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What difference will it make?

The Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Train the Trainer is designed to equip practitioners who wish to cascade, as part of their work, the Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Facilitators’ training to other local practitioners, so that those practitioners can facilitate the 8-week Postnatal Plus parenting group ‘Understanding your baby’. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Course content

• How to train other delegates who have completed their Togetherness 2 Day Foundation Training to deliver the Togetherness Postnatal and Postnatal Plus parenting group 

• The Solihull Approach (psychoanalytic theory): Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management applied to delivering training 

Delivery

The Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Train the Trainer is designed for any practitioner who wants to train other practitioners to be facilitators of the Togetherness Postnatal or Postnatal Plus parenting group. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Train the Trainer can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

Responsibilities as a trainer

Once you have completed your training day, you will be a Togetherness trainer. When delivering training, our trainers are responsible for: 

• Ensuring that those delegates they train have previously attended the 2 Day Foundation Training and can provide the dates, location and trainers’ names of that training 

• Providing the Togetherness office with the dates and location of the Parenting Group Facilitators’ training and the names of those attending 

• Ensuring that those they train to be facilitators have their own copy of the relevant Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual 

• Making facilitators aware of the need to provide data returns on their groups on this website 

Resources

Delegates will require a Postnatal Parenting Group Facilitator Training Trainers’ Manual which will allow them to train others to facilitate either the Postnatal Parenting (universal) 6-week or Postnatal Plus Parenting 8-week ‘Understanding your baby’ group for parents. 

What difference will it make?

The Postnatal Parenting Group Train the Trainer is designed to equip practitioners who wish to cascade, as part of their work, the Postnatal Parenting Group Facilitators’ training to other local practitioners, so that those practitioners can facilitate the 6-week postnatal parenting group ‘Understanding your baby’. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Delivery

The Postnatal Parenting Group Train the Trainer is designed for any practitioner who wants to train other practitioners to be facilitators of the Togetherness postnatal parenting group. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Postnatal Parenting Group Train the Trainer can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

Responsibilities as a trainer

Once you have completed your training day, you will be a Togetherness trainer. When delivering training, our trainers are responsible for: 

• Ensuring that those delegates they train have previously attended the 2 Day Foundation Training and can provide the dates, location and trainers’ names of that training 

• Providing the Togetherness office with the dates and location of the Parenting Group Facilitators’ training and the names of those attending 

• Ensuring that those they train to be facilitators have their own copy of the relevant Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual 

• Making facilitators aware of the need to provide data returns on their groups on this website 

Resources

Delegates will require a Postnatal Parenting Group Facilitator Training Trainers’ Manual which will allow them to train others to facilitate either the Postnatal Parenting (universal) 6-week or Postnatal Plus Parenting 8-week ‘Understanding your baby’ group for parents. 

What difference will it make?

The Foster Carer Group Train the Trainer is designed to equip practitioners who wish to cascade, as part of their work, the Foster Carer Group Facilitators’ training to other local practitioners, so that those practitioners can facilitate the 12-week foster carer course ‘Understanding your foster child’s behaviour’. 

You will develop the skills needed to delivery training to others in a sensitive and professional manner and communicate the model and Foster Carer group delivery information to those working within the social work sector. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Course content

• How to train other delegates who have completed their Togetherness 2 Day Foundation Training to deliver the Togetherness foster carer group 

• The Solihull Approach (psychoanalytic theory): Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management applied to delivering training 

Delivery

The Foster Carer Group Train the Trainer is designed for any practitioner who wants to train other practitioners to be facilitators of the Togetherness foster carer group. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Foster Carer Group Train the Trainer can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required.  

Responsibilities as a trainer

Once you have completed your training day, you will be a Togetherness trainer. When delivering training, our trainers are responsible for: 

• Ensuring that those delegates they train have previously attended the 2 Day Foundation Training and can provide the dates, location and trainers’ names of that training 

• Providing the Togetherness office with the dates and location of the Parenting Group Facilitators’ training and the names of those attending 

• Ensuring that those they train to be facilitators have their own copy of the relevant Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual 

• Making facilitators aware of the need to provide data returns on their groups on this website 

Resources

Delegates will require a Foster Carer Course Facilitator Training Trainers’ Manual which will allow them to train others to facilitate the 12-week group for foster carers ‘Understanding your foster child’s behaviour’. 

Delivery

The Antenatal Parenting Group Train the Trainer is designed for any practitioner who wants to train other practitioners to be facilitators of the Togetherness antenatal parenting group. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation. 

The Antenatal Parenting Group Train the Trainer can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

Responsibilities as a trainer

Once you have completed your training day, you will be a Togetherness trainer. When delivering training, our trainers are responsible for: 

• Ensuring that those delegates they train have previously attended the 2 Day Foundation Training and can provide the dates, location and trainers’ names of that training 

• Providing the Togetherness office with the dates and location of the Parenting Group Facilitators’ training and the names of those attending 

• Ensuring that those they train to be facilitators have their own copy of the relevant Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual 

• Making facilitators aware of the need to provide data returns on their groups on this website 

Resources

Delegates will require a Antenatal Parenting Group Facilitator Training Trainers’ Manual which will allow them to train others to facilitate the 5-week group for parents, ‘Journey to parenthood: Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby’. 

What difference will it make?

The Parenting Train the Trainer is designed to equip practitioners who wish to cascade, as part of their work, the Parenting Group Facilitators’ training to other local practitioners. 

This can deliver scalable impact, enhancing access to evidence-based parenting support for families and raising emotional health in your community.  The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training, groups and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Delivery

The Parenting Train the Trainer is designed for any practitioner who wants to train other practitioners to be facilitators of a Togetherness parenting group. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Parenting Train the Trainer can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

Responsibilities as a trainer

Once you have completed your training day, you will be a Togetherness trainer. When delivering training, our trainers are responsible for: 

• Ensuring that those delegates they train have previously attended the 2 Day Foundation Training and can provide the dates, location and trainers’ names of that training 

• Providing the Togetherness office with the dates and location of the Parenting Group Facilitators’ training and the names of those attending 

• Ensuring that those they train to be facilitators have their own copy of the relevant Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual 

• Making facilitators aware of the need to provide data returns on their groups on this website 

Resources

Delegates will require a Parenting Group Facilitator Training Trainers’ Manual which will allow them to train others to facilitate the 10-week group for parents, ‘Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager’. 

What difference will it make?

The Train the Trainer is designed to equip practitioners to cascade, as part of their work, any 2 Day Foundation Training (including whole school training) to other local practitioners. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Delivery

The Train the Trainer is designed for any practitioner who wants to train other practitioners to deliver the 2 Day Foundation Training. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Train the Trainer can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

Responsibilities as a trainer

Once you have completed your training day, you will be a Togetherness trainer. When delivering training, you must ensure you have: 

• the Trainers’ Manual to deliver the 2 Day Foundation training 

• the Antenatal Trainers’ Manual to deliver the Antenatal 2DF training for practitioners working antenatally 

• the Fostering and Adoption Trainers’ Manual to deliver the Fostering and Adoption 2DF training 

Resources

Delegates will require a Trainers’ Manual (relevant manual depending on which training they will deliver) and have access to the relevant resource pack which will allow them to train others in a 2 Day Foundation Training. 

What difference will it make?

The Combined Foster Carer Training will introduce practitioners to the Solihull Approach theoretical model on Day 1 and then on Day 2 will train them to facilitate the 12-week ‘Understanding your foster child’s behaviour’ group. 

The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Course content

• Introduction to infant, early childhood and adolescent brain development 

• Understanding behaviour as a communication 

• The Solihull Approach: Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management 

• The effects of abuse and neglect on the brain 

• The impact of bullying and understanding sleep problems, bedwetting and soiling 

• Understanding mood disorder, depression and self-harm 

• How practitioners can support preventing and managing challenging behaviour 

• Introduction to the Facilitators’ Manual and how to facilitate the Togetherness foster carer group 

Delivery

The Combined Foster Carer Training is designed for any practitioner working with babies, young children and school-aged children, young people and their families who are looked after by foster carers. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Antenatal Foundation Training can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

There are 14 days between Day One and Day Two of the training to enhance theory into practice. 

Resources

Delegates will require the Fostering, Adoption and Social Work Resource Pack and a Foster Carers Course Facilitators’ Manual which includes all 12-week sessions for the ‘Understanding your foster child’s behaviour’ group. 

What difference will it make?

The Combined Antenatal Training will introduce practitioners to the Solihull Approach theoretical model on Day 1 and then on Day 2 will train them to facilitate the 5-week ‘Journey to Parenthood: Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby’ antenatal parenting group, integrating practical, familiar antenatal information with ideas about infant mental health and emotional wellbeing for parent and child. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Course content

• Introduction to antenatal brain development 

• Understanding infant mental health, behaviour and communication 

• The Solihull Approach: Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management 

• Considering case studies antenatally 

• Emotional wellbeing, with a focus on infant mental health and early relationships 

• Parent-baby relationships 

• Practitioner support for parent baby relationships 

• Introduction to the Facilitators’ Manual and how to facilitate the Togetherness antenatal parenting group 

Delivery

The Combined Antenatal Training is designed for any practitioner working with pregnant women, babies and their families. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Antenatal Foundation Training can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

There are 14 days between Day One and Day Two of the training to enhance theory into practice. 

Resources

Delegates will require The Journey to Parenthood – Solihull Approach Resource Pack and an Antenatal Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual which includes all 5 (or 6) week sessions for the ‘Journey to Parenthood: Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby’ antenatal parenting group. 

 

What difference will it make?

The Early Years Foundation Stage Training integrates a knowledge of the UK Early Years Foundation Stage with the Solihull Approach model and is designed to equip Early Years practitioners with an effective approach to supporting families and improving emotional health and wellbeing for babies, young children and their parents or carers.  

The training explains the fundamentals of early brain development in accessible, relevant terms to support a range of professions. Equipped with this knowledge and working through a series of real-life case studies prepares practitioners to engage families and young children with confidence and to make a real and lasting impact. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Course content

• Introduction to baby and early childhood brain development 

• Understanding behaviour as a communication 

• The Solihull Approach: Containment, Reciprocity, Behaviour Management 

• Development milestones 

• Emotional wellbeing 

• Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) 

• Parent-baby and parent-young child relationships 

• Practitioner support for parent baby and parent child relationships 

Delivery

The Early Years Foundation Stage Training is designed for any practitioner working with babies, young children and their families. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Early Years Foundation Stage Training can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required. 

There are 14 days between Day One and Day Two of the training to enhance theory into practice. 

Resources

Delegates will require the First Five Years Resource Pack which includes a comprehensive summary of the Solihull Approach theoretical model, case studies, and a series of frameworks and guides for parents on various issues in the first five years: for example, sleeping, eating, toileting, playing, emotional and physical development. 

What difference will it make?

Togetherness Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Facilitators’ Training is designed to equip practitioners to deliver the 8-week ‘Understanding your baby’ enhanced postnatal group, combining practical postnatal information with ideas to help nurture mental wellbeing from the early months of life. 

The Togetherness team are passionate about early intervention and responsive relationships supporting mental health and wellbeing. The Solihull Approach model at the heart of all our training and resources has a significant evidence base both quantitative and qualitative showing the improvements for: 

• the parent-child relationship 

• child prosocial behaviour 

• behaviour difficulties 

• parental anxiety and stress  

• practitioner satisfaction 

Delivery

The Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Facilitators’ Training is designed for any practitioner working with babies, young children and their families within the context of a postnatal group. 

‘Open training’ is delivered throughout the year for individual bookings to a cohort of up to 12 delegates. 

‘Closed’ training is bespoke delivered for teams of staff of up to 12 individuals within an organisation with a relevant resource pack. 

The Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Facilitators’ Training can be delivered as ‘live virtual’ training or face-to-face training by Togetherness trainers, as required.

Resources

Delegates will require a Postnatal Plus Parenting Group Facilitators’ Manual which includes a comprehensive summary of the Solihull Approach theoretical model, case studies, and a series of frameworks and guides for parents on various issues. 

This training enables delegates to facilitate the group with another facilitator (two facilitators required per group). Facilitators will need a Facilitators’ Manual each when running the group, as sharing is not feasible.