Parent & Caregiver Education

Count-to-Ten Anger Management (Parent Version) – Zoom Session

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 – Zoom Session

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 the ability to manage emotions, build positive self-esteem, and develop 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! – Zoom Session

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 than can be introduced immediately to positively impact children’s social and emotional development.

Triple P Discussion Group: Dealing with Disobedience

For parents of children ages 0–12 years | The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P): Dealing with Disobedience Discussion Group aims to foster strong parent-child relationships by empowering parents with tips, tools and strategies that encourage appropriate behaviour in their children. This workshop will provide examples of common forms of disobedience and some reasons why children don’t do as their told. A number of positive parenting strategies are then introduced to help parents develop a personal plan to prevent disobedience, teach their child limits, and also to manage disobedience when necessary.

Triple P Discussion Group: Hassle-Free Shopping with Children

For parents of children ages 0–12 years | The Positive Parenting Program (Triple P): Hassle-Free Shopping with Children Discussion Group aims to foster strong parent-child relationships by empowering parents with tips, tools and strategies that encourage appropriate behaviour in their children. This workshop will use shopping trips as an example of one of the most common times parents have to deal with difficult behaviour in public. It allows parents to discuss the kinds of problems they have faced and introduces some parent traps and the reason why children misbehave on shopping trips. Positive parenting strategies are discussed as step-by-step suggestions about preventing problems and teaching children how to behave on shopping trips, and managing any problems that may happen while shopping and in other community settings.

Triple P Seminar: Raising Confident, Competent Children

For parents of children ages 0–12 years | Raising Confident, Competent Children: The Triple P Seminar ( Positive Parenting Program) aims to foster strong parent-child relationships by empowering parents with tips, tools and strategies that encourage appropriate behaviour in their children. You can help your child become confident and successful – at school and beyond. Find out ways to encourage them to be respectful and considerate, communicate and get on well with others, feel good about themselves and become independent problem solvers.

Triple P Seminar: The Power of Positive Parenting

For parents of children ages 0–12 years | The Power of Positive Parenting: The Triple P Seminar ( Positive Parenting Program) is for every parent who ever wondered: “Why does my child do that?” This seminar helps you understand the reasons kids do what they do, so you can guide their behaviour – and see more of the behaviour you like, and less of the behaviour you don’t like. This Workshop toes over the 5 core principles of Positive Parenting:

– Having a safe and interesting environment
– Having a positive learning environment
– Using assertive discipline
– Having realistic expectations
– Taking care of yourself as a parent