Friday, 15 March 2013



PARENTING COURSES FOR SPRING 2013

(Gordon Neufeld Ph.D. series)
facilitated by Terry Warburton of Recovery of Hope in Winkler.
Course detail below

The Art and Science of Transplanting Children
 8 Thursdays, April 4—May 30 (not May 2), 2013  7-9 pm
Fee:   $125/person     

Making Sense of Counterwill
4 Mondays April 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013  7-9 pm
Fee:   $60/person     

Alpha Children
4 Wednesdays  May 8, 15, 22, 29, 2013  7-9 pm
Fee:   $60/person     

Location:  All courses held at Eden Health Care office, 309 Main St. Winkler

Registration:  (Registration forms attached)
Make cheque or CC payable to Recovery of Hope.  Forward bottom portion of registration form to:
          Recovery of Hope
          Fax:            204-453-7748
          Email:          rechope@mymts.net
          Mail:            102-900 Harrow St. E.  Winnipeg, MB  R3M 3Y7

For more information:
Course outlines can be found at www.neufeldinstitute.com/courses
Contact Terry Warburton at terry.rechope@gmail.com
Tel:  866-493-6202   
www.edenhealthcare.ca (Counselling / Recovery of Hope / Workshops)

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The Art and Science of Transplanting Children
Course Overview:

This 8-session course applies the attachment-based developmental paradigm to the special     challenges of raising children who have not been born to the parents assuming responsibility for them.  This material applies to foster and adoptive parenting as well as step parenting and is meant for all players involved in this challenging enterprise     including teachers, supporting relatives,   social workers, pediatricians etc. Transplanting children, as a result of remarriage, removal,    adoption, parental loss or change in custody can subject a child to the most impacting experience of all — separation from those to whom they are     attached. 

   Course Outline
§      Becoming attached
§      Why children need to attach  
§      Fostering attachment
§      The impact separation
§      Impediments to re-attachment:  protective shyness and defensive detachment
§      Keeping children safe and helping them adapt
§      Disciplining Transplanted Children
  

Making Sense of Counterwill

Counterwill is a name for the instinctive reaction of a child to resist being controlled. It can take many forms: opposition, negativism, laziness, noncompliance, disrespect, lack of motivation, belligerence,  incorrigibility and antisocial attitudes and actions.  Although normal, its impact can be highly disruptive.  In this four-session course, Dr. Neufeld makes sense of this most troublesome, misunderstood and misdiagnosed phenomenon.  This course is relevant to parents of children of any age, educators or professionals working with youth.


Alpha Children: reclaiming our rightful place in their lives

A growing number of children are presenting as demanding, prescriptive, bossy and controlling. A disturbing number of these alpha children are turning into bullies as well. Alpha children tend to have difficulties letting themselves be parented or taught. This is making the child-adult dance much more difficult than it used to be or needs to be, despite the plethora of advice-giving and strategies available today. Internationally renowned developmental psychologist Dr. Neufeld uncovers the surprising roots of the alpha complex and in doing so, opens the doors for lasting change: in the family, in the classroom and in society.

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