CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING PROGRAM (COSP)
Jacki Leech is an authorised provider of the Circle of Security Parenting Program.
At times all parents feel lost or without a clue about what our child might need from us. Imagine what it might feel like if you were able to make sense of what your child was really asking from you. The Circle of Security Parenting™ program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.
✔ Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read the emotional needs✔ Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions ✔ Enhance the development of your child's self esteem✔ Honor your innate wisdom and desire for your child to be secure
PROGRAM SUMMARY
- The COS program is group-based: Parents will participate in 2 hour group
- meetings once a week for 4 weeks with at least 5-10 other parents.
- Week 1: Welcome to Circle of Security Parenting
- Week 2: Exploring Our Children’s Needs All the Way Around the Circle
- Week 3: “Being ‘With’ on the Circle”
- Week 4: Being with Infants on the Circle
- Week 5: The Path to Security
- Week 6: Exploring Our Struggles
- Week 7: Rupture and Repair in Relationships
- Week 8: Summary and Celebration
- This program is meant for all parents: Biological parents, grandparents, adoptive parents, and foster parents can benefit from this program. Many themes discussed in the COS can be applied to a variety of different contexts.
- This program is based on enhancing strengths. The COS is non-judgmental and helps parents find their inner strengths to deal effectively with their children.
- COS groups are led by a certified COS Facilitator.
Circle of Security Parenting aims to:
Support individuals as they navigate parenting challenges
CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING AIMS TO:
Build a sense of community and connection among parents
CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING AIMS TO:
Build awareness of ways in which parents serve as a secure base and safe haven for their children
CIRCLE OF SECURITY PARENTING AIMS TO:
Help caregivers increase their awareness of their children's needs
Here are some founding principles that underlie the Circle of Security models of intervention:
Learning, including therapeutic change, occurs from within a secure base relationship.
The quality of the attachment relationship is amenable to change.
Attachment problems in infancy and early childhood increase the probability of psychopathology later on in life.
Learning, including therapeutic change, occurs from within a secure base relationship.
All caregivers want what is best for their children.
Circle of Security
Parenting™
Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read the emotional needs.
Circle of Security
Parenting™
Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions.
Circle of Security
Parenting™
Enhance the development of your child’s self esteem.
Circle of Security
Parenting™
Honor your innate wisdom and desire for your child to be secure.
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DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
Circle of Security Parenting™ is taught in small groups. The course is delivered once a week over 4 weeks. Each class is 2 hours long for a total of 8 hours.
Each session includes handouts, videos, small group discussions, personal reflection, and time for questions. Each class session builds on the previous class sessions, so it is vital that participants attend all sessions to get the most out of the course. The class is appropriate for mothers, fathers, step-parents, grandparents, or any adult who is caring for a child. This program fills up quickly, please call 0476988770 if you would like to come along.
Each session includes handouts, videos, small group discussions, personal reflection, and time for questions. Each class session builds on the previous class sessions, so it is vital that participants attend all sessions to get the most out of the course. The class is appropriate for mothers, fathers, step-parents, grandparents, or any adult who is caring for a child. This program fills up quickly, please call 0476988770 if you would like to come along.
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Principal:
Jacki Leech
Registered Family Dispute Resolution Practitioner
Certified Circle of Security Parenting Program Facilitator
Mobile 0476 988 770
Email Addresscospp@mail.com
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Face to Face
When: By appointment onlyWhere: BrisbaneBooking Required: Yes
Online Courses
When: Tuesday, Wednesday, ThursdayWhere: Australia WideBooking Required: Yes
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