This workshop explores teen mental health issues such as stress and anxiety. Work with other parents to explore your child’s challenges when growing up into adulthood. Learn to recognise the signs and symptoms to look out for. Know what our teens need from us as parents to grow in confidence and independence, as well as learn practical skills to help them cope.
Additional information about this course
This course is offered in partnership with East Surrey College and is for parents and carers living in East Surrey - Tandridge, Mole Valley, Epsom and Ewell and Reigate and Banstead.
Course aim
This workshop aims to help you support your teen to manage stress and anxiety. By recognising the causes and symptoms and the kind of support that helps, you can help your child to build resilience.
Do I need any particular skills or experience?
- You will need your own personal email address so that you’re able to login to the WEA’s digital learning platform: WEA Canvas. You will need to be able to understand how to follow URL links to pages on the internet. If you want to understand more about Canvas please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
- You will need to be able to follow links to join our WEA live video learning platform: WEA Zoom. If you’d like to understand more about our video learning platform, Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline and http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
- This course is for a group of around 15 students studying in a live video-learning platform conference and an online digital learning environment platform from the comfort of your own home.
- No skills or experience needed
- This course is suitable for beginners and improvers
By the end of the course I should be able to:
- Understand the meaning of stress and anxiety and common signs and symptoms
- Understand causes and challenges of stress and anxiety in teens
- Understand what support teens need from parents
- Review a range practical skills to deal with reducing stress and anxiety
How will I be taught?
- The WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas will be used to provide resources or to support lessons, enable assessment, provide learner feedback and for other activities for individuals away from the course. If you want to understand more about our digital learning platform please visit: http://bit.ly/WEAonline
What kind of feedback can I expect?
- You will be able to keep a record of your progress and achievement using photos, audio, text or documents uploaded into the WEA’s digital learning platform, WEA Canvas.
- You will be able to keep a digital portfolio of your work on WEA’s digital learning platform, Canvas.
- You will have opportunities to discuss your progress with your tutor
- You will be encouraged to share your work with the group and discuss your learning
What else do I need to know?
- What you need: You will need an internet connection, speakers, a microphone and a webcam so that you can use our video learning platform, Zoom. If you’d like to understand more Zoom please visit: http://bit.ly/ZoomSpec
Pre-course work, reading and information sources
- No pre reading or pre course work is required
What can I do next?
- Progress to another WEA course
- Progress to a course with another provider
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Helping Your Teenager to Manage Stress and Anxiety (East Surrey)
