Help Your Child Understand their Emotions - Online Courses - Adult Learning

Understanding and managing emotions is a key part of every child’s development. This 3-week course is designed to support parents and carers in developing strategies to help their children recognise, name, and manage their emotions in healthy and productive ways. Through a combination of practical activities, discussion, and reflection, learners will explore how emotions develop, how they are expressed, and how to guide children through emotional challenges using age-appropriate tools and techniques.

By the end of the course, parents and carers will be able to:

• Identify three key aspects of early brain development and how it impacts on emotional responses in children aged 2–11 (Week 1).

• Describe and recognise at least five common emotional responses in children and how they may present through behaviour or body language (Week 1).

• Demonstrate at least three practical strategies for helping children name and associate emotions using creative and sensory-based methods (Week 2).

• Apply at least three different coping or calming techniques to help children manage their emotions, including sensory tools and relaxation strategies (Week 3).

• Reflect on your own parenting approach and develop a personalised toolkit of emotional support strategies to use with your child (Week 3).

As this course is online, a suitable device such as laptop or computer will be required to access the course. The link for you to join the live sessions will be sent to you once your enrolment has been completed.

Funding and Fees

If you receive certain benefits, you may be able to take the course for free.
If money is stopping you from enrolling, please visit our funding page to see what help is available.

Living in England

To book and join one of our courses, you must live in England permanently and either:

• Live outside the devolved areas listed below, or

Live inside the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) area (Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire).

You cannot enrol if you live in these devolved areas:

• Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA)

• Liverpool City Region Combined Authority

• North East Combined Authority

• South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority

• Tees Valley Combined Authority

• West Midlands Combined Authority

• West of England Combined Authority

• West Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority

• York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

• Hull and East Yorkshire

• Greater Lincolnshire

• Devon and Torbay Combined County Authority

• Cornwall Council

• Lancashire Combined County Authority

• Buckinghamshire Council

Residency Requirements (Additional Information)

If you live in the UK on a visa, we’ll need evidence of your visa to confirm funding. You can upload this when applying, and you’ll need to complete a short questionnaire.

Some exceptions include:

• Your visa must last until after your course ends.

• Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for at least 6 months while their claim is being processed.

• You are supported by your local authority under Section 23C or 23CA of the Children Act 1989, or under the Care Act 2014.

Anyone who does not meet the funding criteria would need to pay full course fees.