May 2026

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Challenging Behaviour in Teens online course

Free self-guided online parenting course for parents dealing with defiant, violent, risk-taking or aggressive behaviour in teenagers.

Age range

This parenting course is suitable for parents of children aged 11-18, who are showing difficult, defiant, risk-taking or aggressive behaviour.

For a more general course for this age group, please see our Parenting Teens online course.

What does the course cover?

  • Defiant behaviour
  • Aggression and violent behaviour
  • Communication and setting boundaries
  • Looking after yourself and strengthening the bonds

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How does the course work?

The course has been developed by experienced parenting professionals and is full of strategies for dealing with challenging behaviour, improving your relationship with your teen and keeping yourself safe in aggressive or violent situations.

This is a self-guided parenting course, which you can do whenever and wherever suits you and work through it at our own pace.

The course is a mixture of text, images, interactive elements, videos and quizzes. You can do it on a mobile, tablet or computer. You’ll get a downloadable certificate when you complete the course.

The course takes approximately 2 hours in total. You have 60 days from registering to complete the course.

See our frequently asked questions about online courses.

See our other online parenting courses.

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