Consultation For Parents with Children Entering Primary School

Target Audience

Parents or legal guardians of children in their final year of kindergarten, and about to enter primary school

Sessions

2-4 sessions, 75 minutes each

Objectives

To get some understanding of your child’s overall cognitive functioning
To prepare for the upcoming challenges in the primary school setting
To help you gain a better understanding of your child’s temperament
To improve your ability to attune to your child’s needs
To learn basic positive parenting principles
To learn how to communicate to your child more effectively

About

This workshop will cover:

Administration of standardized tests

To get an idea of your child’s overall cognitive functioning – this will give us some idea of your child’s readiness to cope with the academic demands in the primary school setting.

Introduction of positive parenting principles

This will provide you with an effective tool in helping your child develop self-discipline.

Structured tasks and free-play

This will give us the opportunity to observe how you interact with your child. We will be in a much better position to give you feedback on how to better attune to your child’s needs and alert you on some of the parenting traps that you might have fallen into.