These workshops use skill-building activities and discussions to explore topics related to understanding, building and maintaining healthy relationships.
The first three years are a time of tremendous learning and brain development, and little ones learn primarily through their 5 senses. This interactive workshop will explore a variety of ways that parents can play with their infants and toddlers and engage their senses to promote attachment and build their brains. Register
Grounding after a busy day. Come join us in a gentle yoga practice to help you and your kids ground and connect to release the stresses of your busy day. Namaste! Register
Get support developing resumes and cover letters, mock interviews, salary negotiations and creating an online professional presence. Learn how to search and apply for jobs online. Receive support with securing employment and maintaining employment.
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 recognize positive conflict management skills to support their children through difficult times. This [...]
This introductory session is aimed to provide caregivers with an overview of common issues which impact youth mental health. Caregivers will learn about common mental health issues amongst youth and learn about the signs and symptoms of illnesses such as depression, anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders, and other behavioural disorders. Facilitators will discuss youth social [...]
This workshop will examine the specific challenges that family restructuring can bring and focus on strategies to promote self-care in adults and children to enhance overall family well-being during separation and divorce. Participants will learn strategies and develop tools to keep themselves and their children emotionally safer through family transitions, as well as recognizing the [...]
What do healthy relationships look like for our teen children that are gaining independence and entering the world of dating? Join us for a discussion to guide parenting our teens. Register
Learning how to move forward and navigate a co-parenting arrangement amongst changing relationships can be difficult. Join us 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. This program is free of charge and open to parents [...]
This session is designed for parents who are involved in any supervised access parenting program. In this workshop we go over navigating our emotions about supervised visits, navigating our children's emotions, how missed visits affect our children, and how to prepare ourselves and our children for the visits. This program is free of charge and [...]
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