Parent Partnership Conference: Teens and Screens
10 February 2024
Breakout Talk One: Dr Albin Wallace, our previous Director of Digital Learning, spoke on 'Teens and Screens'.
Parent Partnership Conference: Celebrating and Supporting Neurodiversity
10 February 2024
Breakout Talk Two: Mrs Rachel Mellor, Head of Academic Support delivered a talk on ‘Celebrating and Supporting Neurodiversity at Bedford School’
Parent Partnership Conference: What is anxiety?
10 February 2024
Breakout Talk Three: Amanda Horlick-Coutts, Lead Counsellor, and Claire Collins, School Nurse, offered an insight into 'What is anxiety? What can cause it and ways of dealing with it.'
Parent Partnership Conference: Parties and Festivals/Alcohol and Drugs
10 February 2024
Breakout Talk Four: Harriett Mather, Criminal Defence Solicitor, and Fiona Whiteman, Housemaster, spoke about ‘Parties and Festivals/Alcohol and Drugs – Guidance and Legal Matters.’
Back From the Brink’: Gambling, Gaming, Addiction and Mental Health
9 November 2023
Former professional cricketer, insurance broker and school-teacher, Patrick Foster's life was shattered by a pathological gambling addiction that brought him to the verge of taking his own life in March 2018. His talk on gambling and gaming was very much a topic that parents need to be aware of in an ever-changing world to monitor and help support their own children to ensure things do not spiral out of control.
Why Every Teenager Needs a Parrot
14 October 2023
Based on her book, Why Every Teenager Needs A Parrot, Alicia Drummond's talk looked at how parents and carers can find the right balance between letting teenagers go and grow, and keeping them safe as they negotiate the choices and decisions that are a part of growing up in the 21st Century.
2022-2023
Teenagers Translated
22 April 2023
Naella Grew's once again spoke to parents on what to expect from normal teenage behaviour and what points to more worrying signs. A better knowledge of the changing teen brain provides parents with a good grounding for understanding why behaviour changes and helps them develop practical and proactive ways to support their teenager to better manage day-to-day pressures, find ways to regulate emotions and pave the way to good mental health.
Parent Partnership Annual Conference
4 February 2023
Dick Moore was the keynote Speaker for our second annaual conference. His talk 'Adolescence is a war. No-one gets out unscathed' dealt with about the challenges of adolescence – for young people and those who care for them – and about the signs and symptoms of common mental health disorders.
‘I wish I’d known’,
14 November 2022
Fiona Spargo-Mabbs gave a workshop about young people, drugs and decisions, covering what young people, and their parents and carers, need to know about the risks of drugs and alcohol, and How to have effective conversations with your child, and practical suggestions for what you can do to support them to stay safe.
Future Proofing Your Son
8 October 2022
'How evidence-based modern parenting can help optimise his potential and prepare for life.' Dr Kathy Weston explored how during the teenage years parents can provide the architecture for our sons to develop these skills, to ensure they are well prepared for life beyond school.
2021 – 2022
Teenagers Translated
19 March 2022
Naella Grew's talk focused on what parents can expect from normal teenage behaviour and what points to more worrying signs. A better knowledge of the changing teen brain provides parents with a good grounding for understanding why behaviour changes and helps them develop practical and proactive ways to support their teenager to better manage day-to-day pressures, find ways to regulate emotions & pave the way to good mental health.
Parent Partnership Annual Conference 2023
4 February 2022
Dr Kathy Weston was our Keynote Speaker for 2022. Her Talk: Raising a Resilient Teen, helped parent understand exactly what we mean by ‘resilience’ and the powerful role that family plays in ensuring children grow up feeling emotionally, academically and physically resilient.
Sex, Likes and Social Media: Talking to Teens in the Digital Age
18 November 2021
The RAP Project's talk equipped parents to discuss somewhat awkward subjects, including sexual consent, online pornography, and healthy relationships. The talk followed Citizenship Morning, during which The Rap Project worked with boys.
Surviving or Thriving? The Teenage Years
5 October 2021
Clinical Psychologist, Dr Harrison's talk explored mental health in adolescence, and offered practical tips for supporting young people to thrive during the teenage years.
Using theories that provide a positive and proactive way to make sense of the changes young people experience during adolescence, parents can explore how to enable their teenager to thrive during this time.