The 6 best courses and workshops for parents in Bilbao

Parenting and homeschooling children may not be an easy task for many parents who sometimes They need a little help or professional guidance to get the best of themselves and learn useful knowledge in this ambit. Luckily, that's what the courses and workshops created by psychologists are for.

In the city of Bilbao there is a great diversity of institutions, entities and centers that offer professional courses and workshops aimed at parents who want to learn about topics such as respectful parenting, education, boundaries, affection, family relationships, or addictive behaviors in children and teenagers. If you are interested in knowing the best courses for parents in Bilbao, keep reading.

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The most recommended courses for parents in Bilbao

Whatever your interest in this field, this selection of the best courses for parents offered in the The city of Bilbao will help you learn the key and most useful aspects of raising children and teenagers.

1. Workshop for Parents: Positive Parenting (IMIME Psychology, online option)

The IMIME Psychology center, directed by the psychologist Irene Milla and located in Bilbao, offers this 4-session online workshop for parents who want to learn the most useful strategies and tools for raising their children, as well as how to solve all kinds of doubts related to day-to-day parenting, education, child development, family life and discipline positive.

This workshop The start date is Friday, November 27 at 6:30 p.m. hours and will be made up of a small group of people to promote dynamic functioning and active participation of the attendees.

The workshop is given by Virginia López Gutiérrez, founder and president of the "Tueris Association: Maternity" and a Health Psychologist specializing in motherhood, attachment and child development, who in addition to offering basic knowledge about positive discipline, strategies of affectionate relationship with children and respectful parenting, will resolve doubts and give feedback on the most common types of problems that parents encounter in home.

2. Introduction to Positive Discipline (Bilbao Psychology Center)

The Bilbao Psychology Center makes available to parents, family members, teachers and educators who are interested, this course of Introduction to Positive Discipline, an educational model that has proven its effectiveness for several decades.

The course aims for each attendee to integrate the principles of Positive Discipline in her educational method, being the main ones: treat children with respect, learn to listen, learn to motivate them and help them to be more independent.

In addition to that, the course has a duration of 4 hours and is taught by professionals Virginia Rodrigo del Solar and Beatriz Alonso Sánchez Certified Psychologists in Positive Discipline and with extensive experience in child intervention and family.

3. Learn to Educate (Etxadi)

The Etxadi center offers two independent courses, with which parents will learn useful tips and methods to educate their children at different stages of development. The first (Course 1) is from 0 to 2 years old, while the second (Course 2) addresses the stage from 2 to 6 years.

Both courses have very simple theoretical and practical contents, with which each participant will learn the main tools to achieve a successful parenting in each of the stages of development of children, as well as to prevent problems and enhance their development psychological.

Both courses are offered online, with access to the virtual platform for 4 months each, and about 90 hours of work in total in each of the courses.

4. Educators' role for fathers and mothers (Hazkunde)

The Hazkunde Center for the Promotion of Mental and Emotional Health offers several workshops and preventive programs for parents who want to improve their parenting methods.

The “Role of Educators” program aims at the acquisition by parents of the main knowledge in the different areas of health education, in each of the growth stages of the child.

The course contents are theoretical and practical, with distribution of different materials on prevention and with content ranging from different health habits in children, school failure, self-esteem or development sexual.

5. School of Mothers and Fathers (FAMP Bizkaia)

The Federation of Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Bizkaia offers this space for guidance and educational support where families, educators and professionals can share experiences and knowledge about raising and educating children.

These meetings are held weekly in each school center of the Public Network of Bilbao and they are addressed issues related to children's self-esteem, family communication, limits or difficulties academic.

6. Families 6 Weeks (Bilbao Psychology Center)

The 6 week course for families It is aimed firstly at families with kindergarten and primary school children and, on the other hand, at families with teenage children.

Any family that carries out the workshop for kindergarten and elementary school families will learn to understand the hidden messages of bad behavior, they will learn the effectiveness of different parenting styles, you will learn to improve the self-esteem and autonomy of your children and you will learn how family reunions with children of different ages.

On the contrary, the main objectives of the workshop for families with adolescents are to know the different parenting models in adolescents and their effectiveness, improve the relationship and trust with the children, learn to hold family meetings or jointly seek solutions to different problems, among others objectives.

Its duration is an hour and a half, with limited places.