Caregiver Workshops
Throughout the year, we offer a range of learning opportunities—from single-session workshops to multi-week programs—designed to help caregivers build practical tools and skills that strengthen their relationships with their children.
To see what’s currently available, please visit our Events and Services Calendar.
Nurturing Touch (5 Sessions)
This workshop for caregivers of babies, 0 -6 months is designed to:
- Stimulation (physical and developmental)
- Relaxation
- Promotes relationship and bonding with your baby
Parenting Your Anxious Young Child
(4 Sessions)
This workshop for parents/caregivers of children 0 – 6 is designed to:
- Understand how anxiety develops
- Explore how to teach children to face their fears
- Learn how to use rewards to increase a child’s bravery
- Understand how to use effective parenting strategies
- Learn how to help your child become more independent.
Parenting Your Anxious Child
(2 Sessions or full day)
This workshop for parents of children 7 – 18 is designed to explore:
- What anxiety is
- Why our children and teens are having difficulty
- What can we do to help them better learn to manage their anxiety
Circle of Security (8 Sessions)
The information in Circle of Security can help caregivers of children 0 – 6:
- Feel more confident in parenting and have more positive, parent led, interactions with their child
- Better understand their child’s emotional world by learning to read emotional needs and cues
- Support their child’s ability to successfully manage emotions and build their child’s self-esteem
AFFIRM Caregiver (7 Sessions)
AFFIRM Caregiver is a 7 session, evidence-informed intervention that increases the knowledge and skills of parents and caregivers of 2SLGBTQIA+ children and youth moved from rejection to affirmation.
- GROW together in our abilities to make LGBTQ+ youth feel wholly valued, loved, and affirmed.
- LEARN more about what it means to be an affirmative caregiver to a young LGBTQ+ person
- REFLECT on how our current society, attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors, as well as past experiences might impact the LGBTQ+ youth in our lives
Something for Dads (10 Sessions)
A FREE 10 week program for Dads of children 0 – 18 to support parenting skills. This is a partnership with several organizations in KFL&A.
To view what’s currently being offered, see Events and Services calendar.