of the group is relaxed and informal and there is a rich vein of humour that runs through the course.

Early Years (0-6 years)

The most important years in your child’s development are these early years. No-one will influence your child’s future more than you will. Remember, when it comes to your child’s development that you are the builder and everyone else is merely the sub-contractor. Toolbox is there to help you enjoy these years with your child.

During these six sessions you will discover and apply new tools and strategies to use with your family. Our hope is that by the end of this course you will have the skills to set appropriate boundaries for your child and develop a strong and loving bond with them.

Never forget that the effort you put into parenting your children during these early years will have enormous pay-offs in the future.

TERM 1 FULLY BOOKED, SORRY
Starts 22 February 2010. Ends 29 March 2010.
7:00pm - 9:30pm
at Papatoetoe SDA Community Church (Seminar Room)

TERM 3
Starts 2 August 2010. Ends 6 September 2010.
12:00pm - 2:30pm
at Papatoetoe SDA Community Church (Seminar Room)

Middle Years (6-12 years)

Nothing gives parents more pleasure than seeing their children grow and mature in the family. The middle years are vital. They are your window of opportunity to stay connected, teach skills and build memories.

It is now that children learn about right and wrong, and most important of all, it is during these years that they are still interested in what you, as a parent, think!

The six sessions of this course will provide you with the skills and strategies needed to be the parent you have always hoped to be. You will be given insight into the particular challenges and unique opportunities that the middle years bring. And you will gain tools for confidently handling the challenges that arise along the way.

TERM 2 FULLY BOOKED, SORRY
Starts 3 May 2010. Ends 14 June 2010.
12:00pm - 2:30pm
at Papatoetoe SDA Community Church (Seminar Room)

TERM 4
Starts 18 October 2010. Ends 29 November 2010.
7:00pm - 9:30pm
at Papatoetoe SDA Community Church (Seminar Room)

Teen Years (12+ years)

The teenage years have been described as the best and the worst.

Parenting a teenager can be like riding a roller coaster. One moment life is filled with the uphill stress of unpredictability, growing tension, fatigue, quarrelling and negative responses and the next minute, a light moment can lift your family into hope, fun and laughter.

Life with a teenager can move families in either direction within a moment’s notice.

Many parents are intimidated by stories they have heard from others or by their contemporaries’ experiences of life with teenagers. We hope to convince you that although these years may be challenging they can actually be the best years of your life. Negotiated with style, this is a time when you connect in a special way with the future while you enjoy watching your young person grow in experience, competence and good judgement.

We aim to give tools to equip your teenager with a strong sense of self, as well as responsibility and resourcefulness, and to help you in your journey of letting go and handing over some of the controls as your young person learns to fly solo.

If you are interested in attending a Teen Years Toolbox group, please contact Brigitte Bagg.

Special Discount

Anyone who a registers for a Toolbox Course through Papatoetoe Seventh-day Adventist Community Church is entitled to a substantially discounted price.

Early bird registration for toolbox is $37.50 single and $65 couple, if paid before the first session of Toolbox. For those paying on or after the start of Toolbox the full price is $67.50 single and $90 couple.

(Thanks ADRA New Zealand, for the sponsorship). Don't miss out on this opportunity. Use the registration form below to sign up for the next Toolbox Course.

Registration Form

Please complete one registration form per person.