Escuela para Padres, Tutores y Familiares

Virtual Course for Parents, Guardians and Family Members: Health, Parenting and Wellbeing

This program, consisting of six 90-minute sessions held once a week from the comfort of your home, covers everything from preconception preparation to establishing a healthy lifestyle for the family. Each session combines theory, reflection, tools, approaches, and practical activities to ensure immediate application.

Parents in Action │ Healthy Families

A comprehensive journey towards health, attachment, and physical and emotional well-being for families from preconception

This program of six 90-minute sessions, once a week and without leaving home, combines theory, practical tools, addressing violence and addictions, and guided activities to ensure immediate application.

Meeting 1: Preconception Health, Self-Care and Addictions

Goals

• Recognize the influence of healthy habits and addictions on reproductive health.
• Design a personal plan for nutrition, exercise, self-care, and reduced consumption.

Contents

• Key nutrients and preconception supplementation.
• Physical activity routines adapted to each couple.
• Basic techniques for stress management and mental self-care.
• Impact of tobacco, alcohol and substances on fertility and development.
• Behavioral addictions: screens, mobiles and gaming.

Tools

• Lifestyle test and addiction risk detection.
• Weekly menu template, exercise routine and detox plan.
• Quick guide to breathing and relaxation.

Activities and Approach

• Individual self-assessment and guided reflection.
• I work in pairs to create a 7-day plan of healthy habits and reduced consumption.
• Mini workshop on conscious breathing.

Meeting 2: First 1,000 Days – Nutrition and Development

Goals

• Understanding how the first 1,000 days shape future health and development.
• Identify appropriate feeding and stimulation practices at each stage.

Contents

• Epigenetics and brain plasticity.
• Nutrition during pregnancy, breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
• Signs of motor and cognitive development.
• Tools to monitor growth and milestones.

Tools

• Interactive timeline for tracking milestones.
• Checklist of foods and textures by age.
• Weight and percentile record sheet.

Activities and Approach

• Case study: monitoring a hypothetical baby.
• Brainstorming to enrich family meals.
• Assignment of a food and emotions diary.

Meeting 3: Communication, Attachment, Violence and Addictions

Goals

• Understanding attachment styles and their long-term impact.
• Detecting signs of child and family violence.
• Understanding how addictions affect bonding and communication.

Contents

• Types of attachment and signs of a healthy bond.
• Principles of active listening and non-violent language.
• Definition and types of violence: physical, psychological, neglect and gender-based.
• Signs of problematic consumption and its effect on the family.

Tools

• Parental attachment style self-assessment form.
• Checklist of signs of abuse and addiction.
• Guide to open-ended questions to explore emotions and consumption.

Activities and Approach

• Role-playing of conflict situations and problematic consumption.
• Case study: Identifying signs of violence and abuse in a story.
• Family communication plan to express concerns without judgment.

Meeting 4: Parental Roles, Extended Family, Gender Violence and Educational Environment

Goals

• Define the roles of each caregiver and establish partnerships.
• Recognizing dynamics of gender violence and power in the home.
• Create effective bridges between family and school or daycare.

Contents

• Parenting styles: authoritarian, permissive, and democratic.
• Impact of domestic violence on children and parenting.
• Roles of grandparents and other caregivers.
• Strategies for collaboration with educators.

Tools

• Roles and responsibilities agreement template.
• Family protocol for responding to domestic violence.
• Directory of helplines, call centers and support networks.

Activities and Approach

• Collaborative drawing activity: “My support tribe”.
• Simulation of parent-teacher meeting and referral to external resources.
• Preparation of a “safe cohabitation agreement” signed by the family.

Meeting 5: Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual Wellbeing and Addiction Prevention

Goals

• Integrate self-care practices into the four dimensions of well-being.
• Strengthening family resilience and preventing relapses in addictions.

Contents

• Active breaks and family exercises.
• Mindfulness, journaling and breathing techniques to manage “anxiety”.
• Distinction between recreational and problematic consumption.
• Family support in recovery processes and relapse prevention.

Tools

• Daily break and exercise planner.
• Diary of consumption, emotions and triggers.
• Containment network template: contacts and resources for crises.

Activities and Approach

• Mini-guided meditation session.
• Collaborative creation of the “family emotional first aid kit”.
• Design of a “code of commitments” for the prevention of addictions.