Thursday, 8 October 2026 | Mercure Kathmandu Sukedhara Heights | 9:45 AM onwards
Parent–School Partnership: Building Trust is a professional leadership development programme designed to help school leaders strengthen trust, communication, and collaboration between schools and families. Strong parent–school relationships are not built through communication alone. They require trust, psychological safety, meaningful engagement, reflective leadership, and the ability to navigate difficult conversations constructively.
Drawing on international research and professional practice associated with the Anna Freud Centre and Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK, the programme translates contemporary psychological perspectives into practical approaches that school leaders can apply within their own educational settings.
The programme brings together evidence-informed core learning and experiential reflective practice, creating space for both professional learning and personal reflection.
Schools increasingly navigate complex relationships with families involving:
School leaders are often at the centre of these situations.
This program provides leaders with practical frameworks to move from parent involvement towards meaningful partnership, while strengthening their own reflective leadership capacity.
Participants will explore key concepts and practical approaches including:
Understanding how trust influences whether people are open to receiving, sharing, and acting on information within relationships.
Exploring the difference between simply involving parents and creating genuine, meaningful partnerships.
Understanding how stronger collaboration between schools and families can contribute to student wellbeing, engagement, and educational outcomes.
Identifying the relational, communication, cultural, and institutional barriers that can prevent meaningful parent engagement.
Developing approaches that encourage openness, respectful communication, and collaborative problem-solving.
Building practical strategies for navigating challenging conversations with parents while reducing defensiveness and maintaining relationships.
Developing greater awareness of how leaders think, respond, communicate, and influence relationships within their school community.
The core learning experience combines evidence-informed content with practical leadership application.
Participants will engage with:
The emphasis is on practical application, allowing participants to connect concepts with real challenges encountered within their schools.
The programme also incorporates an experiential art-based reflective learning session designed specifically for leadership wellbeing and professional reflection.
Using creative practice as a medium for exploration, participants will be invited to reflect on:
The session is not about artistic ability. It is designed as a guided reflective experience that complements the core learning and creates space for deeper personal insight.
Facilitator profile and expertise will be featured here.
By the end of the program, participants will be better equipped to:
With over 28 years of clinical experience, Mr. Stephen Radley is a licensed psychotherapist and educational mental health consultant specializing in child and adolescent mental health, parent-school relationships, attachment, family systems, and organisational psychology.
His work integrates psychotherapy, educational psychology, attachment-informed practice, and family systems approaches to support healthier relationships and psychologically safe educational environments. He works closely with school leaders, educators, families, and students to strengthen trust, wellbeing, and effective support systems.
Stephen has undertaken advanced professional training through internationally recognized institutions, including the Anna Freud Centre, Satir Institute, and Society of Analytical Psychology. He currently maintains a private psychotherapy practice in Bangkok and works as a visiting psychotherapist and educational consultant with international schools.
For this learning experience, Stephen brings his extensive clinical and educational expertise to explore the foundations of meaningful parent–school partnership, with a particular focus on building trust, strengthening communication, and creating stronger relationships between schools and families.
This programme is exclusively designed for senior school leadership.
School Directors
Principals / Heads of School
Vice-Principals / Deputy Heads
The program is intentionally positioned as a leadership-level learning experience, allowing participants to explore parent-school relationships from an institutional and strategic perspective.
The program draws on international research, psychological practice, and educational approaches associated with recognised institutions including:
Anna Freud Centre, UK
Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust, UK
The learning is designed to bring these international perspectives into practical application within the educational context.
The Core Learning component of the programme is internationally accredited through:
Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body, United Kingdom
Participants who successfully complete the applicable accredited learning component will receive a CPCAB-accredited certificate recognising their professional learning.
The accreditation applies to the specified Core Learning component of the programme.
| Date | Thursday, 8 October 2026 |
|---|---|
| Time | 9:45 AM onwards |
| Duration | Approximately 4–5 hours |
| Venue | Mercure Kathmandu Sukedhara Heights |
| Participants | School Directors, Principals & Vice-Principals |
| Programme Fee | NPR 7,000 per participant |
| Learning Format | Core Learning + Experiential Learning |
| Certification | CPCAB-accredited certification for the applicable Core Learning component |
| Organised By | Sambhavya Group Pvt. Ltd. |
| Strategic Partner | Quality Kathmandu School |
NPR 7,000 per participant includes:
Sambhavya Group Pvt. Ltd. is a pioneering School Wellness and behavioural health company working at the intersection of psychology, education, mental health, social-emotional learning, professional development, and insititutional wellbeing and growth.
Through its work with educational institutions, communities, and professional teams, Sambhavya aims to strengthen psychologically safe, resilient, and thriving learning environments.
NPR 7,000 per participant
Participation is limited to: School Directors | Principals | Vice-Principals
Registration will be confirmed following successful submission of the registration form and payment verification.
Confirmation: Participants will receive confirmation by email or phone following verification.
Build the confidence to navigate difficult conversations.
Strengthen meaningful engagement with families.
Lead with reflection, trust, and psychological safety.
