Family, School and Student form the educational triad. The Side by Side program is one of the educational support proposals that the Abat Oliba Loreto school offers to its families.
WE NEED a space – a time and place – to carry out a REFLECTION as parents, and to be able to SHARE it with other families in a similar situation. This is in the face of a concrete proposal, that is, with a GUIDE – who is the speaker.
The proposal is to maintain ACTIVE LISTENING.
Below we propose a series of topics that we will work on at each of the school stages.
The programme consists of an initial opening session open to all families of the school and acquaintances. It is aimed at parents with children at any educational stage.
This session is followed by three more sessions for each stage: Early Childhood Education, Primary Education, Secondary Education and Sixth form. Families can choose which stage they want to register for in order to attend all three sessions. This registration fee will be €40.
We begin the Parents’ School with a session that focuses on love. As fathers and mothers, we know that we are irreplaceable and that our being, doing, feeling, thinking, in short, our ability to love, has an impact on our children. It impacts their self-concept and self-esteem because the child knows themselves through the eyes of their primary caregivers. In addition, every father and mother wants their child to be HAPPY. To do this, we present this session that will bring us closer to attachment theories in order to identify our received bonding history, and enhance our present bonding history.
Sonsoles Gallo
General health psychologist. Coordinator of educational projects in the CEU schools area.
No child arrives at university with a diaper, pacifier or bottle. This starting point is essential to understand that tasks that seem so complex such as: sphincter control, autonomy in feeding, or adequate sleep management, are always resolved in the right way. Consistency, building habits and the clear idea that making them independent is the best gift we can give them, are the lines that mark our destiny in this exciting path of childhood education.
María Solano
PhD in journalism. Director of the magazine Hacer Familia and professor at the CEU San Pablo University.
An interesting session on limits in the earliest stages of our children’s development. With a practical approach, and many examples of everyday situations. Some of the points that can help us when setting limits with our children are: sometimes there is no need to explain anything, a firm NO is a valid limit. Educating in freedom is teaching the path of good and evil. Analyzing the cause of their behavior, maybe that is the key. DO NOT GIVE IN: if you give in, the child learns that their needs are met with this behavior. It often happens that crying and tantrums become their way of communicating.
Teresa Sastre
Psychologist in the department of psychopedagogical guidance for Early Childhood Education and Primary Education at the Abat Oliba Loreto school.
It is natural for jealousy to arise between siblings at some point in the family environment. The arrival of a new member in the family is usually one of the main causes. The child feels threatened by the love of his parents and reacts with various behaviors: tantrums, demands for attention or even sleep disturbances. How can I help my child to better cope with the arrival of a new sibling? These jealousies associated with birth are usually temporary, although sometimes they last for a long time, generating friction in the relationship between siblings. A late management of these first emotions, the increase in demands or comparisons between siblings can prolong the problem longer than necessary. What can and cannot be done to promote a good relationship between siblings?
Beatriz Zanón
Educator, journalist and teacher. P4 tutor at Abat Oliba Loreto.
The question “Who am I?” is a question that arises closely linked to the question “For the love of what or whom do I want to do everything I do?” throughout the growth of our children. It seems complex to be able to look at oneself without feeling loved, while it seems difficult to love oneself without truly knowing oneself. Going through the different stages of development, we will try to explain how the honest and patient gaze of parents is fundamental for the proper personal growth of the child.
Dolores Barroso
Doctor and Professor of Psychology at the UAO CEU. General Health Psychologist specialized in linking anthropological foundations to the practice of comprehensive psychotherapy.
Educate our children in the true meaning and value of their bodies.
We live in a world of contrasts, at a time when on the one hand we sometimes take excessive care of our bodies and on the other hand it seems that we can do anything with them without any consequences.
However, it is urgent to rediscover the deep meaning that is hidden in our body and its value in order to promote proper care and proper relationships, since the body is a sign of the person.
From early childhood to adolescence, the body changes and our children notice it. Sometimes not accepting the changes is a source of suffering and disorders.
It is important to learn as parents to accompany our children on the path of knowing their own intimacy and the beauty of the body they have received, to grow as boys and girls who change and discover who they are in order to establish creative and fruitful relationships.
Ondina Vélez Doctor of Medicine and specialist in Family and Community Medicine.
She combines her medical profession in the public health system with university teaching.
Her main line of research is in Sexual Health regarding sexual behavior in young people.
Studying is usually understood as an activity dedicated to learning or memorizing something, most of the time, in order to face an exam or evaluation. However, we will try to discover that the value of studying lies in the elevation and perfection of the whole person, as it involves the understanding, memory and attention of the student, but also his/her will, his/her affections and even his/her body. Studying involves much more than learning, it enriches our spirit and prepares us to know reality and the deeper meaning of life.
Mariano Bártoli
PhD in Philosophy. Director of Studies for the Degree in Philosophy at UAO CEU.
Identifying the facilitators of addictive behavior: The social aspect and emotional relief. Goals and comparison theory. Gradual progress and incomplete tasks. Stimulus-response frequency. The development of new identities.
Criteria for identifying pathological use: Salience, tolerance and mood modification. Compulsive use, anticipation and self-control. Conflicts, withdrawal syndrome and relapse. Emotional relief.
Learning to detect pathological behaviors in the technological environment: Internet addiction, smartphone addiction, social media addiction, and video games addiction. Online gambling addiction, online shopping addiction, and pornography.
Self-regulation and coping strategies: Habit modification, switches, abstinence and goals. Cognitive restructuring: negative biases and distortions. Self-esteem and family therapy: the root of the problem.
Guillermo Cánovas
Professor, writer and director of the Observatory for the Promotion of Healthy Use of Technology. Educalike.
Sonsoles Gallo
General health psychologist. Coordinator of educational projects in the CEU schools area.
Human life is based on the meaningful bonds that are built throughout their history. Without a doubt, the family plays a central role in the development of these bonds; this becomes evident in childhood, but… what happens when adolescence arrives? To a large extent, this need for belonging and connection passes from parents to friends; however, children continue to need the presence and relationship with their parents, although in a different way. Even so, it is logical that many questions arise: how do we position ourselves as parents at this time? How do we help them build healthy friendships with their peers? How do we differentiate healthy independence from self-sufficiency, isolation, mistrust…? In this session we will try to accompany you so that we can answer these and many other questions together.
Olalla Rodríguez
General health psychologist who combines public care with private practice. Teacher of the Expert course in affective and sexual development at UAO CEU.
Families with children in Early Childhood Education
Families with children in Primary Education
Families with children in Secondary Education and Sixth form
The first session will be at the Theatre on Av.Pearson 22
The rest of the sessions will be established based on capacity and will be communicated in advance to those interested
The first session is open
40€ for the following 3 sessions, which will be paid in the March receipt
Open and joint opening session Thursday, 18th January
First session in stages Wednesday, 14th February
Second session in stages Thursday, 14th March
Third session in stages Thursday, 18th April
