Young People In Focus

TAKE3 - Skills and Strategies for Supporting Parents to Deal with Challenging Teenagers
A training pack with DVD and CD
Rosie Hill, Young People in Focus 2008

To view an independent evaluation of the publication Take 3 go to 'about our publications' and follow the links

Take3 is a comprehensive new parenting programme now published for the first time after having been developed and used extensively over an eight-year period in Oxfordshire. This pack (for course facilitators) contains material for working with groups of parents of 10-18 year olds, including parents of at-risk of vulnerable young people. The course has two parts; a ten-session basic course plus ten extra sessions which can be used as optional 'add-ons'. The in-depth facilitator notes distil a wealth of expertise in working with parents of teenager.

ISBN: 978 1 871504 910

For information on Take3 open courses visit - http://www.youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk/courses/open_courses/take3.html

For details of Take3 2010 Evaluation report and sample pages of the training manual visit - http://www.youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk/publications/

ESCAPE & Parallel Lines
A Problem Solving Approach by Carole Pickburn, Young People in Focus, 2003

Escape is a parenting programme designed for group work sessions. It can also be used in individual work with families and young people. It explores behaviour, attitudes, and responses. It helps parents and young people find a way to deal with problems and live together.

What does it cover? The pack includes comprehensive guidance on how to run ESCAPE and Parallel Lines. It shows you how to engage parents and young people and what to cover in visits to the families. It features step-by-step guides for six group work sessions for parents plus the content of six sessions for young people (Parallel Lines).

Parallel Lines covers similar material to that for the parents in ESCAPE but explores the issues from the young person's viewpoint

ISBN: 978 1 871504 521

For information on Escape open courses visit - http://www.youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk/courses/open_courses/escape.html

For details of Escape Full Evaluation report and sample pages of the training manual visit - http://www.youngpeopleinfocus.org.uk/publications/

CHALLENGING YEARS!

A training programme for parents and carers of young adolescents by Sonya Hinton & Angela Taylor, Young People in Focus, 2006

Ideal for all parents not just those experiencing difficulties. The course has four 2-hour sessions: understanding the teenage years; talking to teenagers; parenting styles; and dealing with conflict.

The pack has a manual for course facilitators plus a 20 page illustrated workbook for parents, which is also available on the accompanying CD.

ISBN: 978 1 871504 606

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE FACILITATORS PACK
John Coleman, Young People in Focus and Dawson Films

This best selling film features three families, played by actors, each with a teenager who is drifting into trouble. Suitable for use by groups wishing to discuss the more troublesome behaviours of young people. The following topics are covered: strong feelings; communication; boundaries; negotiation; parent disagreement; neighbourhood and peer influences.

The pack includes a 28 page Parents' Booklet and a 32 page Facilitators' Guide. The film is 45 minutes long and provides easy-to-use scene selection.

Separate Parents' Booklets are available to purchase so each individual on the course has their own copy.

Suitable for Training

ISBN 978 1871504 712

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE: Skills for Parents
DVD/VIDEO PARENTS' PACK
John Coleman, Young People in Focus and Dawson Films

This best selling film and accompanying book is for all parents with troublesome teenagers. Using acted scenarios and involving a group of parents, issues raised include dealing with anger and other strong feelings, communication, boundaries, negotiation, parent disagreement, and the influence of peers and neighbourhood on drugs and other behaviours.

If you are an organisation, we suggest you purchase our Facilitator's Pack Code: TTFD (DVD). This includes a 32 page Facilitators' Guide to explain how to run an effective parenting course on the issues above. Separate Parents' Handbooks are available at £3.50 each to enable everyone on the course to take a copy awy with them. Code: TITSB.

Contents: 45 minute film plus a Parents' Handbook.

Free postage & packing for parents, please state when ordering.

TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE: Skills for parents John Coleman, Young People in Focus, 2006

PARENTS' HANDBOOK

This Handbook is part of the "TEENAGERS IN TROUBLE: skills for parents" course. It is recommended that the Handbook is available to enable everyone on the course to take a copy away with them.

Topics covered include: Strong feelings; Communication; Boundaries; Negotiation; Parent disagreement; Neighbourhood and peer influences; Help and support; Resources for parents.

ISBN: 978 1871504 415

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TEENAGERS IN THE FAMILY DVD
John Coleman, Young People in Focus & Dawson Films 2006

This DVD is designed to help parents understand more about teenage behaviour and development. It includes a number of acted scenarios, followed by discussion among a panel of experts. It coves six main topics: understanding teenagers; talking about sex; problems at school; staying safe; unsuitable friends; changing families.

Film approx 45 minutes

Free postage & packing for parents, please state when ordering

ISBN: 978 1871504 750

PARENTING INSIDE AND OUT TOOLKIT
Bringing the outside in -Developing a family based approach to supporting young parents in custody. Sarah Lindfield, Young people in focus

The Parenting Inside and Out project has focused on the development of family-based parenting support for under 18 year old young fathers and mothers in custody. What we have found out from this project is mixed. There have been some very positive findings about what young parents want from parenting support and how this can be offered. This toolkit describes what we have found out during the project and we suggest ways of building on the positives we have found, as well as addressing some of the barriers.

Aims of the Toolkit

- This Toolkit aims to assist colleagues in developing family-based parenting support involving:

- Young fathers and young mothers in custody

- Their parents/carers

- The other young parent of their child

- Other key parent supporters

ISBN 978 0956145 307

SUPPORTING YOUNG FATHERS: Examples of Promising Practice
Nigel Sherriff, Young People in Focus 2007

"This report will be invaluable to both workers and managers seeking to develop effective services for young fathers. It is full of good, practical ideas, and stresses that young fathers need to be engaged with, both systematically and on their own terms. It shows convincingly that when young fathers are offered reliable and sensitive support, the impact on them, their children and their families, can be profound"
David Bartlett, Fathers Direct

The key feature is its attention to the practical details that directly interest practitioners. It conveys the voices of those working with young fathers, and explores how practitioners can most effectively be helped on the often complex and difficult issues they have to deal with.

ISBN 978 1871504 811

YOUNG FATHERS PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT
Enid Mordaunt, Young People in Focus, 2005

This comprehensive report evaluates the work of the five different young fathers' projects that were part of Young People in Focus's Young Fathers Project undertaken between 2002 and 2004. The report identifies key ingredients for successful work with young fathers and includes extensive comments from project workers and young fathers themselves.

ISBN 978 1871504 627

FOUR CARRIER BAGS & A BUGGY DVD
Red Rose Chain 2006

This educational resource pack is for use with young people aged 14+ as part of a sex education programme and looks at the reality of being a young parent. The film documents the lives of members of a Young Parents' Support Group and the accompanying Teaching Notes give suggestions for exercises and areas for discussion. These include: having a baby; coping; the cost of living; relationships; depression and looking forward.

DVD plus Teaching Notes.

FEELING FABULOUS!
K.Watson, Snivel and Shriek

This workbook aims to enable young people to take ownership of their emotional, social and behavioural development, providing a variety of activities to stimulate thinking, raise self-awareness, improve skills, and promote personal development.
Approximate age suitability: 8-14

Non-violent Resistance Programme
For all those working with parents and carers of children and adolescents with violent behaviours.

Elizabeth M Day, Elisabeth Heismann
Pavilion Publishing

This group work programme offers a series of 10 sessions to help parents, staff and carers to build better relationships with their children and to resist out of control and violent behaviour, The programme, designed to be used by people who have some experience of group work and training, teaches 'parent' strategies for de-escalating conflict and increasing 'parental presence' in their children's lives.

This training programme will be useful for anyone providing services to parents and carers of children and young people

ISBN 978 1 84196 266 5

TEENAGERS IN FOSTER CARE
Promoting Positive Relationships, Young People in Focus 2007
Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace,

"I have no doubt that this course will prove to be invaluable to foster carers and social workers who want to improve their ability to respond to the challenges that teenagers inevitably bring." Robert Tapsfield, Chief Executive, Fostering Network

This brand new programme fills a major gap - training material designed specifically for foster carers and social workers looking after young people. It is rooted in Young People in Focus's research with young people, their foster carers and social workers. It consists of four sessions: Making sense of adolescence; Trust me - Developing positive relationships; Everyone has a past- Getting off to a good start; Making a difference - Promoting social relationships, education, health and wellbeing. This training manual provides all the material needed to run the course including a CD with PowerPoint slides

ISBN 978 1871504 873

REDUCING RISKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE IN FOSTER CARE: A UK STUDY
By Dr Stephanie Stace and Kevin Lowe
Young People in Focus, 2009

The research described in this report was undertaken as part of a wider Young People in Focus project made possible by a grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Young People in Focus interviewed 49 young people aged 13-16 plus their foster carers and social workers to explore key issues related to monitoring and supervising young people in foster care.

ISBN: 978 1871504 996

GETTING ALONG
A resource for young people in foster care 2007 Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, Young People in Focus

"I like the content of the magazine as it gives useful advice on how to live your life as a foster child." Young man

This high quality resource for young people in foster care is a companion resource to the training course Teenagers in Foster Care Promoting Positive Relationships. Packed with quotes from young people, foster carers and social workers it explores issues related to promoting positive relationships for young people in foster care. It covers: moving, trust, school, friends, social workers, living in foster families, health, sex, risky business and much more!

ISBN: 978 1 871504 880

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GETTING ALONG
A resource for young people in foster care 2007Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, Young People in Focus


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A resource for young people in foster care 2007Kevin Lowe, Jayne Hellett, Stephanie Stace, Young People in Focus


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WORKING WITH PARENTS OF YOUNG PEOPLE: RESEARCH, POLICY AND PRACTICE
Edited by Debi Roker and John Coleman, Young People in Focus, Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2006

This book draws on years of applied research and practice development projects undertaken at Young People in Focus, and distils the learning into one volume. The book describes research and evaluation projects undertaken in relation to such topics as: families and alcohol, parenting young people in foster care, using parent-to-parent mentoring, using websites as a form of support, and involving young people in parenting programmes. This book provides practical guidance for a wide range of professionals working with parents and families.

GOING TO SECONDARY SCHOOL:
A Guide for Parents

Debi Roker and Julie Shepherd
Young People in Focus, 2006

Guide for parents with children in the transition stage between primary and secondary school. It covers: moving to secondary school; helping your child prepare; new words and phrases; managing homework; children's and parents' views and experiences; dealing with bullying; books and materials for children and parents.

ISBN 978 1 871504 804

TALKING ABOUT ALCOHOL

Information and support for the parents of young people by Louise Cox, Nigel Sherriff, Lester Coleman and Debi Roker, Young People in Focus, 2006

Funded by the Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC)

This guide aims to help young people and parents to communicate effectively about alcohol, in order to keep young people safe. It is based on research undertaken by Young People in Focus researchers during 2005. It is designed to provide information for parents, and to share parents' worries, ideas and 'hints and tips'. It will also be of use for practitioners working with the parents of young people.

ISBN: 978 1 871504 798

PARENTING YOUNG PEOPLE
BLACK FAMILIES IN FOCUS
by Pat Joseph, Debi Roker and Black Parents, Young People in Focus, 2007

Funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

This guide includes articles, information, advice, stories, and sources of support for Black parents and professionals working with Black parents, it is all about the experiences of supporting young people.

PARENTING YOUNG PEOPLE
Black Parents Speak Out
by Pat Joseph, Debi Roker, and Black Parents, Young People in Focus, 2006

Funded by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES)

This guide contains information, articles and resources for Black parents of young people. Developed in collaboration with a group of parents, it is aimed at both Black parents and all those professionals working with them.

GUIDE: USING DIGITAL STORIES - YOUNG PEOPLE AND ALCOHOL

by Dr Lester Coleman and Josephine Ramm, Young People in Focus 2009

Funded by Alcohol Education and Research Council (AERC)

This guide outlines a promising intervention used in Caerphilly County in Wales aimed at influencing young people’s (Year 10) attitudes and behaviour in relation to binge drinking.

The publication covers what digital stories are, how to make them and ways of using them with young people.

It contains useful references and contacts. Digital stories can be used to explore a range of topics.

WORKING WITH DISABLED PARENTS OF TEENAGERS

By Julie Shepherd and Debi Roker
Young People in Focus, 2008

Supported by a grant from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)

This guide aims to highlight some of the difficulties facing disabled parents of teenagers, and how practitioners can support them. It also looks at what parents say helps them cope with their teenagers, and some of the joys they experience as parents.

It is aimed at any practitioner who is working with disabled parents. Practitioners may be running parenting courses, one off regular events for parents, or providing advice services to parents.

PARENTING TEENAGERS
Information and Support for Disabled

Parents of Teenagers by Simone Baker, Disabled Parents Network & Julie Shepherd and Debi Roker Young People in Focus, 2006

Funded by the Department of Education and Skills (DfES)

This guide was produced in collaboration with Disabled Parents Network. It contains articles, information, and resources for people with disabilities, who are parents of teenagers. Most of the articles are written by parents involved in DPN and the newsletter is aimed at disabled parents and practitioners working with parents.

12pp

ISBN: 978-1 871504 774

EVERYONE ASSUMED IT WAS AN ACCIDENT

A guide to 'planned' teenage pregnancy for those working with young people by Suzanne Cater and Lester Coleman
Young People in Focus, 2006 Guide Series

Funded by Joseph Rowntree Foundation

This Guide aims to provide information for those working with young people, by sharing young parents' views and experiences from Young People in Focus's research into 'planned' teenage pregnancy. The main aim is to help gain more awareness, understanding and insight into the reasons behind 'planned' teenage pregnancy. The real-life quotes can be used with young people to open up discussion about what it's like to become a parent, and help them think about whether having a baby is what they really want.