The Parent Toolkit Collection

Practical guidance. Evidence-informed. Designed for real family life.

Parenting doesn't come with a manual—but it should come with practical, trustworthy support.

The Parent Toolkit Collection has been created to give parents and carers the knowledge, confidence and practical strategies to better understand and support their child. Each toolkit combines professional expertise with recognised, evidence-informed approaches, translating research into simple, practical guidance that can be used in everyday family life.

Unlike traditional parenting books, these aren't resources to simply read and put on the shelf.

Each toolkit includes opportunities to reflect, practise and apply your learning through

What's Included?

Every Parent Toolkit contains:

📘 A Parent Guide

An easy-to-follow guide explaining the theory, research and practical strategies behind each topic.

📖 An Interactive Workbook

A companion workbook packed with activities, planning templates and practical exercises to help you apply what you've learnt to your own child and family.

Together, they provide a step-by-step learning experience that you can work through at your own pace and revisit whenever you need to.

Why Choose the Parent Toolkit Collection?

Every toolkit has been developed using a combination of:

  • Professional experience supporting children, young people and families.

  • Evidence-informed practice and recognised behavioural approaches.

  • Practical strategies that can be used immediately.

  • Real-life examples to help make complex concepts easier to understand.

  • Guided workbook activities that encourage meaningful, lasting change.

Our aim is simple: to make professional knowledge accessible, practical and easy to implement at home.

A Collection That Grows With You

The Parent Toolkit Collection is an expanding series covering a wide range of topics to support families at different stages of their journey.

Future toolkits will explore areas such as emotional regulation, anxiety, school attendance, executive functioning, sensory needs, building independence and many more.

Each guide has been designed to work as a standalone resource, whilst also forming part of a wider collection that parents can return to whenever new challenges arise.

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Looking Beyond the Behaviour

Looking Beyond the Behaviour is the first guide in the Parent Toolkit Collection; a series of practical, evidence-informed resources designed to help parents better understand, support and positively influence their child's behaviour.

Rather than simply telling you what to do, this toolkit explains why behaviour happens and gives you practical activities to help you apply your learning in everyday family life.

This toolkit includes 50 pages split into two printable PDF downloads:

📘 Parent Guide
A professionally written guide combining research, practical strategies and real-life examples to help you understand behaviour through a different lens. Drawing on evidence-informed approaches, including the PACE framework and collaborative problem-solving principles, the guide explores why behaviour occurs and how understanding it is the first step towards creating positive change.

📖 Interactive Workbook
A companion workbook filled with practical templates, guided activities and planning tools designed to help you put the theory into practice. From behaviour observation and ABC tracking to action planning and reflection exercises, the workbook supports you in applying your learning to your own child and family.

What you'll learn

  • Why behaviour is a form of communication.

  • How to identify patterns, triggers and unmet needs.

  • Practical ways to observe and understand behaviour.

  • How your responses can influence behaviour over time.

  • How to use the PACE approach to strengthen connection whilst maintaining boundaries.

  • How to create realistic action plans to support lasting change.

Who is this toolkit for?

This resource is ideal for parents and carers of children who are displaying behaviours that they find difficult to understand or manage. Whether your child has additional needs, is awaiting assessment, or simply needs additional support, this toolkit will help you develop the knowledge and confidence to respond with greater understanding and purpose.

Contents

A Personal Welcome

How to get the most from this guide

Section One - Behaviour is Communication

Section Two - Looking Beyond the Behaviour

Section Three - From Reaction to Response

Section Four - The PACE Approach

Take Ten

Templates and Notes(Workbook) with 7 activities including:

My Child at a Glance

7-Day Observation and Reflection

Understanding The Triggers

From Reaction to Response Planner

Celebrate the Wins

My Next Steps

Tasks & Notes

Why start here?

This is the first and most important toolkit in the Parent Toolkit Collection.

Before we can change behaviour, we first need to understand it.

Everything that follows in the collection builds on the knowledge and skills introduced in this guide, making it the perfect place to begin your journey.

Instant Digital Download

✔ Printable PDF format
✔ Two professionally designed resources included (Guide + Workbook)
✔ Download immediately after purchase
✔ Complete at your own pace and revisit whenever you need it

Developed by Sladen Advisory using professional experience alongside recognised, evidence-informed approaches to behaviour, SEND and trauma-informed practice.

£24.99

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