Single enrolment – Part 1-3

Overview

This enrolment grants you access to Part 1-3 (the first half) of the RelationSpace Online Program. You will need to purchase access to and complete Part 4-6 ( the second half) in order to obtain a Certificate of Completion. You cannot obtain access to Part 4-6 without completing Part 1-3 first.

Learning outcomes

Part 1: Introduction and You

• Reasons why engagement in the program is important and relevant;
• Common roadblocks to commitment to a behavioural change experience;
• Learning new skills requires alertness, acceptance of critical feedback and challenging sceptical thoughts;
• Considere reflections on others who describe their experiences of separation;
• Challenge established thought patterns in order for individual actions to become more flexible, helpful and adaptable.

Part 2: Looking after yourself

• Learn to improve self-care and enhance effective parenting capacity at a time when the child needs it most;
• Use focused strategies around thinking as a way to manage intense emotions and to improve reaction behaviours to stressful situations;
• Understand common negative self-talk patterns and learn ways to manage them;
• Practice re-framing techniques and shift to more positive, solution-based thinking;
• Learn cognitive and behavioural strategies for moderating intense emotions;
• Learn the effects of anger on a separation; explore common myths about anger and identify ways to manage anger in yourself and others;
• Consider how to adopt behaviours and cognitions to help reduce and manage stress;
• Reflect on a bigger picture view to assist with managing perspectives and expectations for yourself and others;
• Downloaded worksheets on Negative thoughts, Managing Anger and Emotions Wheel.

Part 3: Your children

• Learn how divorce affects children, what is normal and what is not normal for children at each age and stage of their development; Learnt to use the frequency, severity and duration tool;
• Common myths about children and divorce and learn how you can minimise harm;
• Increase awareness about your child’s attachment needs, relationships and temperament strengths and vulnerabilities;
• Learn ways to help your child adjust to the changes in their family, households and routines and practiced new tools to assist them to cope;
• Observe, review and practice new ways to communicate with your child in their new family circumstances to improve their future psychological wellbeing;
• Identify transition challenges, consider the ways in which your child observes you as a model of ways to behave and respond;
• Learn strategies on how to tell your child you are going to separate from their other parent; watch a best practice model and learnt ways to remedy a less than ideal outcome;
• Observe, learn and practise positive coaching skills; how to recognise when a child is having difficulties, and how you can coach your child towards recovery and resilience;
• Download worksheets on children & stress and how to tell the children about divorce