Taking Care

Virtual- Strengthening Families

This workshop will examine the specific challenges that family restructuring can bring and focus on strategies to promote self-care in adults and children to enhance overall family well-being during separation and divorce. Participants will learn strategies and develop tools to keep themselves and their children emotionally safer through family transitions, as well as recognizing [...]

What to Expect: Supervised Visits

Virtual- Strengthening Families

This session is designed for parents who are involved in any supervised access parenting program. In this workshop we go over navigating our emotions about supervised visits, navigating our children's emotions, how missed visits affect our children, and how to prepare ourselves and our children for the visits. This program is free of charge [...]

Loose Parts Play (ages 0-6)

YW Family Resource Network 1715 17 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Fuel your child’s creativity and sense of exploration with us. We are exploring loose parts together which are open-ended materials that have unlimited possibilities. Then bring these ideas home with you for extended play at home. Register

Free

Making Positive Affirmations Bracelets (ages 6 – 12):

YW Family Resource Network 1715 17 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Join us as we celebrate National Child’s Day by learning about different emotions! We will be using different coloured beads to symbolize various affirmation messages. Children will create and wear to remind them of positive affirmations. Register

Free

Creating Consistency

Virtual- Strengthening Families

This workshop will provide parents and caregivers with evidence-based information, support and resources that will help build the skills too positively, effectively guide, and support children’s behaviours. Participants will learn new and innovative strategies for positive behaviour guidance and understand the impact of separation, divorce and other family conflict has on children’s development, and [...]

Changing Families

YW Calgary Hub 1715 17 Avenue SE, Calgary, AB, Canada

Come join us to learn more about the Divorce Act and the impact it has on Canadian families experiencing separation and divorce. Participants will learn more about the impact of family conflict on children, describe how it can help keep families safer and apply this knowledge to improve navigation of the family justice system. [...]

Sensory Play for Little Ones (Ages 0-6)

YW Family Resource Network 1715 17 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

The first three years are a time of tremendous learning and brain development, and little ones learn primarily through their 5 senses. This interactive workshop will explore a variety of ways that parents can play with their infants and toddlers and engage their senses to promote attachment and build their brains. [...]

Free

Family Yoga: Grounding After a Busy Day (ages 7 – 12)

YW Family Resource Network 1715 17 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Grounding after a busy day. Come join us in a gentle yoga practice to help you and your kids ground and connect to release the stresses of your busy day. Namaste! Register

Free

Parent Child Mother Goose (ages 0 – 2)

YW Family Resource Network 1715 17 Ave SE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Singing, rhyming and story telling help build babies' brains. Come and enjoy and interactive session with your child. Register

Free

LENA Start (ages 0-4) HYBRID

Genesis Centre 7555 Falconridge Blvd NE #10, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

LENA Start is a program for parents that uses regular feedback from LENA’s “talk pedometer” technology to help increase interactive talk in order to close the early talk gap, improve school readiness, and build stronger families. This is a 10-week, closed group for families with children ages 0 - 4 from April 19th to June [...]

Free