Reducing the external load on your teachers.
When home and school speak a different emotional language, the friction ends up in the classroom. We align your parent community to create a 'surround sound' of support, reducing anxiety and behavioral escalation.
The hardest transition of the school day is often the journey home.
If a student learns regulation strategies in your classroom but goes home to an environment that speaks a different emotional language, the progress stalls — and the behavioural friction returns to school the next morning.
For teachers, managing this 'inconsistency gap' is a major source of Role Overload. They are often left trying to regulate a student who is un-regulated at home.
We help you stop the problem at the source. By training your parent community in the University of Melbourne’s 'Tuning in to Kids®' or 'Tuning in to Teens®', we equip families with the exact same toolkit your staff use. This turns parents from 'consumers' of the school's wellbeing policy into active partners in delivering it.
Teacher Protection: Reduces the volume of anxious emails and 'bypass' complaints to leadership.
Behavioural Continuity: Regulated homes lead to regulated students arriving at school.
Risk Mitigation: Research confirms that when parents participate in this program, teachers report a significant reduction in student behaviour problems (Havighurst et al., 2010).
We handle the facilitation, giving your parent community access to the same clinical-grade skills as your educators.
For Parents of: ELC to Year 6 Students
The Goal: Building Emotional Safety & School Readiness. We train parents to move beyond reactive discipline, teaching them to 'Emotion Coach' their children. This creates a home environment of safety that directly supports classroom learning.
Mitigate School Refusal: We equip parents with compassionate strategies to manage separation anxiety and drop-off distress. This builds the child’s confidence to detach from home and engage with school.
Reduce Behavioural Incidents: By teaching parents the Iceberg Model, we address the root causes of dysregulation at home (like anxiety or frustration) before they manifest as disruptive behaviour in the classroom.
Emotional Literacy: Students enter school with a vocabulary for their feelings, allowing them to express needs verbally rather than physically — reducing the load on your teachers.
For Parents of: Year 7 to Year 12 Students
The Goal: Fostering Independence & Reducing Conflict. Adolescence tests family bonds. We help parents transition from 'Managers' (who hover) to 'Consultants' (who guide), fostering the autonomy students need for their senior years.
The Antidote to 'Helicopter Parenting': We teach parents how to step back safely. This supports the student’s development of independent problem-solving skills, reducing the administrative burden on Year Level Coordinators.
De-Escalation at Home: We teach parents to 'build in a pause' during conflict. This reduces the emotional baggage students carry into school, lowering the daily friction faced by your staff.
Mental Health Early Warning: Parents are trained to distinguish between normal 'teen angst' and concerning withdrawal, acting as a compassionate early detection system for mental health risks.
Beyond the core programs, we offer specialised cohorts to address specific community challenges:
Neurodivergent Families: Adapting the framework for Autism/ADHD with a focus on co-regulation, visual supports, and sensory safety.
Separation & Co-Parenting: Supporting families navigating separation to maintain emotional stability for the student.
Led by Jen Hanson-Peterson, an accredited facilitator who bridges the gap between clinical research and family life.
"I had the pleasure of attending a 'Tuning in to Kids' course facilitated by Jen. She has an amazing ability to listen to all comments and examples offered by participants and create worthwhile and constructive material from them. This really helps everyone to feel included, validated, and relevant."
"A great way to enhance your emotional toolkit for dealing with your kids, delivered by excellent real world facilitators who are loving it themselves."
Let’s discuss how aligning your parents can lower the pressure on your teachers.