DAY 01
Understanding My Child
What does my child need?
A SPACE TO LEARN. A MOMENT TO REFLECT.
The Parenting Room™
Understanding My Child — FREE 5-Day Online Course
Their Needs. Their World. My Role.
Join us with our five day intensive course
An interactive parenting education programme designed to help parents understand children’s developmental, emotional and safety needs, look beyond behaviour, and strengthen reflective parenting.
Online via Zoom. Free to join. For parents and carers of all faiths and backgrounds.
5 interactive sessionspractical reflectionchild-centred learningpilot evaluation
THE PROGRAMMEA little space to pause.
A little space to pause.
A new way to understand.
Learning, not judgement.
This is education, not therapy. Completion is not a parenting-capacity or child-safety assessment.
This is education, not therapy. Completion is not a parenting-capacity or child-safety assessment.
Parenting brings questions. Sometimes, taking a step back helps us see what’s underneath — what our child needs, how they experience their world, and the role we play in it.
Understanding My Child is a structured parenting education programme. The course brings it together in a five-day format, with each day combining parent experience, discussion, professional knowledge and reflection.
A respectful space to explore, make connections and bring learning into everyday family life.
FREE · Online via Zoom · Five days · One hour per day. Forthcoming dates and times will be shared with registrants.
FIVE DAYS. CONNECTED LEARNING.
See the needs. Understand the child.
Each session builds on the last, moving from curiosity and understanding
towards thoughtful, practical action.
DAY 02
Safety, Care & Stability
The foundations that help children feel secure.
DAY 03
Emotional Needs & Connection
Making space for feelings and relationships.
DAY 04
Behaviour, Boundaries & Development
Looking beyond behaviour with curiosity.
DAY 05
Seeing Through My Child’s Eyes & Bringing It All Together
Revisit the seven-piece Child’s Needs Jigsaw, then action planning, final knowledge/application assessment and feedback.
HOW WE LEARN
Your experience is the starting point.
Not a lecture. A conversation that makes room for your perspective.
01
Experience first
Start with the real experiences parents bring.
02
Discussion
Explore ideas and hear different perspectives.
03
Professional knowledge
Connect experience with child-centred understanding.
04
Reflection
Consider what the learning means for your family.
Interactive scenarios and the Child’s Needs Jigsaw bring the conversations to life. On Day 5 we return to the seven-piece jigsaw from Day 1, then close with action planning, a final knowledge and application assessment, and feedback.
Real parents.THE PARENTING ROOM™
Real conversations.
Practical learning.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROGRAMMEDeveloped and facilitated
Developed and facilitated
by Charlene Clarke
Charlene is a qualified Social Worker with a Master’s degree, experience in child protection and case holding, and several years of support-work experience.
The Parenting Room™ brings that professional safeguarding knowledge into an accessible, respectful learning space for parents — one that values lived experience alongside professional understanding.
Qualified Social Worker Master’s degree
BE PART OF THE FIRST CHAPTERExpress interest in
Express interest in
Understanding My Child.
This is our first evaluation cohort. Your experience and feedback will help us reflect on the programme and refine Version 1.0.
Forthcoming dates will be shared with registrants
Five-day course, online via Zoom, one hour per day.
A small beginning, with parents at the heart of what comes next.
Forthcoming dates will be shared with registrants
Five days, one hour per session
Online via Zoom — free of charge
Open to all faiths and backgrounds
Let us know you’re interested.
Forthcoming dates and times will be shared with registrants.
You can optionally indicate morning, afternoon or evening availability. This is not a confirmed booking.
A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT BE WONDERINGYour questions,
Your questions,
answered.
Clear expectations help make space for meaningful learning.
Pilot feedback coming soon
This space will hold participant reflections, shared only with their separate permission.