Parenting course & resources

Parenting doesn’t come with a manual—but we’re here to help you feel more confident, connected, and supported. At Spelthorne Family Centres, we offer a variety of free or low-cost parenting courses and practical resources to support you at every stage of your child’s journey. Whether you're navigating toddler tantrums, school transitions, or teenage emotions, our friendly, evidence-based programmes offer useful tools, tips, and space to share experiences with other parents.

Can we have a legend to denote which course is available at which Centre? 

*Please note children cannot attend any of our parenting courses and unfortunately we are not able to provide a créche.

Parenting Puzzle

The popular 4 week Parenting Puzzle programme helps to build on existing parenting skills to increase confidence. It offers practical ways of guiding children so that you can learn how to manage their behaviour and cope better with their emotions.
Click here to download a PDF leaflet

1-2-3 Magic

A 4 week programme offering a simple and gentle-but-firm approach to managing the behaviour of 2 to 12 year olds. Learn about how to effectively use a toolkit of strategies to help manage unwanted behaviour and encourage positive behaviour.
Click here to download a PDF leaflet

Family Learning courses

FREE Family Learning courses for parents/carer information here

 Online Courses

Solihull Approach Parenting Courses - Free courses in Understanding your pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby, Understanding your baby and Understanding your child 0 to 19 years. Visit the Surrey County Council Website for free access code and details on how to register. Through Ourplace you can also access free downloads, such as information on Developmental and Emotional Milestones. 

• ‘Prepare for pregnancy, labour, birth and having a relationship with your baby’. The course has been designed for everyone in your ‘birth team’: mum to be, dad to be, birth partner, partner, grandparent etc.

• ‘Understanding your baby’ is for everyone around a new baby. This course gives you information about your baby’s brain development and your baby’s physical and emotional development. It shows how important your relationship with the baby is for the baby’s development. 

• ‘Understanding your child’ is for mums and dads and grandparents or anyone around your child. Parents often say they feel calmer, more confident and have a better relationship with their child. 

Parenting Course - Net Mums, together with UK charity, Family Links (UK lead for the Parenting Puzzle Course), bring you a free eight week Parenting Course that guides you through different parenting topics and situations, helping you become a more confident parent. From firm-but-fair tips to working out your own parenting style, you can progress at your own time and speed with the course.

Surrey’s Family Early Help Hub

Have you ever wondered why your child is behaving a certain way? Is that behaviour typical? What could be causing it? Is something wrong? These are common worries for everyone looking after babies, toddlers, children and teenagers. Surrey's Family Help Hub developed by Surrey County Council with lots of help from all our partners, is a site with a difference. You can search for information you need based on your child’s age and find advice, tips and tools from a variety of trusted sources all in one place.   

This is a new service that Surrey County Council are developing and only a small section of what is planned long term.