Family PAK

Family PAK has two services which are available to client’s and families of the Children’s Treatment Centre.

Triple P Program

Triple P is a Positive Parenting Program that promotes good communication and strong relationships between parents and children. This helps parents support their child’s behaviour in a positive and caring way. Triple P allows parents to recognize causes of common child behaviour problems and encourages appropriate behaviour in their children.

Five Key Principles to positive parenting:

• ensuring a safe, interesting environment where children can explore, experiment and develop their skills
• creating a positive learning environment by being available when children need help, care or attention
• using confident discipline by being consistent and acting quickly when children misbehave
• having reasonable expectations for children and for yourself as a parent
• taking care of yourself as a parent and ensuring personal needs are met

Triple P offers suggestions and ideas to help parents:

• build positive relationships with their children
• praise and encourage behaviour they like
• teach children new skills
• set rules and give instructions their children will follow
• respond to misbehaviour immediately, consistently and decisively
• use discipline strategies that work
• take care of themselves as parents
   

Psychology Testing and Interpretation

Psychology testing and interpretation provides specific information about the child’s learning strengths and needs. From here strategies and interventions can be designed to match the child’s abilities.