The goal of Family Foundations is to promote positive co-parenting (the way that parents support each other). Research indicates that this has a strong influence on parenting and on child outcomes – and can even contribute towards improved births.
Family Foundations can be delivered alongside, or including, existing antenatal sessions. There are seven sessions in total; four are held before the birth, starting around 20-30 weeks pregnant. There are three further sessions around 3 – 6 months after baby arrives. Sessions last between 2 and 3 hours each and is delivered by two trained facilitators in a range of community venues including Childrens Centres, community centres and health and maternity settings. Both parents come to the course which helps couples to prepare for and adapt well to being parents.
Each session includes group work, presentations, couple exercises and video clips. Parents receive a workbook they can work from during the sessions and at home.
Curriculum
Prenatal Curriculum includes; BUILDING A FAMILY, FEELINGS AND CONFLICT, THE PARENTING TEAM and WORKING IT OUT
Postnatal curriculum includes; NEW PARENT EXPERIENCES, PROBLEM SOLVING, TEAM WORK and PARENT DIFFERENCES
Would you like to bring Family Foundations to your service? We would love to talk through the options with you, contact us via the contact form.
What People Say
“Only 3 and a bit weeks to go now, bit scared, but less so because of the course, it’s really helped us to prepare, physically and mentally.”
Expectant mum
“One of the best things I found was when we started to give topics to couples to work through and for some it was a light being switched on, it was something they had never thought about.”
Health visitor
“Meeting up with first time mums and dads with similar feelings of excitement and worry”
Expectant dad
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