Parent and Family Support Programmes

‘Louth Parent Hub’ is an online and interactive information hub for families living in County Louth. It provides information on the services and programmes available in your local area.

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Incredible Years Parent Programme

The Incredible Years are a suite of proven effective programmes for parents, to promote social and emotional learning, emotion regulation, problem solving, and academic success in their children.

Some topics covered in the IY Basic Parent Programme include:

The importance of Play in Attachment & Bonding
Bedtime and Morning Routines
Setting Limits and Boundaries
Managing Annoying and Difficult Behaviour
Promoting Social & Emotional Wellbeing
For parents of children ages 3 - 8

Louth ABC run a suite of Incredible Years Programmes to suit various ages:

- Incredible Years parent and baby 10 week programme (0 - 10 months)

- Incredible Years Toddler 12 week Programme (18 months - 3 years)

- Incredible Years 14 week programme (3 - 8 years)

- Incredible Years Autism & Language Delays 15 week Programme (2 - 5 years)

Circle of Security Programme (0-6 Years)

The Circle of Security Parenting Programme is an 8 week programme based on decades of research about how parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

This programme helps you to:

Understand your child's emotional world by learning to read their emotional needs
Support your child's ability to successfully manage emotions
Enhance the development of your child's self esteem
Strengthen parent/child bonding and attachement

Junior Strengthening Families (8-11 years)

The Strengthening Families Programme (SFP) is an evidence-based 14-week family skills training programme. This involves the parents and children participating in three classes run on the same night, once a week. This gives parents/carers and their children the opportunity to work together to learn new skills, improve communication and create positive relationships within the family.

Each week the programme begins with a group meal, where all participants share a positive nurturing experience.

Topics covered in this programme:

How to communicate effectively as a family
Improving the parent-child relationship
How to set boundaries and stick to them