Bite-sized actionable content delivered to you on a need-to-know basis to help you and your child prepare for starting school or preschool.
Lessons include a short videos (never longer than 15 mins time commitment per week) and some tips and tools to try THAT WEEK as you prepare your child for what's ahead. These modules have been kept short because I know as parents we have zero time.
We will cover:
Understanding what might make starting school trickier for your little one.
Contacting the school to request a gentle start for your child (email template).
A Gradual Transition.
The Goodbye.
Strategies to support your child:
Making the unknown known to reduce worries.
Matchmaking a relationship with the new teacher.
Bridging the connection to you while apart.
Tools your child can use to regulate themselves.
Books to read with your child.
Games to play with your child.
And more!
BONUS CONTENT
When worries show up.
What to do if your child says "I don't want to go!"
I answer your most frequently asked troubleshooting questions including
What if my child cries inconsolably at the goodbye?
How long should we persist if the transition is tricky?
How to advocate for my child without being disrespectful to the setting.
Why attachment makes separations tricky for little ones and how best to support them when separation anxiety presents.
Why separations are particularly challenging for some little ones (and not others) and why that is absolutely not your fault.
Why a gradual transition into education is beneficial, and what I recommend as best practice.
Working through some of the key challenges that I support families with.
This course was created with parents and educators of children aged 2 months to 8 years in mind.
However, parents may choose to use the strategies discussed with younger toddlers and older children depending on their individual needs.
I have a Doctorate in Child, Adolescent and Educational Psychology and have worked as an Educational Psychologist within daycares, preschools and primary schools for many years.
This course pulls together my clinical experience with my personal experience of parenting a child who has always found separations tricky.
These are the strategies I have personally used to successfully support my son to transition into preschool.
Minimal. Around 15 mins per week. I have designed this course to be delivered to you in bite-sized actionable chunks! Each week you can access a short audio, a short video (no longer than 15 mins) and/or some key ideas to work through with your child ahead of their transition.
Absolutely. This approach is not tied to any one education system and will be relevant to families living all over the world.
Whilst this course is designed to support children ahead of a transition into school, it aboslutely can be used to support your child to transition to a new class, teacher, setting etc. Equally, the model can be "worked backwards" to think of ways to support a child who is having a tricky time.
BA, PsyD