Triple P course details

Triple P Group https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/gloucs/glosfamilies/files/group_ppp_leaflet.pdf

Triple P Stepping stones https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/gloucs/glosfamilies/files/stepping_stones_flyer.pdf

Triple P Teenagers https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/gloucs/glosfamilies/files/group_teen_ppp_leaflet.pdf

Triple P Transition https://search3.openobjects.com/mediamanager/gloucs/glosfamilies/files/family_transitions_flyer.pdf

Triple P ADHD (This is not a self-referral, but we are happy to discuss and make a referral on your behalf)

Do you want to make sense of sensory behaviour?

Children with sensory processing issues often behave in ways that their parents often find confusing. They might react strongly to loud noises or bright lights or complain that their clothes are uncomfortable. They may be clumsy or have trouble with fine motor skills like fastening buttons. Some children show extreme behaviours like screaming when their face gets wet.

These behaviours happen because the child is having trouble processing the information they receive from their senses. If you want to learn more about practical ways to help here is a brilliant guide to help you.

Making Sense of Sensory Behaviour.pdf

If you need any further help, please let me know.

Mrs Day

WINDOW OF TOLERANCE

We know children’s behaviours are always a communication of need. One of the things that affects children’s big feelings and behaviours can be their window of tolerance.

I wonder if I can share a story to help to show what this is.

When my son was little, he felt overwhelmed going to parties.  Before going, he would be difficult, hit out, shout, procrastinate and as a parent I used to feel quite exasperated.  When we arrived, he would withdraw into me and not look at the entertainer and lock to me like superglue!  Whatever treat I promised, or however encouraging I was, he just didn’t feel able to join in.  His window of tolerance was very small for parties.

In order to open his window of tolerance I had to break going to a party down into very small manageable chunks.  What was he worried about?  I had to think about all the things he might be worried about:

By breaking this worry down into lots of smaller parts, I was able to think about how to help him cope with each of them one by one, each in turn.  This meant he didn’t have to tolerate them all at once, which was clearly overwhelming!

To help him I would:

• Call the entertainer in advance, to understand what the party might be like
• Ask if we could arrive early because my son felt worried
• Chat to my son about the programme in the days before with some visual aids
• Practise some of the games (musical bumps etc) that they would be playing at the party
• Arrive at the hall early to allow him to become comfortable in the environment (know where the toilets were) and meet the entertainer
• Take a friend with him (who had also been invited)
• Practise a few games with the entertainer and find a ‘special job’ he could do for them. 

When children aren’t able to tolerate things and are in fight, fright or freeze, this is uncomfortable.  To expose them too quickly or too much to something, will be too uncomfortable.  I hope you can see that by breaking each little stage up, he was far more able to tolerate each part.  This meant that he then began to think that he could cope with parties and see that they were more enjoyable than they were uncomfortable. 

When children are triggered outside of their Window of tolerance, their Hippocampus & Pre-frontal cortex becomes sleepy and their Amygdala takes over and they go into fight, flight or freeze.  We teach the children that their brains might look like this.

You can look back at this under Meet your Brain module introduction in the parent’s myHappymind app to recap on this.

At school we teach the children to do their Happy Breathing and help them wake up their Hippocampus and Pre-frontal cortex, so that their full brain can think logically and they can draw on their knowledge and experiences find a way to cope with the problem they face. 

Once their brain is fully awake you can then look at small steps to help them increase their window of tolerance. By exposing them little by little and showing them they have the character strength to achieve small steps forward, this will help them to gain confidence and want to try more. 

If you want to learn more about this – let me know!

Mrs Day

Below, you will find our Powerpoint presentation with a plethora of information and assistance for parents.

Below, you will find links to documents which may provide support and advice during the current 'Cost of living' crisis:

Our Family Support Worker, Mrs Day,  will be working with both children and families to offer support with any family issues or problems in terms of behaviour, family bereavement, parenting, family breakdown or other family matters.

Useful Links:

Early Help Offer 2022 - 2023

Keeping Children Safe In Education 2022

Learning to talk : https://www.nhs.uk/start4life/...

Internet Safety - ThinkuKnow

Anti-Bullying - Bounce Back from Bullying

NSPCC - www.nspcc.org.uk

Family Information Service-  www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk

Winston's Wish-  www.winstonswish.org

Young Minds -https://youngminds.org.uk/

Parenting Support Line - 0800 542 02 02 https://www.glosfamiliesdirectory.org.uk/kb5/gloucs/glosfamilies/advice.page?id=l1DFgK8PhfU 

Childcare choices - https://www.childcarechoices.g...

During a time when we all might be experiencing heightened emotions, it is important to be able to understand them.

In school we use a strategy called Emotion Coaching. This is based on the principle that nurturing and emotionally supportive relationships provide the best possible environment for the promotion of children's outcomes and resilience. 

Click here to read the 'Gloucester Schools Partnership' introductory letter.

The following video will provide you with further information about Emotion Coaching.

For more information have a look at the website https://www.emotioncoachinguk.com/