Parenting and Children Courses
At Sora Community Services, we believe strong families create strong communities. Our range of evidence-based and/or strength based short courses and programs for parents, carers, children and families are designed to build confidence, strengthen relationships and support positive outcomes at every stage of family life. Whether you’re preparing for parenthood, navigating the early years, supporting a growing child, or looking for practical strategies to strengthen family connections, our experienced team offers programs that empower families with the skills, knowledge and support they need to thrive.
Explore our courses below and find the right program to support your family’s journey.
Parenting / Carer Courses
Sora Community Services runs a range of short courses to help parents and carers with their everyday needs. Our parenting courses are designed to be practical and useful tools to help you manage your persnal and family life. Learn how to manage your emotions, interactions with children, and manage money.
Peaceful Parents
Peaceful Parents is a mindfulness and positive psychology based parenting program to increase resilience in both parents and their children.
Parents learn strategies to lessen stress, enjoy parenting more as well as practical strategies to build resilience in their children.
Money Minded
Develop your money skills for free with MoneyMinded. If you’re looking to create a budget, reduce your debts or save more regularly, MoneyMinded can help you get there.
Anxiety Coach
For parents/carers of children 4-12yrs.
This program will help empower parents with the knowledge and tools necessary to nurture resilience in your children. Through this parent-led coaching program, you will gain insights into the origins of anxiety, discover ways in which parents can proactively lessen the onset of anxiety symptoms, and acquire a variety of useful techniques.
1-2-3 Magic and Emotion Coaching*
For parents/carers of children aged between 2-12 years
1-2-3 is a simple, easy to use program to learn skills to manage your child’s challenging behaviours, encouraging positive behaviours interactions and help them to identify and deal with their emotions.
Parents will learn
- How to discipline without arguing, yelling or smacking
- How to sort behaviour
- How to handle challenging and testing behaviours
- Choosing strategies – the 3 choices model
- Using emotion coaching to encourage good behaviour
- Strategies for encouraging good behaviour
Parents will receive
- A workbook to apply the concepts learnt to their families
- A certificate of completion
The program can also be adapted for children with special needs.
*1-2-3 Magic can be run as an inclusive adaptation.
Engaging Adolescents (1-2-3 Magic extension)
For parents and carers with children between 10-17 years
Learn skills to build a stronger relationship with your teenager and gain an understanding of the changes that happen in the teenage years.
Children / Teen Courses
Sora Community Services runs a range of short courses to help children and young people with their everyday needs. Our courses are designed to provide practical and useful tools to help you manage your personal and family life. Learn how to manage your emotions, interactions, and social situations.
Love Bites (11-17yrs)
Love Bites is a Respectful Relationships Education Program for young people aged 11-17 years.
It consists of two interactive workshops: one on Relationship Violence, and one on Sex and Relationships, followed by creative workshops and community campaigns.
Love Bites is run over one day, the program emphasises the importance of a whole-of-school commitment to respectful relationship education.
To register your interest in running Love Bites at your school, register your interest
Peaceful Kids/Teens (5-17yrs)
Currently offered in these postcode areas: 2340.
Suitable for primary and high school students (5-17yrs)
A mindfulness and positive psychology based program to lessen anxiety and stress and resilience in children. This program helps children build their emotional resilience so they are better equipped to deal with the day to day stresses that life brings.
Zones of Regulation (5-17yrs)
Currently offered in these postcode areas: 2340.
Suitable for primary and high school kids (5-17yrs)
Designed to help students identify their feelings and emotional reactions. Learn sensory strategies that encourage better self regulation.
Rock and Water (5-17yrs)
Currently offered in these postcode areas: 2380, 2340, 2346, 2343.
Suitable for primary and high school kids (5-17yrs)
A Holistic programme which works on building self-confidence, self-respect and self-reflection through the physicality of martial arts training. Rock and Water has shown to decrease bullying and feelings of depression, as well as increase self-esteem, self-regulation and social acceptance.
