Feeling like you can’t get through to your child? Feel that your children don’t listen to anything you say? Wondering if there is something more effective than yelling, time-outs, or physical discipline? Feeling overwhelmed as a parent and aren’t sure what else to do? …or maybe you are just trying to look for ways to be the best parent you can be while honoring the relationship with your child. This workshop is for you!

This full-day workshop will guide parents, caregivers and educators through effective discipline strategies that honor the relationship with their child and foster neurological development. Furthermore, they will have a better understanding of “what gets in the way” of emotional health in children, and how modern-day discipline can go very wrong with our children [and why it just doesn’t work for us long-term]. All strategies are science-informed, evidence-based, and practical for parenting children.

OBJECTIVES:

• Identify parenting tools that foster healthy brain development [children ages 2-11]
• Describe ways in which many current parenting strategies are developmentally inappropriate for children
• Recognize triggers in children and how to take proactive* verses reactive approach to parenting
• Implement a variety of strategies to cope with aggression, anger, anxiety, inattention, tantrums, whining, and emotional dysregulation
• Understand how to reach your child, redirect emotions, and promote psychological growth

(description courtesy of the Institute of Child Psychology)

PRESENTER:

Tammy Schamuhn, R. Psychologist, R. Play Therapist, Co-Founder: Institute of Child Psychology, Executive Director: Family Counselling Centres

COST:

$25/person (includes workshop fees, materials, light refreshments)

Optional: $5 provided lunch (otherwise you can feel free to bring your own!)

DATES/TIMES:

Saturday, January 18, 2020

9AM-5PM (includes two coffee breaks and an hour-long lunch break)

This workshop held by the Institute of Child Psychology is strictly for educational purposes, and cannot be categorized as psychological or mental health services.

For more info, contact Erin Camponi (erinc@calvarybaptistedmonton.com).