How the Parent Resource Centre can help you
The Resource has been designed to give parents the knowledge and understanding to immerse themselves in their child's education at all levels, making an active and constructive input into their child's studies whilst gaining insight into the workings of their child's mind.
The Resource offers guidance for parents on both practical and psychological steps that can be taken to enhance their child's learning process:
How Parents can help with homework
How Parents can help with assignments
Understanding the revision process
What practical Learning Aids can Parents get to help their children whilst at school
Identifying keywords and understanding their uses
Preparation for examinations
Examination techniques
Designing a success plan
How they can work in harmony with their child and your school
How they can evaluate and gain knowledge of the subjects their child , help and get the right help when they need it
How they can change their attitude and the attitudes of their child
How they can negotiate with their child
How they can deal with problems
The importance of diet for a healthy mind
The 'myths' of learning and child development
What Can the Parenting Zone Offer Me and My Child?
In addition to providing parents with an understanding of the learning process and environment of their child, along with practical steps they can take to both enhance and become actively involved in that process, the Resource also provides a myriad of tips and insights illustrating the need for parents to assess their behaviours and attitudes towards their child and how to imbue self-esteem in their child and its direct correlation with learning ability and achievement.
The importance of diet for a healthy mind Intelligence is not fixed at birth it is learnt
It is the parents role to encourage the growth of their children's intelligence
Children must be always be able to talk to parents
Making mistakes is a part of learning
Every child is gifted in their own way.
Don't let any child think too much of themselves
Don't neglect physical activities
Respects your child's need for space and privacy
Don't crush when overruling a child
Encourage your child to think positively about themselves
Every child responds to routine:
once you set one, don't break it
A low self-acceptance is dangerous as it stays for life
High self-acceptance can be achieved in the home where standards are clear, fully explained and understood
Consistency makes a child feel secure
Children's opinions must not be invalidated
All of the above are covered in the resource.
If a child's 'system' responds well to the content and delivery of a subject they do well at the subject, if it responds poorly then they do poorly.
One of the primary aims of the Resource is to ensure that parents appreciate this concern and are adequately equipped with the necessary 'tools' to ensure that their child develops a suitable adept 'system' to fully integrate with their educational environment.
The Resource provides parents with a full set of 'tools' from assessing their child's learning style, through to designing and implementing learning plan, to revision, preparation and sitting of exams.
It shows parents how they can play a key role in this process and gives them an understanding of how their role integrates with the education and role you provide as their teacher/school to create a partnership that will be of the utmost benefit to the child's development.
