Secondary teachers & leaders

Parentshop offers secondary school professional learning opportunities to school leaders, department heads, teachers, and administrative staff. All our courses are flexible to be delivered face to face, via interactive webinar or in-house at your school. Our training provides secondary staff with a variety of practical, ready to use skills across a vast selection of situations: > - Managing teen behavioural issues. > - Taking a whole-school community approach to managing anxiety and building resilience. > - How to effectively engage with teenagers. > - How to hold tough conversations with teenagers and their parents. Browse our upcoming courses below.

Our courses

teachers & leaders

Tough Conversations™ for Frontline Staff

A practical workshop for those at the frontline of a school, council or service organisation to manage difficult, emotional encounters with members of the public.

teachers & leaders

Tough Conversations™ for School Leaders

This course addresses the well-recognised occurrence of difficulties that school leaders face through often having to discuss sensitive, difficult subjects.

secondary teachers & leaders

Resilience in Our Teens™ for Teachers and Teacher Aides

Resilience in Our Teens™ is a one-day professional learning course for teachers and teacher aides to learn the strategies for managing anxiety and building resilience at school.

Engaging Adolescents for Teachers and Teacher Aides

secondary teachers & leaders

Engaging Adolescents™ in High Schools

This workshop provides the practical elements and skills for having tricky-to-hold, but necessary, conversations with young people.

From the Blog

Building Sustainable Change: The Keys to Effective School-Based Projects

The Anxiety Project

Resilience in Our Teens

Childhood anxiety

Building Sustainable Change: The Keys to Effective School-Based Projects

By Parentshop Staff•November 13, 2023

What makes a change project effective and sustainable? Behind our whole-school community change projects The Anxiety Project and Resilience in Our Teens are proven strategies to ensure sustainable change toward new habits that reduce anxiety.

Anxiety Coach

Childhood anxiety

Child and family specialists

The Language of Support: Communicating Effectively with Anxious Children

By Parentshop Staff•

Childhood anxiety has steadily been increasing in recent years. One of the most effective treatments for it is of effective communication between children and the significant adults in their life. The Anxiety Coach course recognises this crucial aspect and equips professionals with valuable insights into the language of support and how to guide parents in implementing these strategies.

7 Steps for helping your anxious child return to school.

Parenting

Parents

Anxiety

7 Steps for helping your anxious child return to school.

By Michael Hawton •

Addressing absenteeism is a significant concern for parents and educators. It is often tied to children's anxious reluctance to attend school regularly. Michael Hawton, a psychologist and Director at Parentshop, offers a practical, step-by-step guide to help parents chart a course for their child's return to school. Read the article now.