Sign up for your local authority's Parenting Smart – Online Course

For parents and carers with primary-aged children in your local area, this course will give you extra tools to support your child’s emotional wellbeing and respond helpfully to challenging behaviour.

Overview

Place2Be has developed this online parenting course in partnership with South London and Maudsley-NHS Foundation Trust.

The course is based on Personalised Individual Parent Training (PIPT), the evidence-based intervention delivered by Place2Be Family Practitioners to parents and carers in primary schools.

Designed for parents and carers of children aged 4-11, Parenting Smart - Online Course provides tried and tested techniques that are proven to help children manage their emotions better, follow routines and improve relationships with friends and family.

Whether you are looking for new ideas or simply want to build on what you are already doing, this online course offers practical tools to help your child thrive.

Key information

Length: 4-week online programme

Frequency: No fixed time

Next Cohort: Lothian Starts 3 November 2026 (Register by: 19 October 2026)

Price:Free for parents and carers living within our partner local authority

Course details

4-week programme, broken down into 15-minute sections to fit around your day.
Eight short online modules of 30 minutes each (introduction, 6 content modules and conclusion).
Flexible access to the programme via any device and at a time that suits you.
Dedicated Place2Be professional to join discussions and aid online learning.
Dynamic and safe learning community offering the opportunity to learn from other parents' and carers' experiences.
Content modules overview

What our participants say

“I’ve enjoyed this course, I’ve got a lot out of it. Even though I thought I was doing everything right, I have still taken stuff away to modify my approach. It’s really good!”

“This course gave me time to step back and think. It was just the right format, not too much information or too little, and tackled the important parts head-on.”

“My children are now encouraging me to stay on the parenting course. They must have noticed a difference!”

“I must be honest; I'm seeing a lot of improvement in my relationship with my children.”

“This course inspired me. It taught me so much and gave me techniques to help my child and me.”

FAQs

Got questions? Check out our frequently asked questions (FAQs) for this course.

If you require more information, please email parenting.smart@place2be.org.uk

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Our free course is available to all parents and carers of children and young people attending a school supported by Place2Be.

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