The 6 best courses and workshops for mothers and fathers in Bilbao

A selection of recommended courses for parents in Bilbao.

Raising and educating children at home may not be an easy task for many parents who sometimes need a little help or professional guidance to get the best out of themselves and learn useful knowledge in this area. Luckily, that is what courses and workshops created by psychologists are for.

In the city of Bilbao there is a great diversity of institutions, entities and centers that offer professional courses and workshops aimed at parents who want to learn about topics such as respectful parenting, education, limits, affection, family relationships or addictive behaviors in children and adolescents. If you are interested in learning about the best courses for parents in Bilbaoread on.

The most recommended courses for parents in Bilbao.

Whatever your interest in this field, this selection of the best courses for parents offered in the city of Bilbao will help you learn the key and most useful aspects of raising children and adolescents.

1. Workshop for Parents: Positive Parenting (IMIME Psychology, online option)

The IMIME Psychology center, directed by psychologist Irene Milla and located in Bilbao, Spain, offers this 4-session online workshop.offers this 4-session online workshop for parents who wish to learn the most useful strategies and tools for the upbringing of their children, as well as to solve all kinds of doubts related to day-to-day upbringing, education, child development, family coexistence and positive discipline.

This workshop will start on Friday, November 27th at 6:30 pm. hours and will be formed by a small group of people to favor a dynamic operation and the active participation of the attendees.

The workshop will be given by Virginia López Gutiérrez, founder and president of the "Asociación Tueris: Maternidad" and Health Psychologist specialized in maternity, attachment and child development, who in addition to offering basic knowledge about positive discipline, affectionate relationship strategies with children and respectful parenting, will solve doubts and give feedback about the most common problems that parents encounter at home.

2. Introduction to Positive Discipline (Centro de Psicología Bilbao)

The Centro de Psicología Bilbao offers fathers, mothers, families, teachers and educators who are interested, this course of Introduction to Positive Discipline, an educational model that has proven its effectiveness for several decades.

The objective of the course is for each attendee to integrate the principles of Positive Discipline in their educational method, the main ones being: treating children with respect, learning to listen, learning to motivate them and helping them to be more independent.

In addition, the course lasts 4 hours and is taught by professionals Virginia Rodrigo del Solar and Beatriz Alonso Sánchez, certified psychologists in Positive Discipline and with extensive experience in child and family intervention.

3. Learn to Educate (Etxadi)

The Etxadi center offers two independent courses, with which parents and families can learn to educate.The Etxadi center offers two independent courses in which parents will learn useful methods and advice for educating their children in different periods of development. The first (Course 1) is from 0 to 2 years old, while the second (Course 2) deals with the stage from 2 to 6 years old.

Both courses have very simple theoretical and practical contents, with which each participant will learn the main tools to achieve successful parenting in each of the stages of child development, as well as to prevent problems and enhance their psychological development.

Both courses are offered online, with access to the virtual platform for 4 months each, and about 90 hours of work in total in each of the courses.

4. Role of Educators for Parents (Hazkunde)

The Center for the Promotion of Mental and Emotional Health Hazkunde offers several workshops and preventive programs aimed at parents who wish to improve their parenting methods.

The "Role of Educators" program aims to provide parents with the main knowledge in the different areas of health education, in each of the stages of their child's growth.

The contents of the course are theoretical and practical, with the distribution of different materials on prevention and with contents ranging from different health habits in children, school failure, self-esteem or sexual development.

5. School for Mothers and Fathers (FAMP Bizkaia)

The Federation of Associations of Mothers and Fathers of Bizkaia offers this space for guidance and educational support where families, educators and professionals can share experiences and knowledge on the upbringing and education of children.

These meetings are held weekly in each school of the Bilbao Public Network and address issues related to children's self-esteem, family communication, limits or academic difficulties.

6. Families 6 Weeks (Psychology Center Bilbao)

The 6-week course for families is aimed firstly at families with children in kindergarten and primary school and secondly at families with adolescent children.

Any family taking the workshop for infant and primary school families will learn to understand the hidden messages of bad behavior, will learn the effectiveness of different parenting styles, will learn how to improve their children's self-esteem and autonomy, and will learn how family meetings work with children of different ages.

On the other hand, the main objectives of the workshop for families with adolescents are to learn about the different models of parenting adolescents and their effectiveness, improve the relationship and trust with their children, learn how to hold family meetings or seek solutions together for different problems, among other objectives.

The duration of the workshop is one and a half hours, with limited places.