Welcome to Family Lab!
Familylab was founded by Jesper Juul, Danish family therapist and author of a number of internationally recognized books on relationships with children and family life.
Our vision is to help improve the emotional, mental and social well-being of today’s and tomorrow’s children and parents!
On this website you will find information about our courses and training programs.
Collaborative and Proactive Solutions
Join our course “Explosive children” about Collaborative and Proactive Solutions with Dr. Ross Greene!
The course is conducted online, via Zoom.
Module 1: Wednesday and Thursday 27 and 28 September at 17 – 20.30 CEST.
Module 2: Wednesday and Thursday 1 and 2 November at 17 – 20.30 CEST.
Adults’ leadership styles in relationships with children
The Authoritative parenting and leadership style is widely considered, based on decades of research, to be the best for children’s development, in families, kindergartens and schools. Here you can learn more about the PLS Authoritative leadership style model. This model helps you to get an overview of the different leadership styles, and to get a practical overview of and understanding of the values, attitudes and skills that is needed to develop an Authoritative leadership style.
Trainer Training in
communication, conflict resolution
and development support!
We have interviewed several of our participants to learn more about how they use the training and the PLS framework in their roles, as educators, managers, supervisors and parents.
You can read some of the interviews here!
Experiences from Kanva’s Kindergartens
15 kindergarten teachers from Kanva’s kindergartens completed the training and use it in their everyday work with children, collaboration with colleagues and guidance of parents. Here you can read more about their experiences:
“I find that the children feel understood and then the number of conflicts decreases”
“The children have more confidence in us helping them, when they know that they also get the opportunity to tell their experience of the situation.
I have also noticed that they have become better at listening to each other and seeing the other’s perspective in conflicts”
Experiences from Primary School
Marit is the principal of the primary school and has taken part in Famlab’s trainer training. You can read more about her experiences here:
“We gained a much better competence to handle challenges”
“It (the PLS) also makes it easier for the adults to work together”
“Among other things, it makes it easier to guide the teachers and assistants who work directly with the students”
“There has been a lot of positive progress this year”
“The PLS model provides a structure to the work that makes it easier to stand in a demanding situation”
Experiences from a Foster Parent
Astrid has extensive experience as a foster parent and participated in Famlab’s PLS trainer training because she has a strong commitment to foster children, foster families, and children and parents in general.:
“Here I feel that the training and the PLS regulation support model have helped me to make this process, with self-reflection and learning, even clearer and more effective.”
“It is my driving force – to be able to convey this to foster parents, especially, who will do their best with the children, and also with the system around.”
Familylab Magazine!
Famlab is part of the international organization FamilyLab Association, FLA.
FLA is present in over 20 countries, with course activities, education, translation of books and articles from Jesper Juul etc.
You can now read the Familylab Magazine, with interviews by Hedvig Montgomery and Jesper Juul.
