Free online learning pathways to support your parenting journey
Hampshire County Council, in partnership with Togetherness, offers families free access to a range of online courses that support emotional wellbeing – for both grown-ups and children. Each course provides practical tips and advice to help you feel more confident as a parent, navigate family life and strengthen your relationships. Whether you're a mum, dad, foster parent or grandparent, there's a course for you. There are also courses specially designed for professionals working with children.
Developed by psychologists and professionals, courses have been designed to help you understand your child’s feelings, development and behaviour, as well as focus on your own feelings as you grow as a family.
It’s easy to register for free unlimited access:
- Visit togetherness.co.uk/pathway-library
- Enter the free access code
- Register to create your account
- Choose the courses that suit you
Use free access code:
FAMILY
Togetherness pathways
For parents and carers
Learn about your child’s development and build your confidence in parenting.
Pathways cover the stages of a child’s development and offer helpful advice and ideas from other parents and NHS professionals.
For grandparents
Accessible learning for grandparents who want to understand the evolving needs of children in the modern world.
Pathways introduce ideas to expand your caring ‘toolkit’ to respond to different behaviours and help raise thriving children.
For teenagers
Just for teenagers to help understand and thrive in adolescence. Have you ever wondered why making decisions becomes so hard or why emotions seem bigger and more intense?
The pathways for teens explain how brain development impacts how we feel and behave.
Courses for families from bump to 19+
Antenatal
Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby
What you’ll get from the course:
- Insights into your baby’s brain development.
- Information on pain relief, birth positions and preparing to take your baby home.
- Approaches for feeding, soothing and bonding with your baby.
- Learn about the foundations of wellbeing and mental health.
Understanding pregnancy, labour, birth and your baby: for women couples
What you’ll get from the course:
- Insights into your baby’s brain development.
- Information on pain relief, birth positions and preparing to take your baby home.
- Approaches for feeding, soothing and bonding with your baby.
- Learn about the foundations of wellbeing and mental health.
- Course content that’s tailored to female couples.
Postnatal (0–6 months)
Understanding your baby
What you’ll get from the course:
- Practical information and advice, much like you would get from a traditional baby group.
- Guidance for sleeping, feeding, playing, soothing and connecting with your baby.
- A deeper understanding of your baby’s brain and their feelings.
- Includes some specialist material tailored to fathers.
Understanding your preterm or sick baby in hospital
What you’ll get from the course:
- Learn about your baby’s development, understand their needs and read their cues.
- Guidance for feeding, sleeping and crying.
- Practical advice to help you navigate your time in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
- Support for your own emotional wellbeing.
Understanding your preterm or sick baby now you’re home
What you’ll get from the course:
- Tips for adjusting to being at home with your preterm or sick baby.
- Guidance for feeding, sleeping and crying.
- Learn about your baby’s development, understand their needs and read their cues.
- Support for your own emotional wellbeing.
6 months to 19+ years
Understanding your child: from toddler to teenager
What you’ll get from the course:
- Discover how your child’s brain grows and develops.
- Better understand your child’s feelings and emotions – for when they’re happy, sad, angry, tired or anxious.
- Explore how to build better sleep routines and address sleep issues.
- Learn about the foundations of wellbeing and mental health.
Understanding your child with additional needs
What you’ll get from the course:
- Better understand your child, their emotions and how to help them process them.
- Find effective ways to guide your child through anger.
- Understand the stages of your child’s brain development.
- Learn to recognise and process your own feelings and emotions.
Understanding your child’s feelings (a taster pathway)
What you’ll get from the course:
- Tools to help you read and identify your child’s behaviours.
- Discover how different behaviours may indicate different feelings.
- Understand when your child might be feeling happy, sad, tired or anxious.
- Learn about the foundations of wellbeing and mental health.
Understanding your child’s mental health and wellbeing
What you’ll get from the course:
- Discover ways you can help your child or teenager process their emotions.
- Understand mental health difficulties such as depression, anxiety and self-harm.
- Explore the support available if your child is struggling with their mental health.
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your child
What you’ll get from the course:
- Insight into how disrupted relationships and routines may have affected your child’s wellbeing.
- Strategies to support your child if they’re feeling anxious or unsettled.
- A clearer understanding of the pandemic’s potential effects on social skills, confidence, separation anxiety and developmental progress.
Preteen to teenager
Understanding your teenager’s brain
What you’ll get from the course:
- A clear understanding of the key developmental changes that occur during adolescence.
- Insights into how your teenager’s brain is growing and evolving.
- Learn how teenage sleep patterns shift and how to support healthy rest.
- Gain insights on your teenager’s emotional wellbeing and changing needs.
Moving up to secondary school for children with additional needs
What you’ll get from the course:
- Practical tips to help prepare your child for their first day at their new school.
- Strategies for managing challenging environments, such as busy corridors and loud noises.
- A deeper understanding of your child’s emotions and how to support them through change.
- Guidance on recognising and processing your own feelings during this transition.
Understanding the impact of the pandemic on your teenager
What you’ll get from the course:
- Insight into how disrupted relationships and routines may have affected your teenagers' wellbeing.
- Strategies to support your teenager if they’re feeling anxious or unsettled.
- A clearer understanding of the pandemic’s potential effects on social skills, confidence, separation anxiety and developmental progress.
Understanding your brain (for teenagers only)
What you’ll get from the course:
- Learn how your brain functions differently as you grow into adulthood.
- Find out more about why your sleep patterns shift during your teenage years.
- Discover how your brain helps you make friends and build meaningful relationships.
- Understand your brain’s role in risk-taking and social behaviour.
Understanding your feelings (for teenagers only)
What you’ll get from the course:
- Discover how to recognise, understand and manage your emotions.
- Learn how to express your feelings clearly and build stronger relationships through better communication.
- Explore the inner workings of your teenage brain and how it differs from an adult's.
Adults
Understanding your relationships
What you’ll get from the course:
- Learn how to understand your emotions, needs and communication styles.
- Strategies to manage conflict and control feelings of anger or frustration.
- Discover how early experiences can shape emotional health and resilience.
- Ideas and approaches to help you get the best out of yourself and others.
Understanding your own trauma
What you’ll get from the course:
- Learn to identify trauma and understand how it affects your emotions and behaviour.
- Develop deeper insight into trauma, including how to recognise, process and manage emotional triggers.
- Explore the path to healing, including the key stages of recovery.
- Support for individuals who have experienced trauma due to loss, bereavement, accidents or illness.
Courses for professionals working with children
These free online courses for all professionals in Hampshire provide 3.5 hours of continuing professional development (CPD).
How to access
It’s simple to register for free unlimited access:
- Register at Togetherness
- Enter the free access code
- Choose the courses that suit you
Use free access code:
FAMILY_PRF
Use free access code:
FAMILY_PRF
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