Courses

We now offer three Parenting courses, One for parents with Primary Age children, One for dads of children up to 16 years old and our new course, Parents with children with additional needs.

Please see below for more details.

Our next course is

Time Out For Parents – Children with Additional Needs

Time Out For Parents courses from Care for the Family provide common sense, jargon-free information and ideas to help you engage with your children and boost your relationship.

If you have children with additional needs aged 3-11 years, then  Time Out For Parents – Children with Additional Needs is for you.

New Course Details 

Over the 7 sessions you’ll increase your skills and confidence as a parent and
discover practical tools to make your relationship with your child even better.

Next course Dates:

16th September – 4th November 2025 Inclusive

Every Tuesday excluding  October half term week.

Time: 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm

Please get in touch using the contact form provided if you are interested in attending one of these courses.

Venue: The Plaza Centre, 600 Southchurch Road, Southend-On-Sea, SS1 2PT

The aim of the parenting course is for the parent/caregiver to increase their confidence and abilities to parent, to allow the parents and caregivers to recognize and enhance their skills and share ideas about what they might like to do differently.

We look at Parenting children with additional needs, self esteem, coping with your feelings, understanding behaviour, managing behaviour, home and school issues, the wider family.

Each session will be for approximately 2 hours  with booklets provided by ‘Care for the Family, Time Out for Parents.’

Over 7 sessions, you’ll increase your skills and confidence as a parent and discover practical tools to make your relationship with your child even better.

These are all free to attend.

 

Time out for Parents for Dads                         

New Course details

Dates: New Courses Available Soon

Time:  

Venue: TBC

The aim of the course:

Five workshops focussing on the importance of dads and helping you to build an even better relationship with your children.

Whether you’re parenting as a couple, a single parent or away dad, this course aims to help you share your feelings and experiences and come up with solutions to your problems based on what works for you.

These are all Free to attend.

 

 

 

 

 

Time Out For Parents- The Primary Years

 

TOFP Sessions

 

The aim of the course:

Over 6 sessions you’ll increase your skills and confidence as a parent and discover practical tools to make your relationship with your child even better.

 

These are all Free to attend.