Parent & Caregiver Education

Count-to-Ten for Parents

For parents of children ages 0–18 years | Parenting can be an emotional roller coaster. At times it is full of joy and love and other times it can be scary, frustrating, and overwhelming.  Sometimes you may also feel anger as a parent which is normal. But how you express and manage your anger is an important piece. If you are interested in learning about anger, how it affects your body and mind, healthy ways to express anger, identifying your anger triggers, and exploring a variety of anger management strategies, including communication skills and self-care, this program is for you. This 5-week program is designed to support parents in understanding how anger is affecting their lives and to provide tools to help manage anger and allow them to develop a personal Anger Management Plan.

Handle With Care

For parents of children ages 0–6 years | Did you know that supporting your child’s social-emotional development when they are young is one of the best investments you can make in their future? Skills such as managing emotions, building positive self-esteem, and developing healthy relationships do not come naturally and need to be taught.  In this interactive program, you will learn easy and simple ways to promote positive mental health and well-being through basic strategies and everyday interactions.

Kids Have Stress Too!

For parents of children ages 2–6 years | All children will experience stress and anxiety at times throughout their lives.  The Kids Have Stress Too program developed by the Psychology Foundation of Canada is designed to give caregivers the tools they need to understand children’s stress and promote the development of effective stress management skills and resiliency from a young age.  Participants will leave the program with practical child-friendly stress management strategies that can be introduced immediately to positively impact children’s social and emotional development.

Super Dads Super Kids

For male caregivers and children ages 4–10 years | Super Dads Super Kids is an 8-week interactive, play-based program for male caregivers and the children that they are raising. The topics explored in this group are child development, communication, emotional health, positive discipline, activity and nutrition and work-life balance. Deep parent-child connections come from enjoying your child, knowing your child and paying attention to who they are!

During this session, you and your child will spend some time together engaging in activities. You will also spend some time in a discussion group with other Dads while the children have fun with other program facilitators.