IFDP Teen Behaviour Mastery Programme – International Institute for Adults Learning

About Course

The IFDP Teen Behaviour Mastery Programme is a coaching-style online course for parents and carers of young people aged 10 to 18 whose behaviour is causing worry, conflict or fear at home – from daily arguments, defiance and withdrawal through to aggression, child-to-parent violence, going missing, exploitation and offending.

Across eleven illustrated modules, parents learn to keep the family safe, understand what lies behind the behaviour, stay calm under pressure, talk and listen in ways teenagers respond to, use fair consequences and non-violent resistance, and rebuild the relationship step by step. Every module ends with a coaching check-in – try, reflect, adjust – and builds towards a written behaviour change plan.

The programme works best alongside support from an IFDP practitioner, school, youth service or other professional. Where anyone is at immediate risk of harm, families are directed to contact the police or emergency services.

Course Objectives

By completing this course, learners will be able to:

Describe behaviour clearly, assess risk and create a family safety plan
Understand the needs that may lie behind teenage behaviour
Manage their own stress, spot conflict early and de-escalate
Listen without judging, set clear expectations and help a teenager manage anger
Use fair consequences and calm, non-violent parental authority
Respond safely to aggression and child-to-parent violence
Respond to going missing, exploitation and offending concerns
Rebuild trust and repair the parent-teen relationship
Build a support network and work with professionals
Create, monitor and sustain a behaviour change plan

Supporting Families. Strengthening Communities. Shaping Futures.

Describe behaviour clearly, assess risk and create a family safety plan
Understand the needs that may lie behind teenage behaviour
Manage their own stress, spot conflict early and de-escalate
Listen without judging, set clear expectations and help a teenager manage anger
Use fair consequences and calm, non-violent parental authority
Respond safely to aggression and child-to-parent violence
Respond to going missing, exploitation and offending concerns
Rebuild trust and repair the parent-teen relationship
Build a support network and work with professionals
Create, monitor and sustain a behaviour change plan

Course Content

Module 1: Where Things Are Now
Describe the behaviour clearly, check for immediate risks, and set your priorities and goals.

Lesson 1.1: Welcome to the IFDP Teen Behaviour Mastery Programme
Lesson 1.2: Describing the Behaviour and Its Impact
Lesson 1.3: Identifying Immediate Risks
Lesson 1.4: Choosing Priorities and Setting Goals
Module 1 Check: Where Things Are Now

Module 2: Safety First
A family safety plan, staying safe during incidents, protecting siblings and knowing who to call.

Module 3: Understanding the Roots
Everyday pressures, trauma, neurodiversity, mental health, friendships and withdrawal.

Module 4: The Calm Parent
Your triggers, spotting conflict early, de-escalation, power struggles, delaying your response and self-care.

Module 5: Talking, Listening and Calming Anger
Listening without judging, clear expectations, helping with anger and repairing after arguments.

Module 6: Calm Authority – Consequences and NVR
Fair consequences, involving your teenager, and non-violent resistance: presence, announcements and holding firm.

Module 7: Aggression and Child-to-Parent Violence
Recognising child-to-parent violence, responding safely, after an incident, and breaking the silence.

Module 8: Going Missing, Exploitation and Offending
What to do if your teenager goes missing, signs of exploitation, and the youth justice system.

Module 9: Repairing the Relationship
Reconciliation gestures, rebuilding trust, noticing positive change and talking about what happened.

Module 10: Building a Support Network
Supporters, working with professionals, and community and faith support.

Module 11: Mastery and Maintenance
Reviewing progress, planning for setbacks and your behaviour change plan.

Final Assessment
Complete the course evaluation and final assessment to receive your IFDP Teen Behaviour Mastery Programme Certificate of Completion.

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Course Objectives

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Course Content

Module 1: Where Things Are Now Describe the behaviour clearly, check for immediate risks, and set your priorities and goals.

Lesson 1.1: Welcome to the IFDP Teen Behaviour Mastery Programme

Lesson 1.2: Describing the Behaviour and Its Impact

Lesson 1.3: Identifying Immediate Risks

Lesson 1.4: Choosing Priorities and Setting Goals

Module 1 Check: Where Things Are Now

Module 2: Safety First A family safety plan, staying safe during incidents, protecting siblings and knowing who to call.

Lesson 2.1: Building a Family Safety Plan

Lesson 2.2: Staying Safe During an Incident

Lesson 2.3: Protecting Brothers, Sisters and Others at Home

Lesson 2.4: When to Call for Help

Module 2 Check: Safety First

Module 3: Understanding the Roots Everyday pressures, trauma, neurodiversity, mental health, friendships and withdrawal.

Lesson 3.1: Behaviour as a Signal of Need

Lesson 3.2: Trauma, Loss and Adversity

Lesson 3.3: Neurodiversity and Mental Health

Lesson 3.4: Friends and Peer Influence

Lesson 3.5: When Your Teenager Withdraws

Module 3 Check: Understanding the Roots

Module 4: The Calm Parent Your triggers, spotting conflict early, de-escalation, power struggles, delaying your response and self-care.

Lesson 4.1: Your Stress and Your Triggers

Lesson 4.2: Spotting Conflict Early

Lesson 4.3: De-escalation Skills

Lesson 4.4: Stepping Out of Power Struggles

Lesson 4.5: Delaying Your Response

Lesson 4.6: Self-Care in Hard Times

Module 4 Check: The Calm Parent

Module 5: Talking, Listening and Calming Anger Listening without judging, clear expectations, helping with anger and repairing after arguments.

Lesson 5.1: Listening Without Judging

Lesson 5.2: Clear Expectations, Fewer Lectures

Lesson 5.3: Helping Your Teenager Manage Anger

Lesson 5.4: Repairing After an Argument

Module 5 Check: Talking, Listening and Calming Anger

Module 6: Calm Authority – Consequences and NVR Fair consequences, involving your teenager, and non-violent resistance: presence, announcements and holding firm.

Lesson 6.1: Consequences That Work for Teenagers

Lesson 6.2: Involving Your Teenager in the Plan

Lesson 6.3: When Consequences Aren’t Enough – Non-Violent Resistance

Lesson 6.4: Increasing Parental Presence

Lesson 6.5: Making an Announcement

Lesson 6.6: Holding Firm Without Escalating

Module 6 Check: Calm Authority – Consequences and NVR

Module 7: Aggression and Child-to-Parent Violence Recognising child-to-parent violence, responding safely, after an incident, and breaking the silence.

Lesson 7.1: Recognising Child-to-Parent Violence

Lesson 7.2: Responding to Aggression Safely

Lesson 7.3: After an Incident

Lesson 7.4: Breaking the Silence and Getting Support

Module 7 Check: Aggression and Child-to-Parent Violence

Module 8: Going Missing, Exploitation and Offending What to do if your teenager goes missing, signs of exploitation, and the youth justice system.

Lesson 8.1: When a Young Person Goes Missing

Lesson 8.2: Signs of Exploitation

Lesson 8.3: Understanding the Youth Justice System

Lesson 8.4: Supporting Your Child Through It

Module 8 Check: Going Missing, Exploitation and Offending

Module 9: Repairing the Relationship Reconciliation gestures, rebuilding trust, noticing positive change and talking about what happened.

Lesson 9.1: Reconciliation Gestures

Lesson 9.2: Rebuilding Trust Step by Step

Lesson 9.3: Noticing Positive Change

Lesson 9.4: Talking About What Happened

Module 9 Check: Repairing the Relationship

Module 10: Building a Support Network Supporters, working with professionals, and community and faith support.

Lesson 10.1: Why Supporters Matter

Lesson 10.2: Recruiting Your Support Network

Lesson 10.3: Working With Professionals

Lesson 10.4: Community and Faith Support

Module 10 Check: Building a Support Network

Module 11: Mastery and Maintenance Reviewing progress, planning for setbacks and your behaviour change plan.

Lesson 11.1: Reviewing Your Progress

Lesson 11.2: Planning for Setbacks

Lesson 11.3: Your Behaviour Change Plan

Lesson 11.4: Course Summary and Ongoing Support

Module 11 Check: Mastery and Maintenance

Final Assessment Complete the course evaluation and final assessment to receive your IFDP Teen Behaviour Mastery Programme Certificate of Completion.

Course Evaluation

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