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“Interrelate's program, Building Connections
is helping separated parents all over Australia”
Building Connections is a three hour parenting education seminar that has been developed
to support parents practise positive ways of parenting after separation.
It helps them:
• understand the effects of family separation on children
• understand the impact of parental conflict on children
• improve communication with the other parent
• to be a more effective parent
The focus of this program is on raising parental awareness of reducing the risk
of harm to children caused by high, unresolved, entrenched conflict.
BC was piloted in 2005/2006 and rolled out to Family Relationship Centres and other service providers in 2006. Due to it’s incredible success and the encouragement from the Federal Government, BC went national in 2008. Today almost 50 organisations (listed below) and 200 facilitators have had the benefit of Interrelate’s Facilitator Training Program.
Interrelate has other similar programs under developement and anticipates they will be available to other organisations by July of 2011.
Organisations trained to run BC from 2008 - 2010:
Anglican Community Care Mount Gambier SA
Anglican Community Care FRC Parramatta NSW
Bankstown FRC Bankstown NSW
Berry Street FRC Shepparton VIC
Cathlicare Enmore Enmore NSW
Catholic Education Office Horsham VIC
Centacare Bathurst Bathurst NSW
Centacare Burnie Burnie TAS
Centacare Family Service Geraldton WA
Centacare Geraldton Geraldton WA
Centacare New England Armidale NSW
Centacare Sandhurst Sandhurst VIC
Centacare Sydney Bankstown NSW
Centacare Wagga Wagga NSW
Centacare Wyalla Wyalla SA
Centrecare Goldfields Kalgoorlie WA
Community Connections Warrnambool VIC
Eastlakes Family Support Service Gateshead West NSW
FRC Toowoomba (Centacare) Toowoomba QLD
Lifecare Counselling and Family Services Bankstown NSW
Lifeline Maroochydore QLD
Lifeline Caboolture QLD
Lifeline Mackay QLD
Lifeline Community Care Hervey Bay QLD
Lopich Lawyers Shell Harbour NSW
Newcastle Family Support Services Inc Newcastle NSW
Relationships Australia Alice Springs NT
Relationships Australia Adelaide Adelaide SA
Relationships Australia Berri Berri SA
Uniting Care Port Pirie Port Pirie SA
Upper Hunter Community Services Inc. Muswellbrook NSW
Mallee Family Care Mildura VIC
Midland Family Relationship Centre Midland WA
Centrecare Perth WA
Centacare Perth WA
Family Court Perth WA
Relationships Australia Alice Springs NT
Catholic Care Alice Springs NT
Child & Family Services Ballarat VIC
Anglicare Darwin NT