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Free Online Parenting Courses (based on the Solihull Approach)

Free Interactive Online Parenting Courses for Liverpool 

ALL COURSES NOW AVAILABLE FREE EITHER ONLINE OR VIA THE MOBILE PHONE APP - COMPLETE A COURSE AT YOUR OWN PACE - ANYTIME

These evidence-based courses written by the Solihull Approach (NHS) will show you how your child develops from the womb right through to early adulthood.

Liverpool parents, carers and grandparents can complete as many short courses as they wish for free.  Courses cover a range of parenting topics, such as; preparing for labour and birth, the stages from pregnancy to childhood, caring for a sick baby in hospital or at home, understanding your child's mental health, understanding the impact of the pandemic on children, parenting teens and teen brain development and relationship support:

Examples of some of the courses parents can try are below;

  1. Understanding Pregnancy, Labour, Birth and Your Baby - Parents-to-be can learn about how to manage stress during pregnancy; how to form a bond with your unborn baby; the important role of dads, partners and other important adults; and preparing for birth.

  2. Understanding Your Baby - Parents of new babies can learn how to understand yours and your baby’s feelings; baby brain development and how they can be supported; and how your baby forms relationships from birth.
  3. Understanding Your Child FROM TODDLER TO TEEN - Learn how to communicate to children at all ages; child development and how it might impact them and you; understanding your child’s feelings and behaviours; and finding a parenting style that works for you and your family.

  4. Understanding your teenager's brain - Find out what happens to the brain as a child hits adolescence in this SHORT guide. See how this explains some of the changes in their behaviour that you've noticed.

  All courses are available in over 108 different languages. Just enter your chosen language and the whole course will be translated!

  • Arabic - 
  • Bulgarian - 
  • Chinese - 
  • Polish - 
  • Urdu - 

You can access the courses wherever you are, using your mobile, laptop, desktop or tablet.

No internet? Not a problem, simply head over to your local library and sign-up to use one of their many computers.

If you live in Liverpool* you are eligible to free, lifetime access to all Solihull Courses.

Visit: INOURPLACE and enter the following access code: PURPLEBIN

* Not sure if you are eligible or are entitled to have access?  If you have a purple wheelie bin then you can access these courses with the code!

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Who to contact

Contact Name
Lisa Lunt
Contact Position
Parenting Coordinator
E-mail
lisa.lunt@liverpool.gov.uk

Other Details

Costs

Please contact provider for cost details.
Offering Tax Free Childcare.
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