The Pillar Project is running a 6-week Supporting Children’s Needs when Parents Separate Summer Course starting on Monday the 8th of May at 7.00 pm facilitated by Andrea Napier. The course will run every Monday evening at 7.00 pm until the 12th of June.
In this programme parents who are parenting post separation or are planning to separate are supported to firstly understand the impact of separation on children. The programme aims to support parents to have a child centred approach post separation, ensuring children are supported to manage the transition well, achieving positive outcomes. Parents are asked to explore and understand the needs of children and parents at the time of separation and how these needs can be met. In the programme parents are encouraged to have pride in the new family form, inviting children to ask questions and being available to answer the awkward questions about family forms as they arise. We explore what shared parenting is, why it is beneficial to children when done well and how parents can develop a shared parenting plan to support them to move into the business of shared parenting post separation. Finally, the programme asks you to develop new family traditions to support you as move through this transition with your children, while also exploring how you can manage conflict in the future while maintaining a healthy balance of meeting your needs and those of your children.
Andrea Napier
Relationship Mentor and Family Support Worker. Andrea is currently completing her MA in Psychotherapy and has worked with One Family for the past 2 years in the Separating Well for Children Project and Family Support.
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