Workshops for Communities and Families
Workshops can be tailor made for specific groups and topics of interest.
Behaviour Boot Camp for Educators and Educational Psychologists
The fundamentals of teaching are crucial to the inclusive classroom.
The Back to Basics Boot Camp Symposium empowers educators and educational psychologists by emphasizing foundational principles that foster effective teaching through classroom management. Whether you are new to teaching, just learning classroom management strategies, or if you need a refresher of the basics, now is the right time.
The symposium presentations focus on the importance of proactive learning environments, high expectations, structured classroom, intentional strategies, the importance of mentoring students and the implementations of visuals and movement for all learners.
Educational Psychologists can add to their tool box of universal classroom supports as well as specific/targeted strategies in working with students with social emotional behavioural challenges. Tailor make your psycho-educational assessment recommendations to support the demands today's parents, students and educators are experiencing.
October 19, 2024 Okotoks Alberta
Best Western Hotel
Let's Talk about Technology
This complementary workshop focuses on the risks and benefits of technology use by today's adolescence. Strategies for immediate support and behaviour changes are provided.
Live and virtual complementary presentations are available.
Download the presentation on google docs here.
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"Such a great presentation! Thank you. My son said it changed him ;) He set time limits on his phone last night and this morning."
Anonymous parent, May 2023
To Behave or Not to Behave
This comprehensive workshop will provide educators with the skill sets and training required to work successfully with students displaying behavioural challenges.
The full day/half day workshop is a strength-based, proactive approach intended to provide educators with an understanding of the ABCs of Classroom Discipline, essential to working with students with severe emotional and behavioural challenges.
What to Expect in a Blended Family
This workshop focuses on what the research tells us about how to run a successful blended family. The workshop looks at contributing factors including the age, gender and disposition of the children as well as the roles each family member plays.
The goal of the workshop is to give manageable, empirically supported strategies to parents and children so that they can avoid the typical pitfalls blended families encounter and embrace the research on successful blended families.
For best results, this workshop should be attended by all family members.
The Divorced Kid Advantage
Yes, your read that right. Focusing on the distinct advantages and debunking myths around the effects of divorce on children, this workshop is aimed at empowering children and adolescents to see the positives in living in two homes.
Be it double birthday celebrations or bonus grandparents to indulge them, the advantages of developing early coping and communication skills along with additional independence and self confidence will be highlighted. Strategies to enhance the positive affects on children of divorce will be shared.
For best results, this workshop should be attended by all family members.
Ongoing Workshops
Join anytime group therapy. We are ready when you are!
Somatic Therapy
Daytime and evening hours available both in Canmore Ab and Okotoks AB
More info here