Parent & Caregiver Education

Circle of Security

For parents of children ages 0–5 years | Do you ever feel like you don’t understand why your child is behaving in a challenging way and you are unsure of what to do as a parent? The Circle of Security Parenting program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened. This 8-week program will teach parents how to better understand their child’s emotional needs and to learn how best to manage difficult emotions.

Effective Co-Parenting – Zoom

For parents of children ages 0–18 years | Going through the process of separation and divorce is difficult for you and your children. This program is designed to offer skills, strategies, resources and support for you, at different stages of moving through the separation process.  You will learn how children understand and deal with separation at every stage of their lives and how best to support them through these stages. We will also provide strategies on how to communicate with your co-parent, how to take care of yourself and much more. This is not a therapy-based program.

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.