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We will be offering Building Blocks for Family Well-Being in the Fall. For more information, click here. For any inquiries, please email yupc@yorku.ca

Building Blocks for Family Well Being: A Multi-Family Parent Skills Group

This is a 6-week online program starting on for caregiving teams where the latest evidence from family science is used to help caregivers build on their ability to:

  • Recognize family members unique needs and strengths
  • Help children regulate emotions & behaviours
  • Manage challenging sibling dynamics
  • Support one another in caregiving roles

This program is designed for caregivers with children 18 years and under. It is suitable for many family circumstances:

  • Concerns about child behaviour, emotions and/or mental health
  • Difficulties managing the daily tensions of family life
  • Challenges with family relationships or disagreements

Our hope is that all important caregivers can take part in the program. However, one caregiver, alone, can make positive change in the family.

This program is hosted by Dr. Heather Prime.
There are spaces reserved at lower costs for those who would benefit from financial support.

Time and Date

October 22, 2026 from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Cost

Individual participant: $250
Caregiving pairs: $400

More Details

Program Description & Registration Info [PDF]

Previous Group Programs

The circle of security parenting workshop is based on decades of infant and child attachment research. It is designed to support parents in being stronger, wiser, and kind in providing a secure base for their children to explore the world. The workshop will help parents learn to follow their children’s lead, while also being confident to take charge whenever necessary. We believe that empowering parents is the key to fostering well-being in their children. If interested, please take a look at the following website for a short video clip detailing the principles the workshop is based upon: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com 

This workshop is appropriate for parents of infants and young children, but many former participants have remarked it can be very helpful for general relationship literacy!

This program has shown its effectiveness internationally over the past 20 years. It involves 10 sessions taking place over 2 hours and between sessions to learn the GMT method to improve executive functioning in daily life. It was developed and evaluated at the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest Health Sciences, a renowned academic health science centre.

The program is designed for people who would like to improve their executive functioning, including their attention and ability to focus on the goal of reducing attention errors and generally better achieve their goals. Individuals with and without attention-related diagnoses (such as ADHD) are welcome to participate.

Topics covered include:

  • Awareness of cognitive errors and lapses in attention
  • Focusing attention through body awareness and breathing
  • Automatic pilot mode – doing tasks through habit
  • Goal-setting strategies and methods
  • Decision making and breaking down tasks

The circle of security parenting workshop is based on decades of infant and child attachment research. It is designed to support parents in being stronger, wiser, and kind in providing a secure base for their children to explore the world. The workshop will help parents learn to follow their children’s lead, while also being confident to take charge whenever necessary. We believe that empowering parents is the key to fostering well-being in their children. If interested, please take a look at the following website for a short video clip detailing the principles the workshop is based upon: https://www.circleofsecurityinternational.com 

This workshop is appropriate for parents of infants and young children, but many former participants have remarked it can be very helpful for general relationship literacy!

In this 5-week group program held on Wednesday evenings between 6 and 8 pm you will:

  • Learn why emotions are important and their universal characteristics
  • Learn to tell the difference between healthy and problematic emotions
  • Learn to map out and understand your own personal emotional patterns
  • Learn how to manage your emotions better to work more productively, have more satisfying relationships, and live a more emotionally intelligent life!

The program is targeted at older adults who are interested in learning about memory changes that normally occur with age, and strategies to improve their everyday memory performance.

Topics covered include:

  • Strategies for improving memory functioning
  • Changes in memory that normally occur with age
  • The effect of medical and lifestyle factors on memory
  • The effect of stress and relaxation on memory
  • How to minimize age-related changes
  • Strategies for improving memory functioning