Parenting Help!
We fully understand that parenting can be a bitter sweet experience with its highs and lows. The best part is that you’re not alone in this. We bring you great solutions that are easy to follow and practice. Write to us with your parenting queries and we will give you the best suited remedies that can be put into use in no time!

Individual and Group Counselling
The individual and group counselling programme is conducted with individuals with concerns. The sessions are one hour per individual for a full counselling session and time durations may vary for follow ups. The sessions can be taken once or twice a week depending on the urgency and need of the client. The group sessions are conducted with groups having a common concern.

Consultancy on Development of In-house Counselling Centre
The professionals at Polygon help the school in setting up and developing processes of a fully functioning Counselling Resource Centre. The processes are well defined and essential to follow for smooth functioning. The processes set for the centre/department are transparent and encourage accountability on part of professionals working for the same. We place Counselors suitable to the school environment. The professional placed at your school follows the standard operating procedure and caters specifically to the grade level needed. 

Leadership Coaching
Our Leadership Coaching programmes entails an initial evaluation with the client to illustrate his personality traits, strengths and weaknesses which helps the coach to focus on areas that would need realizing potential and facilitating growth. We ensure a deep understanding of his role and responsibilities that require his key leadership skills in order to coach and develop key skills to manage them effectively.

Classroom Management Coaching
Our Classroom Management Coaching programme is a unique and well-designed intervention to reach teachers and educators who find themselves good at teaching but are caught up with classroom management problems that hinder their progress as teaching professionals. We reach out to them with practical solutions which are suited specific to their key problems. The programme is set to coach individual teachers with a detailed intake on their experiences in their classrooms and problems faced accompanied with an analysis based on classroom observations by the coach. The programme duration would vary with problems faced, nature and teaching style of client.

Career Counselling
Seek the direction and success will make its way!!!!
We at Polygon Learning and Education Pvt. Ltd. firmly believe in guiding individuals in making informed career and academic choices. As an average span of 45 years of an individual is spent in working and growing professionally we find it extremely important for one to think considerably about choices one has made. Most of these crucial choices begin when one is in school and is transitioning into the outside world, at this point we as team shoulder the school and work towards helping each student find his path to eventually feel satisfied and confident.
Our comprehensive report highlights indivdiual's strengths and allows them to sharpen their vision forward in their academic or career path. 
Approach to Career Counselling

Career Counselling is offered to individuals as well as a package to schools.

Career Guidance Curriculum
Polygon Learning & Education Pvt. Ltd. believes that comprehensive Career Guidance Programme in a school is an important strategy to assist the youth in school to work transition. Effective career development intervention must begin early in primary grades and continue into adult years. The Career Guidance Curriculum is a series of lessons taken through the year divided into 4 modules. Each module has 10 lessons considering 1 lesson per week. The periods are divided by concepts/ themes into blocks.

Children’s Movie Club
The Children’s Movie Club, designed for children from grades 3-10, is a package of films watched by psychologists and carefully analysed for suitability of content as per developmental age and maturity levels of the children. The Movies are based on topics relevant to children like dealing with fears, solving problems with the classmates, independent decision making, being grateful, etc. The movie is followed with a pre-planned and designed activity, facilitated by the Psychologist. An extension of the club is the parent note that is sent out to the parents with brief information on films screened and a few valuable suggestions on helping the child with specific areas learnt during the film.

Parenting Workshops
Polygon Learning & Education Pvt. Ltd. believes parenting to be the most special relationship in an individual’s life. With the emergence of hectic corporate schedules, we understand the need for spending quality time with children, employ healthy means of imbibing discipline and nurturing a personality in your child geared towards compassion, success and health. Our workshops are facilitated by well trained professional staff having years of experience working with children/adolescents and bringing families together identifying each other’s strengths and weaknesses. We are effective in making intense parent - child partnership ensuring not only academic excellence but also build the right foundation for a wholesome life.

Resource Development (Teaching and Counselling Aids)
Polygon conceptualises, designs educational and counselling aids that facilitate and enhance learning and personal growth. The resources are designed and in a way suitable to the use of parents, teachers, tutors, children. There are a varied range of products that focus on specific areas of learning, personal growth catering to different age groups and education levels. For example, to name a few from our resource Bank Parenting games on "what it takes to be a parent", communication skills through cartooning, self acceptance bedroom posters for kids, self affirmations cube, career housie, study skills snakes and ladders game and many many more...

Curriculum Development and Supervision
The foundation years being most crucial, the Pre-School has to ensure the all-round development of every child that enters the premises. The syllabus and lessons are designed in a way to ensure International standards of learning; adherence to holistic approach for the overall development of the child; integrate innovative teaching methodology with the use of audio visuals, real experiences, field trips and projects; focus on pre-readiness skills and gradually move to concepts; incorporate projects, science experiences, print and reading, world awareness through daily news session both in junior and senior sections and Inculcate fluency in reading through exposure to age appropriate books and reading worksheets. The planned curriculum will ensure that there are no gaps between any two levels, thus help students to achieve a smooth transition from Pre- Primary to Primary section.

School Consultancy (Consultancy on Setting up a School)
Consultancy by its very nature is customized to what you are looking for. The idea is to guide you and help you reach your aspirations which includes providing marketing & sales strategy, operations, designing classroom, school equipment & furniture, teacher resources, HR manual, school complaints procedure, financials, school uniforms, content & design for report cards, school diary, multiple use of the infrastructure, administration & systems, ready to use observation books for teachers and teacher appraisals.

Teacher Training
In our ever-changing contemporary society, the needs of children are more complex, forcing us to re-evaluate and re-learn some old lessons. Educational institutions are faced with the daunting task of providing a teacher workforce that is savvy and well-equipped to meet these changing needs. “Polygon Learning & Education Pvt. Ltd.”, with its trained professionals, aims to train teachers and educators to better understand the complexities of imparting holistic education. One of the services specially designed for schools include: Teacher Training programs. We believe that teachers must be the starting point to begin the transformation process in impacting children. In response to this we have developed the Teacher Training workshops, a salad bowl of easy to chew comprehensive and practically oriented sessions which will equip teachers to be effective in the classroom.

Questions

1. My child (age 4) has bedwetting concerns and feels very embarrassed too. How can I help him?

Dear Parent,

As you notice your child’s embarrassment which indicates his feeling of shame for the inability to control his bladder, It maybe important to keep calm and avoid shouting, scolding or making him clean up after himself as it may give him the feeling of being punished. Simply change his clothes and sheets and put him back to bed.

His body may find it difficult to maintain night time dryness as he still may need to learn the ability to wake himself up in time when his bladder is full. This may seem even more difficult if he is deep sleeper.

To help him you could begin with monitoring his fluid intake in the evenings and reduce it to the minimum till night. Make 2-3 washroom trips from 6pm to bedtime with regular intervals no matter what. Make one last trip to the washroom before bedtime.

Observe if there is a pattern you notice of the bedwetting timing at night. Set an alarm and wake him up at that time and assist him to the washroom for a week. This will help him feel in control.

To avoid accidents make sure to spread a waterproof sheet on his mattress.

Mostly bedwetting is considered acceptable till age 5. However if it continues repeatedly post that consult your paediatrician and analyse any significant life changes occurred.

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2. How can I teach my 6 yr old that losing is ok and can be dealt with gracefully?
My child can get very frustrated after losing. How should I help him?

Dear Parent,

As most parents allow their kids to win games initially and thereby follow it up with cheering and rewarding, the child learns winning is important. Childrens imagination increases with age and thereby their need to feel powerful and creative increases, at this time acknowledging their limitations and sharing maybe difficult for them.

As a parent you can try the following:

• > Play games based on cooperation and not competition.
• > Focus on the skills needed to play than the end result.
  > If the child looses focus on the strengths displayed in play and areas he could get better. Focus on practising the skills than the end.
  > Discuss and share personal scenarios of loss at work etc to indicate loosing is ok at times.
  > Try not to analyse and judge loss too much as it may emphasise winning.
  > In a situation of loss allow the child to express their frustration and then assist them in developing statements or behaviours to calm down. For eg: sit with your child and devise coping statements like “It’s a game where participation is important. I did my best and it’s ok to loose.” Move away from other players and sit somewhere far from others.
  > Quickly offer to play another round of game.
  > Avoid expressing cheer or celebration when someone else wins.
  > Avoid saying or indicating things that shows loosing is bad.
  > Share and make up stories and characters that demonstrate loosing is ok.

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3. My daughter (age 5) is seen playing with her food and refuses to eat. This frustrates me and often turns mealtimes into wars. Please help.

Dear Parent,

It maybe important to first observe the mealtime routine, other family members way of eating and amount of attention given to her when she displays these behaviours.

To make mealtimes pleasurable you could do the following:

• Set the table with everything needed so no one needs to get up between meals to fetch things.
  Ensure everyone required in the family is present during mealtimes as necessary.
  Have conversations and focus on things that do not focus on food. Involve your child in this discussion and distract from fiddling.
  Avoid shouting or giving long sermons to your child about eating food at the table.
  Do not immediately offer to feed.
  Allow to leave the meal if it persists. When the child is hungry they will express it themselves and this will allow them to learn that eating by self is important.
  If mealtimes are with television on then redirect your child’s attention to eating then fiddling or staying engrossed. If possible switch off TV during meals.
  Tell her firmly “I notice you are playing with your food. Food is meant to be eaten not to be played with”.
  Set an interesting activity after the meal is over.
  If food is fiddled due to it having vegetable content then tell stories or make characters of them with their importance post or pre meal times. Remind this to the child before sitting to eat.
  Sometimes set a short competition to see who can chew and eat first.
  Make a mealtime routine chart with visuals that indicate steps for mealtime and put it up in the eating area.
  Appreciate every time the child eats without playing.
  Follow the above consistently to observe changes.

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4. I have observed my preschooler lying and it shocks me to see that he does it without thinking. I get angry at this and fear if it will become a habit. Please advise.

Dear Parent,

It is seen very commonly for preschoolers to lie for small things. This could be as they do not realise the difference between reality and fantasy yet or they want to avoid punishments and awkward scenes with you. It maybe important to first find out their need to lie before we can help them give up lying. Children think they need to make themselves look better because they don't know they are good enough as they are.

Things you could do to help him are:

• Talk about what is real, true and how they are different from fantasy, wishes, possibility, pretend, and make believe. Use cues to discriminate between the two.:
• "I think it happened this way," "I think this is the answer," "I'm not sure..." "Maybe..." (possibility)
• Sometimes children who are impulsive say things without thinking. This impulsivity component can lead to dishonesty because of a lack of self-control. It's not always malicious lying.
  Be proactive in teaching about honesty. Tell stories that demonstrate honesty.
  Avoid asking questions that invite lying. Especially a question to which you already know the answer. "Did you clean your room?" Instead say, "I notice you didn't pick your toys. Lets go and finish picking them up.
  Look at solutions to problems instead of blaming. "What should we do about getting the spilt milk cleaned?" instead of, "Did you spill the milk now?"
  When you notice and can sense the situation be honest yourself. Say, "That doesn't sound like the truth to me. Most of us lie when we feel scared. Are you feeling scared?
  Share experience of your own with him and tell him about the times it was difficult for you to speak the truth but you decided to say it to be honest.
  Most children lie because they fear that they will not be liked and therefore do what they want lie and make you feel that they are doing what is expected. Make sure your child knows that he is liked and loved unconditionally. When he child comes up and speaks the truth appreciate him.
  Allow him to explore and do as many things as possible. Most children lie if they find their parents to be very controlling so they try to please them by allowing them to believe that they are doing what they are supposed to do.