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Solihull 2-day Foundation training for Partners

Who can attend: Professionals working with babies or young children, parents or families e.g. Children's Centre workers, Health Visitors, Family Support Workers, Perinatal support services, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Family Courts, Community Police.
Course content:
- Introduction to infant, early childhood and adolescent brain development
- Understanding behaviour as a communication
- The Solihull Approach (psychoanalytic theory): Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management
- Development milestones
- Emotional wellbeing
- Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Parent-child relationships
- Practitioner support for parent child relationships
Dates & Venues:
February 2026
- 13th February 2026 and 27th February 2026 New Parks House
March 2026
- 2nd March 2026 and 16th March 2026 venue TBC
April 2026
- 14th April 2026 and 28th April 2026 venue TBC
May 2026
- 5th May 2026 and 19th May 2026 venue TBC
June:
- 1 and 15 June 2026 - New Parks House
September
- 15 & 29th September 2026 - New Parks House
November
- 2 & 16 November 2026 - New Parks House
- 10 & 24 November 2026 - New Parks House
If you are unable to press the "Book Now" button, it means that the cohorts available are fully booked
Please contact Charlotte.Baker@leicester.gov.uk if you have any quires in relation to training
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Solihull - Parenting Group Facilitator Training for Partners
solihullapproach.heiapply.com/course.php?id=4144
Solihull 2 Day Foundation Training must be completed before signing up for this training
Solihull Approach Parenting Group Facilitators’ Training is all about supporting emotional health and wellbeing in the delivery of Solihull Approach groups for parents, with a focus on relationships and nurturing connected, sensitive and responsive interactions.
The Solihull Approach was founded in practice and all of our training is evidence-based, developed by psychologists, child psychotherapists, and practitioners. It is a way of thinking and working with families, groups or one-to-one that transcends professions and communities.
The Solihull Approach is also about understanding brain development to understand behaviour, communication and emotional health.
Solihull Approach Parenting Group Facilitators’ Training is designed to equip practitioners with an effective approach to deliver the 10-week ‘Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager’ group for parents,
DATES
October 2025
13th October 2025 Venue TBC
January 2026
13th January 2026 TBC
April 2026
20th April 2026 TBC