Become a Licensed
Parent Practice®
Positive Parenting Educator
Trainers Course for Parents, Teachers & Health Professionals
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PARENTING EDUCATOR COURSE
10 Weeks - dates TBC Autumn 2025
Online and Live Coaching
Includes licence to use Parent Practice Materials
Investment: £3,950 ( payment plans available)
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
For parents who have experienced first hand the transformational results positive parenting has on families. You now want to teach and support other parents who may be struggling in family life.
For teachers or those part of the School Leadership team, who recognise there is a need like never before, for a Parent Support Person. You have the awareness that when parents are supported, children thrive at school.
For health professionals working with families, who would like to learn proven skills and strategies to empower parents to raise happy, confident and competent children.
This training is suitable for anyone who believes that parents have a crucial role to play in nurturing the adults of the future to be successful, emotionally intelligent, capable people, who are courageous and confident and problem-solvers.
You may already have a business/ practice working with clients who are parents; you may be a teacher wanting to deliver the course to parents in your school, or you may be a parent who believes passionately in this work and dream of making a real difference in your community, of leaving a legacy that you’ll be proud of.
The course will fast track your learning, and give you the toolkit, so you can confidently and competently achieve positive transformations with your clients, and pupils.
“I am delighted to highly recommend the Train the Trainers course. Having completed the Harmony at Home course many years ago and seeing the transformational change in my young family, I became a certificated Parent Practice educator and was able to launch my own parenting practice.
Elaine’s experience combined with the meticulously researched and presented material means the course is challenging, interesting, and thoroughly enjoyable. The live weekly sessions combined with the reading and assignments meant that I had everything I needed to begin facilitating my first positive parenting course.
The Parent Practice name has huge and well-deserved credibility and the course has given me the opportunity to not only change my own life but happily those of the parents that I am privileged to support at The Parenting Partnership”
Elaine will share with you:
How to be an outstanding Parent Practice® certified educator– everything you need to be able to facilitate a group of parents, with a methodology that can be applied to all ages and stages.
The Harmony at Home™ Positive Parenting course for parents, with a focus on 2-11 year age group. However the skills work on children of all ages from toddlers through to teens.
Facilitation notes for each module, so you know how and what to present.
Examples of her Power Point Presentations for each module
Harmony at Home™ Parenting Manual as a PDF for clients to download.
An online learning portal, where participants can pose questions and support each other. Elaine will be on hand to answer questions for the duration of the course.
Bonus module on how to set up your practice and attract your ideal clients.
WhatsApp group of friendly supportive likeminded educators to share ideas and resources.
Course Content
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How to develop a child's motivation, co-operation and confidence using Descriptive Praise.
Result: children will feel better about themselves, be happier and more confident.
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Improve parents' emotional bond with their children, encourage communication and good behaviour by understanding and helping children manage their emotions more effectively.
Result: children will develop better self-awareness, empathy and resilience. Improved communication skills will be key for all relationships.
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Looking at stages of development, temperament and adult expectations.
Result : more realistic expectations of children and a better understanding of what really gives parents authority.
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How to make home life more harmonious and reduce stressful moments.
Result: children will feel more successful and ready to take on new challenges and family life will be calmer.
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How to formulate, communicate and follow through on rules consistently in ways that pass on family values and encourage cooperation while preserving a child’s individuality.
Result: A united front with certainty, clarity and consistency = less stress and less arguing! Children flourish when the structure is positive.
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How to respond constructively to unwanted behaviours in ways that teach children to take responsibility and learn from their mistakes without damaging self-esteem.
Result: Parents learn how to deal with misbehaviour without getting angry - better for adults and child
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How to use advanced communication skills and strategies to create connection with and galvanise parenting course participants into action. How to manage group dynamics and create the optimal conditions for learning.
Result: clients feel empowered and inspired to use the skills at home
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Understand fully various reasons why children fight, and foster positive interactions between siblings and other children in several ways following the 7 point plan.
Result: Parents learn how and when to intervene when there is conflict between children and how to teach children effective conflict resolution skills
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How to keep their cool in hot-spot moments.
How to alter their thought processes so that they can respond more effectively in the moment, and be able to look at their expectations of their children’s behaviour and challenge assumptions they may make about their child’s motivations.
Result: Parents learn how to press a pause button and remain calm when triggered, and to see all misbehaviour as a teachable moment.
Parents learn how to restore the equilibrium, allowing them to parent more effectively.
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This module is based on discussing 4 main areas:
-Core Values and Brand Identity
-Business Name and Structure
-Marketing principles
-Setting up the Parenting classes
Having brainstormed these areas and starting to think about how you're going to set up your parenting practice, you'll be then better placed to complete your final assignment.
“Having run many Parenting Support Groups since my initial training during COVID, I would say that this is the best training course that I have taken part in during my 23 years in education.
The program has a significant impact on parents and their families and the course was so well delivered and informative with the manual and videos that it gave us the confidence to deliver well.”
Frequently Asked Questions
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Each of the parenting modules are delivered via an online portal, and contain several short video presentations with Elaine talking you through the various topics within each module.
Each module is accompanied by a weekly live one hour Tuesday evening tutorial/ Q and A delivered by Elaine Halligan via Zoom. This element will be fixed over 10 consecutive weeks.
Each module will also include an essential assignment which you need to complete, to ensure you’ve understood the content, before a licence can be granted.
You can start the e-learning element of the course as soon as you sign up, but the live tutorials will likely take place Autumn 2025
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The weekly live 90 minute evening tutorial/ Q and A will be delivered by Elaine Halligan via Zoom. This element will be fixed over 10 consecutive weeks in Autumn 2025 on Tuesday nights 8pm -9.30pm
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In addition to the video power point presentations in Elaine’s Parenting School, you will get The Parent Practice parenting manual and PDF’s of facilitation notes to enable you to deliver class.
In addition on enrolment, all candidates, if based in UK, will receive a complimentary copy of Elaine Halligan’s book ‘My Child’s Different’ and of Melissa Hood’s book ‘Real Parenting for Real Kids.’
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In Person or Online?
The trainers’ course is a hybrid of online learning and live zoom tutorial sessions. Elaine’s mission is to transfer both her expert knowledge and facilitator experience, so that you feel well equipped to go out and start delivering the Harmony at Home Positive Parenting course as soon as you qualify.
Within the online portal, group members can pose questions and support each other.
Elaine will be on hand to answer questions for the duration of the course. However, access to the online portal will be open for 6 months after the course is completed.
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The course is a continuous assessment.
To pass each module, you will be required to complete the online material, take part in the online tutorials and complete the assignment* attached to the module.
*The assessments must be completed to a high standard as agreed by Elaine Halligan, in order to
-obtain a licence
- to become a Parent Practice certified educator and
-to be approved to use the Parent Practice Certified educator logo
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On completion of the course, including the assignments, you will be qualified to deliver the TPP Harmony at Home course, and use the TPP Certified Parent Educator logo ( a Registered Trademark) under licence.
The Parent Notes, Facilitator notes and use of the TPP certified educator logo are given to you initially under a two year licence, and thereafter are renewable annually.
The licence fee will be £195pa.
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Applications are open now for the course starting September 2023, with live Tutorials commencing Tuesday 12th September through to end of November.
Places are limited to 10 people only.
To apply please complete the online application form.
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All live tutorials will be recorded, so you can catch up at a convenient time. However due to the intense nature of the course, we hope you would make every effort to attend live and benefit from the experience.
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The cost of the full training programme, together with an initial 2 year licence, is £3,950. Fees are payable in two parts; 50% on acceptance of a place and the balance is due two weeks before the course begins.
Payment plans are available on application.
The licence fee of £195 pa needs to be renewed annually, in order to retain the qualification and to have the licence to use the TPP materials.
If you are a school and only interested in the training element and don’t need another licence, please contact Elaine directly for a revised price.
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As a result of doing this online The Parent Practice Certified Trainers course, you will be qualified to deliver The Parent Practice’s Harmony at Home course and use the TPP manual to deliver the course.
You’ll have all the skills and tools you need to
-fulfil your dream of contributing powerfully to families happiness.
-be able to inspire and empower parents to bring out the best in their children and give them joy and ease in their family lives.
-open up the possibility of happy, confident and successful futures for the children of your clients, as well as helping them enjoy their childhood now with greater connections with their parents and less stress.
“I felt very encouraged along the way and there was always time to explore answers to everyone’s questions. We came away feeling confident and able to use the skills we had learnt. It couldn’t have been any better.”
What’s Included in the course package?
Licence to use the Harmony at Home™ Parenting course materials
Parenting Course Manual
Parenting Facilitation Guidance notes for each module as PDF’s
Power point presentations for learning the content of all The Harmony at Home course
During the course weekly live group coaching via Zoom with Elaine
Student support forum available whilst learning, and for six months post completion
Accredited Certificate upon completion
An individual 60 minute coaching call with Elaine at the end of the programme, and six months later.
Once your business / practice has been set up, you have the opportunity to be listed on The Parent Practice website as a certified The Parent Practice® Educator
One Instagram post to launch your business via The Parent Practice®
Use of The Parent Practice® Licensed Educator logo once qualified
If any of these things resonate with you, it’s time to take action.
Wouldn’t it be good to finally get that parenting training to take your career forward?
“The course is practical, informative, and creative in its approach. I recommend you come with an open mind, willing heart, and curiosity about the simple yet effective ways we can reimagine and reconnect with those around us, either personally or professionally. I found the training has benefitted me in both those ways and frankly, It was one of the most useful post qualified trainings I did.”
“Children do not experience our intentions, no matter how heartfelt. They experience what we manifest in tone and behavior.”
- Gordon Neufeld, Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers.
