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Free online pathways
Accessible learning about emotional health and childhood development for everyone
We work hard to make as much of our content as possible free to all families worldwide, including our online pathways, sometimes described as courses. You’ll find lots of information and resources here that are available without charge. Some of our pathways have a small fee, which helps us keep our platform running. These are all clearly identified on the pathway pages.
Exclusive free online learning for our partner areas
We are proud to work with sponsoring partners around the UK and internationally to fund licences to ensure free access for larger groups. Much of the UK is covered by our fantastic network of partners. You can find out if this makes it free for you and which partner funds your access using our free access checker.
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All the data we collect for learners is confidential and not shared with any third party or the sponsor funding access.
Online pathways free without licenced sponsors
The following pathways are completely free to everyone in the UK as part of our commitment to parents and families to raise emotional health:
Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
Getting to know your baby in the womb can be an important part of bonding with your child. This pathway includes the essential information you might expect from an antenatal course, with information on preparing to give birth and welcoming and comforting your new baby.
Uniquely, it also supports parents and families to understand early infant mental health, your own emotional health and ways to nurture your relationship with your baby to enable them to thrive. 9 online Modules reflect a 6 week in-person equivalent antenatal course. This course also has professional translations in Modern Standard Arabic, Polish, Welsh, and Urdu.
Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby: for women couples
This tailored antenatal course shares experiences from other women couples expecting a baby. Including the main antenatal information about preparing to welcome your baby, this course is also designed to support your own emotional health and understand the emotional development of your baby.
Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
This supportive learning pathway helps parents develop a close and connected relationship with their baby while managing a range of emotions and a busy clinical care environment. You’ll find supportive guidance on baby development milestones relating to feeding, sleeping and crying alongside helpful signposts informed by parents with shared experience.
Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you’re home
A supportive resource to help parents develop a close and connected relationship with their baby while considering the additional worries related to additional specialist baby care. The pathway includes supportive guidance around baby development milestones relating to feeding, sleeping and crying and helpful signposts informed by parents with shared experience.
The following pathways are completely free wherever you are in the world:
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
Free worldwide
While many of us have tried to move on quickly from the pandemic to resume the restriction-free lives we cherished, it may not be as easy for your child, who may have experienced it differently. This short course encourages reflective thinking to empathise with your child’s emotional wellbeing as an introduction to our learning pathways in mental health.
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
Free worldwide
The pandemic was particularly challenging for teenagers who experienced significant disruption to their lives during a period of rapid emotional development. This short course encourages reflective thinking to empathise with your teenager’s emotional wellbeing as an introduction to our learning pathways in understanding adolescent development.
Also completely free to access
Sleepfulness
Visit our sleep hub for lots of helpful information on infant and early childhood sleep health developed by our Togetherness team in partnership with local Health Visitors in Solihull.
Moving up in school
Our hub for understanding emotional wellbeing around school changes.
