Upcoming
Programs

Registration fee for each workshop
$10/pax or $15/couple

Call 6846 2061 to register

 

 

Family Life's Community Talkshop 2008
In collaboration with the Family Education Department of Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports (MCYS), Family Life Centre (FLC) is pleased to organize a series of Family Life enrichment Talks to the community. These programs, will focus on the various issues and challenges that families face in their everyday life.

Programs
Programme 1

STRESS-PROOF YOUR FAMILY RELATIONSHIP
- Keys to Effective Couple Stress Management

a) Discover how stress works
b) Understanding "Push" & "Pull" forces of marital & parental roles
c) Identifying types and stress reaction styles
d) Exploring joint values, goals & priorities
e) Regulating work time vs family time
f) Becoming a dynamic duo: coping techniques and forging harmony

 

Programme 2

H.O.T. Approach To Your Child's Sexual Wellness - a family forum to communicate to your child about human sexuality

Workshop Objectives:
a) Practical steps to ensure an open channel of communication between parents and their children - The "Movie" steps
b) Providing parents practical and positive parenting skills in raising their children to understand what's happening to the children's bodies and what are the different stages of change during puberty
c) How to handle these biological changes, and be mentally prepared for them
d) What is deemed the appropriate sexual behaviour - Physical and Verbal

Workshop Details:

 

Programme 3

LOVE TALK
- Building A Love For A Long Time

a) The workshop explores the personality dimensional scales, and how they influence interpersonal communication patterns between spouses and other marital choices
b) Distinguish how personality styles and role of preferences in promoting understanding, appreciation and respect; the three attributes of a lifelong marriage
c) Couples will learn to appreciate the distinct ways each other function and thus mange problem-solving process more effectively

 

Programme 4

The Magic of Fatherhood: The Essence of Male-Connection with your child

a) Characteristics of fathering
b) The dad difference in child development
c) Child's interest in the father
d)

The need for fathers throughout a child's life

e)

The fulfillment of being a father

 
Programme 5

Maximising JQ in Everyday Parenting

a) The "ERA" of play - Enjoyment, Reflection and Acceptance
b) The importance of 'Play' and 'Us' time
c) The moment of happiness
d) Planned play, and Impromptu play - creativity counts
e) Having fun, Not grunts
f) The rewarding moments
g) The therapeutic function of humour

 

Programme 6

Raising A Failure-Proof Child - Promoting Resilence and Confidence in Your Child

a) Approaches in fostering a resilient mindset
b) Managing emotional stress
c) Components of resilience
d) 4 Keys in helping children overcome fears and deal with failures
e) Developing effective disciplining skills
f) Attitudes towards winning and losing
g) Realistic expectations of life values to manages failures

 

Programme 7

FOSTERING YOUR MARITAL AND FAMILY WELLNESS WITH EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

a) Getting SMART about feeling
b) The great connection with self and others
c) Emotional polarity
d) Achieving harmony with yourself, others and the environment

 

Programme 8

Power Parenting - Moving from Punitive to Purposeful Approach

i) Good values system in a Family
ii) Responsibilities and boundaries in parenting
iii) EQ in pre-teens / teens and parents
iv)

Parents as 'Transformers'

v) 'CAP' principle - Care/Concern, Affirmative, Promise
iv)

PBM - Parents' Behaviour Management

v) The balance of discipline and love