For Parents with Oppositional, Disruptive, or Emotionally Difficult
Children and Adolescents
Where: North York
Family "Y", Sheppard and Bayview Ave.
When: Each workshop is held on 4 weekly Wednesday
evenings, from 7 - 9 p.m.
Next Workshop Date: call for details (for parents
of children 4 -12 years)
For more information: Call Theresa at 416-222-0804, or email us.
Register online: click here.
This group is a 8-hour course for parents who would like to more
effectively manage defiance, opposition, temper tantrums, and
non-compliance in their children and/or teenagers. The program
will include a review of state-of-the-art learning and behavioural
concepts, and will provide hands-on training in skills and techniques
for reducing disruptive, defiant behaviours, and building self-esteem
and optimism in children and teenagers.
• Manage children with self-regulation challenges like ADHD, conduct disorder, anger
problems, learning disability, and autistic spectrum disorder
• Respond to non-compliance and diminish negative interactions
• Create better behavioural transitions (e.g., bed to school, playing to homework)
• Enhance family functioning and communication
• Build better emotional self-regulation and stress management in your children
• Establish incentive programs, including the use of token and point economies
• Develop your own program for your own children—with the help of others in the group
• Learn and understand why behavioural problems arise
• Films, videos, and other multimedia presentations
• Role-playing and other hands-on exercises
• Sharing and mutual problem-solving with other parents
Call us at (416) 222-0804 or if you have questions after reviewing the
information on this site, email us for more information.
