Connecting Parenting™

Meeting the Needs of Children

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I believe that the key to a better world is simple – better parenting!
By changing the way we parent and communicate with children we lay the foundation for a very different future.

On this 7-week (14 hours) course you will learn:

Let’s raise children who won’t have to recover from their childhood!

Pam Leo who is the author of Connection Parenting trained me personally and in 2008 I qualified as a Connection Parenting Coach. I am proud to be the first person in Australia to be honoured with this accreditation. Since I qualified, I have been putting my time and energy into family life and further studying including Counselling and Child Psychology. In 2009 I decided that the time was right to take this leading edge information to people who are looking to parent through connection instead of coercion, through love instead of fear.

I am thrilled to have Joanne as the first ACPI certified Connection Parenting Coach in Australia. I feel blessed that she is sharing these ideas with as many parents as she can and I deeply respect that she is as committed to living it as she is to teaching it. - Pam Leo (Author – Connection Parenting)

For more information and to register an interest in this course please contact Joanne
Tel: 0433 827 517 or Email:

Week 1: Our Parenting Inheritance - What do we bring to parenting from our own childhood? Why is parenting today so much more difficult than it has ever been?

Week 2: Teaching Children Respect - The basis of all loving relationships is treating each other with respect. We teach children respect when we treat them with respect.

Week 3: Healing the Feeling Child - When we learn why "the crying is the healing, not the hurting" we gain a new level of understanding and skill in responding to crying, temper tantrums, frustration, anger and grief.

Week 4: The Gift of High Self-esteem - The way we treat children teaches them what to believe about themselves. We can learn to make the time we spend with children each day count positively for the rest of their life.

Week 5: Communication that Builds Relationship - Words can build or destroy a relationship. We can unlearn negative parent-talk and learn positive people-talk.

Week 6: Discipline through Decoding Behavior - Children don't always have the language to tell us what they need, so they act it out with their behavior. We can learn to recognize "needy" behavior and respond to the need instead of react to the behavior.

Week 7: The Needs of Parents - Parenting never was, and was never meant to be, a one or two person job. Children’s needs are best met by parents whose own needs are met. We can, in our own community, learn to create extended family who can support us in nurturing our children and ourselves.

Testimonials from parents who have attended the course:

Thank you so much for your time and knowledge – it has really improved the way I am parenting. – Samantha

Infinite love and gratitude to you Joanne, you have made a huge difference to our lives. – Susan

Connection Parenting has changed our lives forever. – Sharron

I would absolutely recommend your course to others. – Samuel

Just like you promised, it all came together – I felt empowered to do something differently with my family and with myself too. I have come away with such a positive attitude to everything. The course far exceeded my expectations. – Michelle

My husband and I definitely now parent differently, in a positive way, because of the information we got from your course.  I feel blessed that through your course, I was able to reach another level of awareness.  Thank you Joanne, this is from the heart. - Angela