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 affect 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 children

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 overworking
· 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 breastfeeding 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