Parent Education
Mana Parents Centre offer a variety of short courses, led by experts, to assist and support parents. Check out the courses we currently have on offer and the 2012 course schedule:
Courses
CPR (for Babies and Toddlers)
Whether you have children or are expecting, in just two hours you can learn vital lifelong skills that could save your child’s life! Learn the two different techniques needed for babies under 12 months and toddlers. This course also covers choking and basic first aid. This course is run by the New Zealand Red Cross, and you will receive a certificate for completion.
Positive Discipline and Tantrums
Most challenging behaviours occur for a reason, often because a child is trying to communicate needs or to express frustration. By looking beyond problem behaviours to understand why the behaviour occurs we can develop simple management strategies to modify the behaviour.
Top to Toe
A podiatrist will talk about how feet develop, when and how to buy the right shoes for your child, and how to take the best possible care of those feet for the many years of stomping ahead. A Dental Therapist will cover the development of teeth, how to look after your child’s pearly whites and keep them that way, and when to enrol for dental services.
Creative Play
Covering the relationship between brain development and movement, this session provides practical ideas, games and songs for getting young children active. Learn what toys to introduce at which stages in your childs development.
Solids & Beyond
This session covers introducing solid foods to your baby in stages and helpful information on: cooking baby food; continuing milk feeds; storing and freezing foods safely; using commercial baby foods; progressing towards finger foods and family meals. Includes FREE Watties samples and food charts and you can purchase the Alison Holst Baby Food and Beyond recipe book for only $12.
Toilet Training
Get you and your toddler ready for this next step. The course covers signs of readiness, how to start, proper hygiene and what to do when it’s not working. FREE Huggies samples and a toilet training guide are supplied.
Baby Sign
This workshop introduces parents to sign language for hearing babies, a wonderful, easy to use, early communication tool. Parents are taught when to start signing, how signing is implemented and how to recognise when their baby has grasped the concept.
Brainwave Trust Seminar
A fascinating seminar where you can gain new insights into how your little one's brain works and is developing. It focuses on the importance of the first three years of life and covers how the brain develops, how brain connections are formed, critical periods for learning skills and how experiences shape the brain. Recommended for expectant parents and those already with children.
Water Babies
Learn how to help your baby be confident in the water. This class will cover practical ideas and games for lots of water-based fun. Includes FREE voucher for all those interested in swimming lessons is also included.
Sleep Solutions
From newborns to toddlers, whatever your sleep problem, this course will look at positive management strategies to promote healthy sleep patterns.
First Aid and Safety
2012 course dates: Wednesday 2nd March, Thursday 22nd November
Return to Work
We are delighted to be partnering with Philips/AVENT in our latest programme ‘Return to Work’. The programme encompasses a number of sessions that are all relevant for those parents who might have been at home for some time caring for family and are now considering re-entering the paid workforce.
Parenting with Purpose
This programme has been created to encourage parents/caregivers and key support people to look at how they parent, where they learnt their parenting skills and are they the most productive skills to use when raising children. This is a six module programme.
Magic Moments
Focuses on using non-physical ways of discipline, and encourages parents and caregivers to build strong and caring relationships with their children, while giving clear boundaries. This is a three module programme.
2012 Course Schedule
| Date |
Course |
Time |
Member ($) |
Non-Member ($) |
| Thurs 23 Feb |
CPR |
7:30-9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| Thurs 1 Mar |
Water Babies |
10:00-11:30am |
$5 |
$10 |
| Wed 14 Mar |
Sleep Solutions |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$20 |
| Thurs 29 Mar |
Baby Sign |
7:00 - 9:30pm |
$40 Single
$50 Couple |
$50 Single
$65 Couple |
| Wed 11 April |
CPR |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| Thur 19 April |
Solids & Beyond |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$20 |
| Wed 2 May |
First Aid and Safety |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| May |
Top to Toe |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
TBC |
TBC |
| May |
Back to Work |
|
TBC |
TBC |
| Wed 13 June |
Positive Discipline |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$20 |
| Thus 21 June |
CPR |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| Thurs 28 June |
Brainwave Trust |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$30 |
| Wed 11 July |
Baby Sign |
7:00 - 9:30pm |
$40 Single
$50 Couple |
$50 Single
$65 Couple |
| July |
Parenting with Purpose |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
| Thurs 9 August |
CPR |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| Wed 15 August |
Creative Play |
10:00 - 11:00am |
$10 |
$20 |
| Wed 29 August |
Toilet Training |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$20 |
| September |
Magic Moments |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
| Wed 3 October |
Sleep Solutions |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$20 |
| October |
Return to Work |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
| Thur 1 November |
Water Babies |
10:00 - 11:30am |
$5 |
$10 |
| Thur 22 November |
First Aid & Safety |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| Thur 6 December |
CPR |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$20 |
$35 |
| Wed 12 December |
Positive Discipline |
7:30 - 9:30pm |
$10 |
$35 |
| July |
Parenting with Purpose |
TBC |
TBC |
TBC |
To enrol
Send a booking request to parentedbookings@gmail.com or for further information contact Mana Parents Centre on 237 6262.
All courses are held at Pember House, 16 Hagley Street, Porirua. Bookings and prepayment are essential. Parents Centre members have priority. Dates for some courses may change - please contact to confirm.
Course costs
Costs vary for each course. This years costs are outlined in the course schedule above. Costs are subject to change without notice, so please check at the time of booking.
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