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Resources for downloading / Websites & online education / Groups & Networks / Parenting Courses / Articles
http://www.familyservices.govt.nz/info-for-families/skip/
http://www.occ.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/3759/OCC_Choose_to_Hug.pdf
But guiding our children’s behaviour, and helping them learn how to behave acceptably is sometimes hard work. It takes time and patience and makes many demands on our energy. This small book provides some tools and suggestions for dealing with the kind of demanding everyday behaviours all children exhibit as they learn about becoming social human beings.
http://www.occ.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/3304/OCC_Section59_Factsheet.pdf
The recent debate about changes to the law around child discipline has caused needless concern. There has been confusion about what the new law really means. This one page brochure tries to clear up some of the confusion.
http://www.occ.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/3308/OCC_Hey_We_Dont_Hit_Anybody_
Here.pdf
Written in English, Maori and Samoan, this picture book contains a number of anti-violence messages that are easy for children to understand
http://www.occ.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/3299/OCC_Schools_And_The_Right_To_
Discipline_Guide_for_Parents.pdf
The aim of this book is to provide parents with the knowledge they need and the options they may apply (within the school disciplinary process) to be more confident of the partnership between home and school.
http://womenz.org.nz/ypkit/
This book has been created especially for young people in Aotearoa New Zealand , who are parents or who are about to become parents. People who are involved with, or who support young parents, may also find this booklet useful. This book is a way of offering information & ideas to young parents. Young parents have shared their ideas & opinions on what they felt should be included in the book. With these as a guide, information was gathered from a variety of people & sources.
http://www.justice.govt.nz/courts/family-court/publications/pamphlets
http://raisingchildren.net.au
While not strictly from New Zealand (it's Australian), this website is just too good to not include. The website offers a wide range of interactive tools and accessible downloads, such as the Make a Book tool, baby karaoke, health information, audio-visual demonstrations of parenting techniques, parenting in pictures and a TV section (http://raisingchildren.net.au/raisingchildren.tv/tv_landing.html ) with clips on safe bathing, crying baby checklist, wrapping your baby, eating strategies and stories featuring dads, young parents, financial management and lots more. Well worth a look if you have a spare minute (or 30).
http://www.changeforourchildren.co.nz/safe_start_programme/baby_essentials_onlineBaby Essentials is an online version of the education Change for Our Children provide to prevent sudden infant death. This education is for EVERYONE, and will prepare you to influence those around you to be confident about what is essential care for protecting a baby's life.
http://www.centreforattachment.co.nz/
The Centre for Attachment (CFA) is a New Zealand-based agency dedicated to providing support, education and training for families, organisations and communities on optimal child development and attachment. We assist people in making good choices for each unique situation, working toward the dream that every baby will have the experience of a warm, loving, and attuned parental relationship - the best possible start in life.
http://www.familyservices.govt.nz/info-for-families/familyweb.html
A selection of websites compiled by the Ministry of Social Development aimed at New Zealand families. Includes information on managing behaviour, childcare, grandparenting, and health and wellbeing.
http://www.skip.org.nz/
Strategies with Kids and Information for Parents of under 5's produced by the Ministry of Social Development. A series of nine pamplets on subjects such as dealing with tantrums, supermarket survival, jealousy, health and safety and tips of stress.
http://www.postnataldistress.org.nz/
We provide free support to women and their families, through out the greater Auckland area, who are affected by all degrees of symptoms of; baby blues, antenatal and postnatal distress and depression (PND), anxiety, stress and birth trauma
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http://www.parentsinc.org.nz
Parents Inc. presents parenting skills programmes on topics such as “Hot Tips for Parents”, “Parenting Teens”, “Growing Great Kids”, “Growing Boys”, “Raising Girls” and “Marriage and Relationships”. The programmes are offered throughout New Zealand (and now in Australia ). For more information, and to book, see Parents Inc
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http://www.parentscentre.org.nz/
Enrol for these courses through your local Parents' Centre
Parenting with a Purpose
Baby and You
Moving and Munching
http://www.plunket.org.nz/Services_Page.htm#Parenting
Plunket offers community-based courses and groups which offer opportunities for parents to develop parenting skills and to meet other parents.
http://www.ps.org.nz/SITE_Default/SITE_Central/Services/Family_Support/Parent_Education.asp
Presbyterian support offers courses (primarily in the Lower North Island) to parents of young children (0-5 year olds). Courses help develop knowledge and experience to bring up children in a loving, positive way. Courses are also offered for parents of adolescents and for those parenting in blended families.
http://www.tendershoot.co.nz/
Raising a child is too important to leave learning about it to chance. Lawyers go to law school. Doctors go to medical school. Now parents can go to parent school. Tender Shoot offers education and support to new parents who live in Canterbury, New Zealand.
http://www.salvationarmy.org.nz/SITE_Default/SITE_family_support/parenting_Mentoring.asp
The Salvation Army’s Family Mentoring Programme has been running as a pilot in Christchurch and Nelson since April 2003. The programme is designed to help families on low incomes who are motivated to improve their life circumstances. Family Mentoring pairs each family with volunteers who provide consistent support and encouragement as the family makes positive changes in their lives.
The assumption behind the title of this volume, that families do matter, underpins the very existence and mission of the Families Commission. It is an assumption that is widely held and fervently quoted; sadly, however, it is not always supported by actions.
The essays here bear eloquent and diverse testimony to the importance of families from a range of perspectives. The themes of connecting, belonging, and indeed mattering, flow consistently through them. For some, it is unimaginable not to be connected to a family:
"Rightly or wrongly, I cannot see myself apart from my family." Sandra Alofivaehttp://www.childforum.com/article_details.asp?REF_NO=3
This article explains what to look for in choosing a childcare service that will enable infants to continue to be breastfed and mothers to breastfeed, and explains why breastfeeding is especially important for mothers and their children who are placed group care.
http://www.childforum.com/publication_details.asp?REF_NO=18
By Sarah-Eve Farquhar (ISBN 0-476-01464-6). A book grounded in the latest research and theoretical understandings written for NZ parents and educators, with practical advice and guidance for parents. The importance of parents monitoring the quality of their child’s experience is discussed along with possible warning signals that their child’s well-being could be at risk.
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http://www.childforum.com/publication_details.asp?REF_NO=15
This is a New Zealand broadcast quality video suitable for showing at parent group meetings and for parents who are retuning to work or study to view. The video takes parents inside a range of early childhood services, showing what services look like, what to expect, and highlighting key questions to ask about how the service will support them as parents and what it will do for their child. The video presents a compilation of carefully selected footage from 14 diverse early childhood services supported by a well-researched script. The main options available to parents are covered. Where care and education is provided in: the family home (Nanny, Caregiver), someone else’s home (Home Educator, Family Day Care), or a centre (Kindergarten, Playcentre, Childcare Centre or Pre-school, Pacific Island language nest, Te Kohanga Reo, and Montessori).
http://www.occ.org.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/3293/OCC_Children_are_Unbeatable
_Pritchard.pdf
This booklet provides seven very good reasons not to smack children, along with practical guidance on managing children’s behaviour without the use of physical punishment. It is intended primarily for those involved in educating and influencing parents, and parents and the public will also benefit from reading it.
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