Free Triple P training for professionals in Queensland

Queensland-based practitioners and agencies who provide parenting and family support services at no direct cost to Queensland families may be eligible for free Triple P training, resources and implementation support, thanks to Queensland Government funding.

Practitioners can access professional development across a wide variety of Triple P programs to meet their community’s needs and match training with their service delivery model. Triple P programs can be offered to parents and carers as individual sessions, one-off small or large group workshops, or more intensive multi-week programs delivered in groups or individually.

All training is designed for a multi-disciplinary audience working with parents and carers in a professional capacity, including:

• Allied health professionals (e.g. psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists)
• Nurses
• General practitioners
• Community and social service workers
• First Nations health and family support workers
• Early childhood educators
• School counsellors and guidance officers

Participating organisations receive support from a Triple P Implementation Consultant (IC) to develop a tailored implementation plan. This helps Triple P be integrated into the usual services and support provided by partner organisations. First Nations ICs are available to help agencies deliver Triple P in culturally informed ways.

About the program

The Triple P – Positive Parenting Program^® is an evidence-based program, designed to help parents and carers support children and young people’s healthy development and emotional wellbeing.

Triple P is one of the world’s most well-known and proven parenting support programs, offering a range of low to intense programs to suit every family’s needs.

Triple P can be incorporated into a practitioner’s work, whether the focus is:

• Enhancing parent-child relationships and general parenting
• Preventing problems from developing
• Providing early intervention for identified concerns or issues
• Working intensively with parents and families to address complex child behavioural and emotional concerns.

Triple P interventions can be of particular benefit to those working with vulnerable and complex families,offering safe and effective tools to use as part of trauma-informed and attachment approaches.

In addition to the core program for families with children up to 12 years, there are specific courses for practitioners working with parents of babies, teens and First Nations families, as well as families with children with disabilities, anxiety, separating or divorcing parents and more.

Developed locally at The University of Queensland, Triple P programs are backed by fourdecades of ongoing research, with the Queensland Government funding professional development for Queensland practitioners since mid-2015.

About the training

Triple P’s courses provide high-quality professional learning to help practitioners engage positively and effectively with parents and carers about their children’s social and emotional wellbeing.

The training programs are combined with implementation support and resources to support effective delivery of the program with families.

Now available face-to-face or online via Zoom, Triple P training courses blend lecture-style and experiential learning modules.

The training process includes didactic instruction, modelling by the trainer, video examples of discrete skills, small-group exercises for active skills practice and group discussions of key issues.

Training courses provide participants with, but not limited to:

• Core principles of positive parenting
• Proven, practical strategies for optimising children’s development
• Early detection and effective responses to guide children’s behaviour
• Strategies for conducting effective consultations with parents
• Understanding of a self-regulatory and minimally sufficient approach
• Skills to address common process issues when working with parents

All professional development courses are conducted by accredited Triple P trainers holding a minimum qualification of a master’s degree or equivalent in education or clinical psychology.

Training offers individuals:

• A comprehensive training program with accreditation
• Flexible training options via video conference or in-person
• Program certification
• Comprehensive training materials including a program manual, participant notes and parent resources to deliver the program to families
• Various teaching methods including instructive presentation, video demonstration, clinical problem solving, rehearsal of consultation skills, feedback and peer coaching
• Access to a Queensland-specific Triple P Provider website – a one-stop community support network with everything needed to make delivering Triple P easier, including additional implementation and clinical resources such as research articles, parent handouts and video materials
• Ongoing support including free clinical workshops and practitioner support sessions

Find out more about Queensland training:

• If you are interested in seeking professional development in Triple P for yourself and/or staff, please email connect@triplep.net
• Be sure to indicate you’d like to participate in the Queensland Government training, and a member of Triple P’s Queensland team will be in touch.