Middle Years Award in Positive Parenting

This is a bespoke course that has been designed to promote an understanding of 6-12year olds and their specific needs. It is unique in its endeavours as it captures all the elements of child development, psychology and attachments within the psychosocial development of middle childhood and offers candidates a greater understanding of the complex developments that are present at this stage, and how best to address them.

Middle Years is more than a group of learning and teaching strategies, rather, middle years education provides a framework that connects students needs i.e., resilience, relationships, increasing responsibility, academic vigour and relevance in learning in a strategic way that promotes continued student engagement, achievement, and growth. The term “middle years” describes children at the end of primary school (6yrs) and beginning of secondary school (12yrs). They experience heightened emotions, are progressively seeking greater independence, and develop their individual identities and value systems. Intellectually they have a growing capacity for reflective and abstract thinking and begin to make decisions about adult roles.

The main Aims and Objectives of the course are to show you have an understanding of the Middle Years through an increased self awareness resulting from the training. This will enable you to build on relationships with children and young people through your interpersonal skills enhancing communication and understanding by reflection of your personal development.

This is a fantastic course for anyone wishing to start a career in the health and social care industry around middle childhood, i.e. Foster Carers, Parenting Practitioners, Teaching Assistants, Teachers, Social Workers, Social Work Assistants, School Nurse, Child Care and Youth Workers, in fact anyone wishing to pursue a career working with this age group. It is also an exceptional tool for existing workers who require a greater understanding of middle childhood.

You will gain a greater knowledge and understanding of the role and development that is relevant to middle childhood, and the legislative context that child carers operate within.

Obtain an understanding of the personal and interpersonal skill needed at this level

Explore the transitions in education, independence, self confidence, and personal-responsibility of the middle-years age group.

Promote the Wellbeing Children/Young People

In this unit candidates will be able to:

A. Understand the concepts of developmental stages in the wellbeing of children
B. To understand the different stages of child development from 6 to 13 years
C. Explain how Parental Support contributes to the development of children and young people
D. Describing the support parents/carers need to make healthy choices for the child or young person

Promote and Understand Attachments

In this unit candidates will be able to:

A. Understand the different adult child attachment styles
B. Understand how attachments affect the development of children and young people

Promote and Understand Communication

A. Promote effective communication with individuals and key people
B. Use appropriate methods to promote effective communication on difficult and sensitive issues
C. Understand methods to support children and young people to communicate effectively

Promote health and Safety within the home

A. Be able to understand health, safety and security in the home and environment
B. Implement systems to manage risk to self, child /young person and others
C. Be able to take action to minimise risks arising from emergencies

Develop Child?s Aspirations and Awareness

A. Understand the objectives of Raising Aspirations
B. Promote Children and young people through development and support

Understand and Promote the balance of Middle Years

A. Understand and Promote the Middle Years
B. Understand the effects of growing up in a changing society
C. Understand the impact of the primary to secondary transition

Promote confidence and self esteem

A. Understand children and young people?s social and emotional characteristic
B. Understand how to promote confidence, self esteem and awareness
C. Understand the overall needs through social and environmental influences

Understand Children?s Emotions and Stress

A. Be able to understand children and young people?s emotions and stress; physical, mental and emotional
B. Be able to understand, interpret and evaluate children and young people?s emotional development
C. Be able to understand and respond constructively to emotions

Managing Behaviour issues

A. Understand how to manage behaviour issues
B. Encourage children and young people to manage their behaviour
C. Help children and young people to understand behaviour and consequences

Evaluate and Develop your Practice

A. Demonstrate continuing development, and contribute to shared learning as a role model to others

This is a fantastic course for anyone wishing to start a career in the health and social care industry around middle childhood, i.e. Foster Carers, Parenting Practitioners, Teaching Assistants, Teachers, Social Workers, Social Work Assistants, School Nurse, Child Care and Youth Workers, in fact anyone wishing to pursue a career working with this age group. It is also an exceptional tool for existing workers who require a greater understanding of middle childhood.

There is no experience or previous qualifications required for enrolment on this course. It is available to all students, of all academic backgrounds.