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Parenting courses

Please note making a referral does not guarantee a space on a course. The relevant team running the course will then make contact with you.

Free Online Parenting courses available from Learn Hounslow

Understanding your children's Mental Health (Booking Code ZZ399MTA) - Wednesdays 5.30 to 7.30 Online 24 September to 19 November 2025.
On this course you will:
  • Explore the world from your child's perspective.
  • Learn how to read your child's emotions
  • How outside factors can influence your child's well-being.
  • Ways to connect with your child that will support their emotional well-being ad resilience.
Keeping your children safe online (booking Code ZZ399MUA) - Wednesdays 5.30 to 7.30 Online 24 September to 15 October 2025.
This course will support parents and carers to understand the advantages and risks of the internet on their children's development plus develop strategies to eliminate these risks.
Supporting children's emotional development (Booking Code ZZ199MSA) - Mondays 5.30 to 7.30 Online 22 September to 17 November 2025.
This course will support emotional attachment and security within the family. Lear ways to improve your child's ability to successfully manage emotions and enhance their self-esteem.
How to book on to these courses: Pick up an enrolment form from Meadowbank, TW5 9QX, ask for a form at your child's school or call 020 8583 6000 quoting the booking code.

Family Links Parenting Programme at your local Children's Centres and Family Hubs

For families with children aged 0-5 years. Learn effective ways to understand and manage your child's feelings and behaviour. To register or learn more, please email: familyhub@hounslow.gov.uk.

Parent and Infant Relationship Service (PAIRS) (Opens in New Window)

The PAIRS team specialise in working with babies and their parents. They are able to work with you from your home or from the Hounslow Family Hubs. Their work is to support you and your baby and strengthen that bond.

Triple P for Baby: Supporting Parents and Babies Together!

Triple P for Baby is here to help families have a positive start to parenthood. It supports new parents as they care for their baby during their first year. The program focuses on gentle and caring ways to connect with your baby and make their early days special.
Families who complete the program will receive a free voucher as a thank-you gift!

  • Parents get to join fun activities and learn helpful tips to:
  • Build a strong, loving bond with their baby.
  • Help their baby grow and learn new things.
  • Teach their baby good habits in a caring way.
How does it work?
The program includes group and one-on-one sessions:
  • Four group sessions: Parents come together in a small group to share and learn.
  • Four individual sessions: Parents get extra help to solve problems and practice skills at home.
Who can join?
Triple P for Baby is for parents who:
  • Are expecting a baby or have a baby under 12 months old.
  • Feel a little worried or need some emotional support.
  • Are not already part of the MECSH program or Family Nurse Partnership.
  • Can attend all eight sessions.
What are the goals?
  • Boost Positive Parenting Skills: To help parents feel confident and keep both parent and baby happy.
  • Strengthen Family Support: To bring families closer together and improve well-being.
  • Prevent Mental Health Issues: To help parents handle challenges and stay emotionally strong.
Want to join?
To sign up or learn more, email: familyhub@hounslow.gov.uk
Check out our video to see what Triple P for Baby is all about: (VIDEO LINK)

Parent courses from the Family First Intensive Support team

The 123 Magic Behaviour Management Programme
A programme for parents and carers of children aged 2 - 12 years diagnosed with ADHD or display challenging behaviour. Easy to follow steps to manage challenging behaviour with reason, patience and compassion.

The programme provides simple tools for controlling / managing unacceptable behaviour such as:
  • testing and manipulative behaviour such as whining, badgering, physical attacks, swearing, aggression
  • Encouraging positive behaviour:
    • morning and bedtime routines,
    • eating meals,
    • household chores,
    • cleaning up after themselves
  • Strengthening the child - parent relationship (and building your child’s self-esteem)
Surviving Your Adolescents
A programme for parents of children aged 13-18 years exhibiting frequent challenging behaviour both in and out of the home. Increasing the parents’ and carers’ ability to communicate and to reduce the risks that the young people face.
  • Learn how to manage and understand teen risk-taking
  • Discuss problems to let go of as a parent
  • Consider how your relationship affects your teen’s safety ·
  • Be introduced to an array of services which can offer further support
  • Feel empowered to engage with your teenager
For more information and courses dates, email Family First Intensive Support team
To register, complete the referral form

Let’s Talk. A 12 week programme for children and mothers affected by domestic violence.

Supporting children, to process their experiences and begin the healing process. Also for mothers to understand how to help and communicate with their children.
We run groups for Infants (year 1-3), Juniors (year 4-6) and teens (years 7-8 or years 8-9).
Email Lets Talk for more details and the next course dates.

Contact Hounslow has organised workshops for SEND parents (Opens in New Window)

Find out more about the workshops:
  • An Overview of Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
  • Using AAC to Support Non-Speaking Autistic Children’s Communication
  • Sensory Processing and Sleep and SEND and Growing up: Puberty, Sex and Relationships on the Local Offer website

Caring Dads Group - C4F Feltham TW13 4LZ (Opens in New Window)

A 17-week parenting course for fathers . The father needs to be in contact with their children or have the expectation of being in contact with them.

Online courses and support

Free Online parenting courses (Opens in New Window)

free online parenting courses are a great way to get advice and learn new skills in the comfort of your own home and at times to suit you. All of our courses are filled with helpful techniques and ideas developed by our experienced parenting professionals to help you become a confident and happy parent. Crucially, you can do our course whenever and wherever suits you and work through it at our own pace. Our range of courses include:
  • New Baby in the Family available in English, Arabic and Pashtu.
  • Parenting Together (Early Years).
  • Lets Play (Early Years).
  • Raising confident children.
  • Sibling Arguments.
  • Coping with Teens.
  • Co-parenting

Solihull Approach online courses (Opens in New Window)

Free access to online courses for parents, carers, grandparents and teens living in the borough

Free Parents of Tweens Course (9 to 12 years) (Opens in New Window)

Guides to help parents through topics that provide skills to build your child’s resilience and resistance to:
  • hypersexualized culture
  • the impacts of pornography

    • Family Links parenting programmes (Opens in New Window)

    Reach children's hub logo and link to site

    Parent Talk (Opens in New Window)

    Action for children logo linking to parenting advice page
    Free and confidential live chat with a parenting coach.

    Parentchannel.tv (0-19 years) (Opens in New Window)

    Family lives logo linking to Parentchannel.tv on youtube
    Over 200 videos covering wellbeing, learning and behaviour across 4 different age groups.

    Family Support Services