Every parent knows the moment: a child melting down, and the instinct to fix it, explain it, or stop it right now. But a dysregulated nervous system can’t take in logic, a plan, or a consequence until it feels it’s been seen, understood, and accepted first.
Connect Before You Correct is Dr Faiza Khan’s parenting workshop, built on the Australian Childhood Foundation’s Bringing Up Great Kids framework — delivered by Dr Khan as an accredited BUGK facilitator — and woven through with the PACE framework (Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy) and values work drawn from ACT. It doesn’t teach you to manage behaviour from the outside. It teaches you to understand what’s happening underneath it, and to lead with connection first — so that correction, when it’s needed, actually lands.
The workshop runs as a single, focused four-hour in-person session. To make the most of the time together, attendees are asked to complete a short set of pre-reading materials before the day — sent out once enrolment is confirmed — so the session itself can stay hands-on, discussion-based, and practical.
For further information, please visit https://thoughtspooltherapy.com.au/product/4-hour-workshop/