Workshops for Parents of Infants and Toddlers

POTTY TRAINING
·      Learn to determine your child’s readiness
·      Learn easy techniques to potty train your child when ready
·      Understand the psychological importance of potty training
THE GREAT SLEEP CHALLENGE
·      Learn about the importance of sleep as separation
·      Learn the important developmental and environmental factors which effect sleep
·      Learn to understand what your child’s sleep issues may mean
·      Learn to help your child fall asleep and stay asleep
LOVE AND LIMITS:  HOW TO DISCIPLINE CHILDREN
·      Introduces the philosophy of discipline as teaching rather than punishment
·      Teaches parents to focus on problem prevention
·      Teaches parents the importance of age appropriate limits and how to set them
·      Teaches parents methods of behavior modification when problems do occur
ATTACHMENT AND SEPARATION
·      Learn how attachment is the key to healthy separation
·      Learn the developmental timeline of attachment and separation
·      Learn how to facilitate an easy separation parents and childre
HELPING YOUR CHILD ADJUST TO A NEW SIBLING AND COPING WITH SIBLING RIVALRY
·      Learn what to expect emotionally from children who have siblings
·      Learn how to prevent and relieve difficulties caused by the birth of a new sibling
·      Learn to handle the feelings that arise from sibling rivalry
·      Learn when to intervene and how to help siblings who are dealing with sibling rivalry issue
HOW TO HANDLE AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN CHILDREN
·      Learn the causes of aggressive behavior in young children
·      Learn to prevent aggressive behavior when possible
·      Learn techniques to handle aggressive behavior in children when necessary
BUILDING SELF-ESTEEM IN CHILDREN
·      Teaches parents how to foster positive self-esteem in their children through good communication, limit setting, 
        modeling, autonomy and parental self-awareness
·      Teaches parents the importance of listening and “showing interest” in your child or being mindful of their needs to build self-esteem
·      Helps parents to understand the connection between self-esteem and success in school
UNDERSTANDING YOUR PRESCHOOL CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT
·      This seminar focuses on the healthy physical, cognitive and emotional development of a child between infancy 
       and 5 years old
·      This seminar looks at developmental milestones such as attachment/separation, toilet training, sleeping, eating, ego development and     
        gender identity 
·      This seminar teaches parents methods to improve understanding and communication with young children
CHOOSING A CAREGIVER:  WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO MAKE A GOOD CHOICE
·      Helps parents identify their own needs to make a better choice
·      Gives parents understanding and support in one of the most critical parenting decisions they will ever make
·      Helps parents to prevent problems in the relationship with their nannies or caregivers
·      Helps parents to manage problems when they do occur
GUILT GLORY AND THE WORKING PARENT
·      Helps parents who are working express their concerns and feelings about conflicts over working
·      Helps parents to prepare themselves and their child for returning to work
·      Helps parents to make a smooth transition back to work
·      Helps parents to prevent problems that may occur due to balancing work and family life
·      This seminar addresses the psychological needs of both the mother and the child
WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU BRING A NEW BABY HOME
·      Helps parents to understand what to expect when they bring a new baby home including mother and babies physical 
       and emotional needs
·      Explores the joys and stress of the experience on the entire family including the father and other siblings
·      Helps parents prepare for breast feeding joys and challenges
·      Helps parents prepare for the event and possibly prevent post-partum feelings of depression by addressing issues in advance
·      Focuses on needs of mother and baby

Seminars for Parents of School Age Children

TEASING AND AGGRESSION IN SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
·      Helps parents identify the difference between teasing and bullying
·      Helps parents understand why children tease and why children become victims of teasing or why they become the bullies
·      Helps parents identify signs their children may be victims of teasing and/or bullying
·      Teaches parents how to prevent teasing and bullying
·      Teaches parents how to handle the problem when it occurs
COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR CHILDREN
·      Helps parents improve the relationships with their children
·      Improves parents understanding of how children communicate
·      Increases parents understanding of the role of empathy and reflection in a child’s developing brain
·      Parents will role play and learn from examples given by other workshop participants
UNDERSTANDING YOUR CHILD’S DEVELOPMENT IN THE PRIMARY SCHOOL YEARS
·    This seminar focuses on the healthy physical, cognitive and emotional development of a child between 5 and 11 years old
·    This seminar looks at the developmental milestones such as beginning school, mastery of learning in the academic setting, separation  
      issues, ego development, the importance of socialization and sexual development
·    This seminar teaches parents methods to improve both understanding and communication with children of this age
TALKING TO YOUR TEENAGERS
·      This seminar focuses on helping parents to build relationships with their  middle school age and teenagers
·      The goal of the seminar is to improve communication between parents and teenagers by fostering understanding of developmental 
       milestones such as puberty, separation, limit testing, identity formation and peer relations/ dating
·      This seminar teaches parents concrete skills to foster understanding and communication
·      Parents will learn how to look for warning signs in troubled teens