- Events
- FAS: Strengthening Families
- No events scheduled for October 21, 2024.
- No events scheduled for October 25, 2024.
- No events scheduled for October 26, 2024.
- No events scheduled for October 27, 2024.
Week of Events
Strides Forward Workshop
Strides Forward Workshop
Learning how to move forward and navigate a co-parenting arrangement amongst changing relationships can be difficult. Join Family Access Services to learn more about common challenges associated to co-parenting, the benefits of establishing a healthy co-parenting arrangement and different strategies and ideas for making co-parenting more manageable.
Register by emailing: strengtheningfamilies@ywcalgary.ca
Early Experiences Workshop
Early Experiences Workshop
This workshop will explore the impact of family violence and other family conflict on children is developing brains. Stress and anxiety can be healthy responses to difficult situations for children, but when stress and anxiety is prolonged and frequent it can lead to negative health outcomes for children as they grow. Participants in this workshop will learn strategies to recognize and respond to their children when they are experiencing stress and anxiety learn ways to keep their children safer through difficult times.
Register by emailing: strengtheningfamilies@ywcalgary.ca
Understanding Influences Workshop
Understanding Influences Workshop
Conflict can have a profound impact on children’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. In this workshop we will explore the impacts of family conflict on the developing brain, and how we, as important adults in a child’s life, can resolve family conflict in ways that help children learn appropriate conflict-resolution skills and build resiliency. Participants in this workshop will learn strategies to support the development of conflict management skills in children as well as various ways to keep their children safer through difficult times.
Email to register: strengtheningfamilies@ywcalgary.ca
Changing Families: The Divorce Act
Changing Families: The Divorce Act
Changes to Canada’s federal Divorce Act came into effect in March of 2021. Come join YW’s Family Access Services team to learn more about these changes and the impact they may have on Canadian families experiencing separation and divorce. Participants will learn more about the impact of family conflict on children, describe how the changes can help keep families safer and apply this knowledge to improve navigation of the family justice system
Email to register: Strengtheningfamilies@ywcalgary.ca
Constructing Consistency
Constructing Consistency
This workshop will provide parents and caregivers with evidence-based information, support and resources that will help build the skills too positively, effectively guide, and support children’s behaviours. Participants will learn new and innovative strategies for positive behaviour guidance and understand the impact of separation, divorce and other family conflict has on children’s development, and will develop an understanding of how these learnings can be applied to improve navigation and their experience of the family justice system.
Email to register: strengtheningfamilies@ywcalgary.ca
Recognize and Respond Workshop
Recognize and Respond Workshop
Separation, divorce and family restructuring can bring about a variety of different changes and challenges for both children and their families. Participants in this workshop will learn more about recognizing and understanding children’s needs and emotions during difficult times. Additionally, participant will explore different strategies and skills to be able to more effectively respond to their children’s needs. This program is free of charge and open to individuals across Canada. A certificate of attendance is provided upon request based upon participation.
Email to register: strengtheningfamilies@ywcalgary.ca
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