Workshops for Parents

Dr. Paul Foxman, Ph.D.
Topic: "Anxiety Disorders with Children & Adolescents-Recognizing and Treating an Emerging Epidemic"

Locations:
November 17 & 18, 2008 | Edmonton, Alberta | Information Forthcoming
December 1 & 2, 2008 | Mississauga, Ontario | Information Forthcoming
December 12, 2008 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | Information Forthcoming

Parents: This workshop will help parents understand how and why anxiety develops in children and adolescents. Seven key anxiety disorders will be addressed with case examples: separation anxiety disorder, panic disorder, overanxious disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, social anxiety disorder, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Emphasis will be on interventions involving insight-oriented, cognitive-behavioral, biological, spiritual, and family systems approaches.

Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.
Topic: "Working With Aggressive and Violent Children & Youth"

Location:
October 20, 21 & 22, 2008 | Calgary, Alberta | Information Forthcoming

Parents: This workshop will help parents of aggressive/violent children and youth. It will provide the conceptual underpinnings for effective intervention and help restore working relationships to parents.

Topic: "Bullies: Their Making and Unmaking"

Location:
November 27 & 28, 2008 | Duncan, British Columbia | Information Forthcoming

Parents: This workshop will help parents of children that are bullies/are being bullied. It will provide basic guidelines for addressing the bully problem that can be employed across settings, as well as outline the steps required for lasting change in order to keep children safe. Once we understand how bullies are made, our attempts to unmake them can be truly effective and long-lasting.

 

Dr. Ross Greene, Ph.D.
Topic: "The Explosive Child: The Collaborative Problem-Solving Approach"

Locations:
October 10, 2008 | Mississauga, Ontario | Information Forthcoming
October 30, 2008 | Saint John, New Brunswick | Information Forthcoming
December 5, 2008 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Information Forthcoming
December 11, 2008 | Windsor, Ontario | Information Forthcoming

Parents: This seminar will help parents of an explosive, oppositional child/youth to better understand the nature of his/her difficulties. It will also provide an intense, in depth orientation to the CPS approach to intervention.

 

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