Parent coaching for emotions around school

Your child does not always feel emotionally comfortable at school

Your child may struggle to connect with others, come home overstimulated or upset, worry about what others think, or often tell you about difficult situations in class. This affects you as a parent and can leave you increasingly worried too.

In this programme, you learn how to offer warm and steady support at home. The aim is not to remove every difficult feeling, but to help your child understand emotions, process experiences and gradually build confidence.

Do you recognise this in your child?

You may not be able to pinpoint exactly what is happening, but you notice that school asks a great deal of your child.

• Your child thinks a lot about what other people think.
• They struggle to connect or feel insecure in social situations.
• They are easily hurt by what other children say or do.
• After school, your child is very tired, emotional, irritable or withdrawn.
• Your child often seeks reassurance or does not want to talk about school.
• They regularly talk at home about difficult situations in class.
• Your child is sometimes reluctant to go to school.

Because you sense your child so well, it affects you too

You want to listen, comfort, think along and protect your child. That is completely understandable. At the same time, strongly sharing the worry can unintentionally make the situation feel too big for your child to learn to handle.

The coaching is not about becoming less involved. You learn to acknowledge feelings without making them bigger and to provide calm, confident guidance when your child is having a hard time.

What you do at home can support your child at school

You cannot control what other children do or how every school day unfolds. At home, however, you can help your child to:

• recognise, understand and process feelings;
• explore and practise social situations together;
• share experiences without feeling that something is wrong with them;
• discover: this was difficult, but I can learn to handle it;
• trust themselves and ask for appropriate help.

This makes home a safe place to practise and gives your child skills they can also use at school.

A personal three-session parent coaching programme

The conversations are tailored to your child, your family and the situations that arise around school.

What changes for you?

• You better understand what your child needs.
• You know how to respond to insecurity, sadness, anger or overwhelm.
• You have practical ways to work on feelings and social situations at home.
• You can offer support without taking over your child's insecurity.
• You feel more confident in your role as a parent.

And what can this offer your child?

• Your child can feel understood and supported at home.
• They learn that difficult feelings are allowed and can become manageable.
• They can develop more confidence in themselves and in asking for help.
• They have room to remain themselves, even when a school day is difficult.

What is included

• three individual coaching sessions for you as a parent;
• guidance tailored to your child and your situation;
• practical tools you can use at home straight away;
• insight into your own responses as a starting point for your child;
• ways to support confidence and resilience.

3 personal sessions | €210 incl. 21% VAT

Working with the school remains important

This programme focuses on what you can do at home. If there is ongoing unsafety, bullying or concern about your child's wellbeing, communication with the school and, where appropriate, a suitable professional remains important.