Discover when children learn self-control and begin listening. Learn 3 easy steps to remain calm and help our children get calm through times of chaos and conflict. Distinguish between discipline and punishment, and be able to use 10 age-appropriate tools for gentle and respectful discipline that teaches kids rather than punishes kids. Q and A included
Presented by Judy Arnall, Parenting Consultant with Professional Parenting Canada
7 Session LIVE Zoom Classes
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 0-6 Years
Read More About The Growing Brain Course
The Growing Brain has the most up-to-date current information on brain development and how we can help grow healthy brains. If you work with families or just want to know more for your family, this is the course for you and help you answer those questions on brain development.
See Inside The Growing Brain Course
For example, what part of the brain does temperament originate? Why do some kids have more self-control than others? At what age should kids "know better"? What is the HPA Axis and how does it affect the developing brain? Where is Cortisol produced? When we say "the brain doesn't finish developing until age 25, what exactly still needs to develop? Can children learn 5 languages at once and how does the brain process them? These and all questions are rooted in the biology of the brain which we will answer in this course.
If you work with parents or are a parent, this is the most amazing course to help you talk "science" with your partner, in-laws and families you work with.
This course builds on and delves much more in depth into children's brain development from the Brain Story Course, by the Palix Foundation.
Class is limited to 10 participants so register early. This full course is designed for 21 hours-7 sessions for a class of 30 participants. Because our online class is deliberately kept smaller, the time required is closer to 2 live hours per session and 1 hour homework.
Every participant receives a full digital licensed Participant Manual included in the total cost. You may take this file and get it printed if you would like, or follow along digitally by filling out the worksheets on blank paper.
Completion certificates will be available for the number of sessions attended.
This is an interactive class delivered much the same as in a classroom but over a computer. You will be expected to participate fully in the break-out and whole group sessions and use a working microphone and video camera. The course will be delivered through group creative activities, powerpoints, videos, discussion questions and instructor lecturettes, as well as reflection work in the Participant Manual
If you can't attend some of the live sessions, you will still have time to review the recordings prior to the next class and schedule some Q and A time with the instructor if you would like.
Instructor is Judy Arnall, BA, CCFE (Canadian Certified Family Life Educator). Judy has been teaching parent education for 25 years and is a certified Growing Brain instructor.
"I appreciated being able to take the course in the evening in the comfort of my own home." Course Participant
"This course focuses specifically on young children's brains and many of the questions about young children's behaviour is answered by understanding the development of different areas of the brain." Course Participant
Mondays Sept 9, 2024 until Monday Sept 30, 2024.
Mondays and Thursdays from 7:00-9:00 PM MDT and 9:00-11:00 PM EDT
Investment is $375.00 plus GST, per person includes all materials and registration fees for the entire 7 sessions.
Recordings available for missed classes.
Online Course Schedule
4 Session LIVE Zoom Classes
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 2-30 Years
P.E.T. has been instructing millions of parents around the globe on how to raise children with respect and non-punishment using essential communication skills. It is the most researched parenting course with consistent positive results in improved family relationships.
Learn and practice valuable communication skills necessary for close parent-child relationships. Also suitable for graduates of communication-based parenting courses such as "How to Talk so Kids Will Listen," "Terrific Toddlers," "Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting," "Gordon Neufeld Training," and "Non-Violent Communication".
Instructor: Judy Arnall, Certified P.E.T. Instructor and CCFE Canadian Family Life Educator with 25 years experience, including teaching 13 years for AHS and University of Calgary, Continuing Education.
Recordings available for missed classes.
Read More About The P.E.T. Course
Online Course, Tuesdays September 10, 17, 24, and October 1, 2024
6-8 PM MDT, $195.00 plus GST for all 4 sessions.
Recordings available for missed classes.
Online Course Schedule
The following skills will be covered:
This session is generously sponsored by Banbury Crossroads School
4 Session LIVE Zoom Classes
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 1-4 Years
The Terrific Toddlers course is developed by Alberta Health Services and presented by Professional Parenting
Read More About the AHS Terrific Toddlers Course
Investment is $120.00 plus GST. Includes a printed book (Parenting With Patience), Terrific Toddler PDF worksheets, live presentation, recordings and consultation. Completion certificates will be available at the completion of the final questionaire.
Terrific Toddlers Course Poster
Instructor is Judy Arnall, BA, CCFE, a Canadian Certified Family Life Educator with 25 years experience teaching parent education.
"Thank you for offering these webinars. It was helpful to learn from the other 'voices' and gather tips for normal, everyday parenting challenges." Nicola, Online participant.
"I think your webinars/recordings are such a fantastic idea."- M.V.
Online Class, Sunday Sept 8, 15, 22, and 29th, 2024
1 - 3 PM MDT, $120.00 plus GST for all 4 sessions.
Recordings available for missed classes.
Online Course Schedule
Parenting Program By Attachment Parenting International
5 Session LIVE Zoom Classes
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 0-6 Years.
A comprehensive course on attachment theory and practice for the first five years.
See the Attached At The Heart Course Brochure
Instructor is Judy Arnall, BA, CCFE, founder of Attachment Parenting Canada Association, and a Canadian Certified Family Life Educator with 25 years experience teaching parent education.
Read More About The Attached At the Heart Course
Wednesdays September 11, 18, 25, October 2 and 9th, 2024
8-9:30 PM MDT
Investment is $295.00 plus GST for the course, and all materials including the Attachment Parenting Tips Raising Toddlers to Teens book.
Recordings available for missed classes.
Online Course Schedule
Session 1 (Sept 11, 2024)
Module 1: Charting a New Course: Undoing the Ties That Bind
Module 2: Preparing for Pregnancy, Birth and Parenting
Session 2 (Sept 18, 2024)
Module 3: Feed with Love and Respect: Beginning the Attachment Process
Module 4: Responding with Sensitivity: Languages of Love
Session 3 (Sept 25, 2024)
Module 5: Use Nurturing Touch: Healing Power of Physical Closeness
Module 6: Ensure Safe Sleep: Physically & Emotionally
Session 4 (Oct 2, 2024)
Module 7: Provide Consistent, Loving Care: Keeping Attachment Secure
Module 8: Practice Positive Discipline: Be the Change!
Session 5 (Oct 9, 2024)
Module 9: Strive for Balance in your Personal and Family Life
Module 10: Nurturing Children for a Compassionate World
4 Session RECORDED Course with Live Consultation - Start Anytime!
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 1-4 Years
The Terrific Toddlers course is developed by Alberta Health Services and presented by Professional Parenting
Read More About the AHS Terrific Toddlers Course
Investment is $120.00 plus GST. Includes a printed book (Parenting With Patience), Terrific Toddler PDF worksheets, recordings and consultation.
Register anytime. You will receive all 6 recordings at once and we will schedule consulting time according to your schedule.
Terrific Toddlers Course Poster
Instructor is Judy Arnall, BA, CCFE, a Canadian Certified Family Life Educator with 25 years experience teaching parent education.
"I think your webinars/recordings are such a fantastic idea."- M.V.
Certificates available if all sessions are watched and participant achieves 50% on the final exam.
Please Register below
6 Session RECORDED Course with Live Consultation - Start Anytime!
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 1-20 Years.
This course has neuro-biological informed content from Alberta Health Services, Palix Foundation, Canadian Pediatric Society, Attachment Parenting, and P.E.T. Parent Effectiveness Training. It focuses on non-punitive, respectful, relationship-building parenting.
For parents/caregivers of all children ages 1-20 years.
Provided by Professional Parenting. Instructor is Judy Arnall, BA, Certified Canadian Family Life Educator, Certified in the Brain Core Story Course, and parent of 5 children.
Register anytime. You will receive all 6 recordings at once and we will schedule consulting time according to your schedule.
$189.00 plus GST per computer, includes 6 recorded classes, 2 print textbooks (Discipline Without Distress, and Parenting With Patience)as well as weekly consulting time.
Certificates available if all sessions are watched and participant achieves 50% on the final exam.
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Parenting the digital generation can be challenging and exciting. In this course, we will explore best parenting practices of raising today's child
The following concepts will be covered:
Parenting Today's Child Course Printable Description
"Thank you again for the great class. I learned a lot and feel excited and empowered again. We all need a little boost once in a while to help us continue to be great parents!" Muriel, On-line participant
4 Session RECORDED Course with Live Consultation - Start Anytime!
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 0-20 Years.
This class compiles information from multiple sources and is presented by Professional Parenting. Instructors are Brain Core Story Certified educators.
$120.00 plus GST. Investment includes a print textbook (Parenting With Patience),session recordings and consultation time.
The following concepts will be covered:
4 Session RECORDED Course with Live Consultation - Start Anytime!
For Parents and Caregivers of Children Ages 2-20 Years.
Suitable for graduates of communication-based parenting courses such as "How to Talk so Kids Will Listen," "P.E.T. Parent Effectiveness Training," "Terrific Toddlers," "Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting," "Gordon Neufeld Training," and "Non-Violent Communication."
$120.00 plus GST. Includes all materials. Instructor: Judy Arnall, Certified P.E.T. Instructor and a Certified Canadian Family Life Educator
Developed and presented by Professional Parenting
Printable Poster of Caring Family Communication Skills Practice Course
"I just wanted to say thank you so much for the class. The knowledge you have given me and the extra skills are priceless and I have started implementing them and will continue to use them and grow with them in both my sons life and everyday life." Lynn
Communication skills are ever more important for family relationships in our increasingly digital world. This communication course builds such skills. Learn how to open up conversations with your children, especially teenagers and young adults. Practice ways to build links, and to respectfully assert your parental needs, with school-aged kids and even toddlers. Learn helpful approaches for conflict resolution in the family environment. When parents take this course, all members of the family will benefit from improved communication practice.
The following concepts will be covered:
1 Session RECORDED Course and Live Consultation - Start Anytime!
The following concepts will be covered:
Evidence-based recommendations from the Idealist, but common-sense advice from the Realist! You will feel relieved!
For parents of ages 0-25
$29.00 investment includes 15 minutes of consultation time.
1 Session RECORDED Course and Live Consultation - Start Anytime!
This short class compiles information from multiple sources and is presented by Professional Parenting.
This class is a recording. $29 investment includes a 15 minute scheduled consulting session for your unique questions.
The following concepts will be covered:
$29.00 per recording topic or purchase 2 or more and save. Each recording includes a free live, 15 minute, scheduled-at-your-convenience, consultation where you can ask personal questions.
Purchase your private unlimited viewing of the following webinar titles listed below
Discipline Without Distress: 135 tools for raising caring, responsible children without time-out, spanking, punishment or bribery
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of positive, gentle, loving, non-punitive discipline for ages 1 to 20 years. These tools are discipline strategies that you and your child will feel good about! Based on the best-selling book. Detailed Presentation Description
Eating, Sleeping and Toileting Without Distress: Turn Battlezones into Bonding Zones
These are the three behaviours that parents can facilitate but not control. Discover best practices in nudging your child's cooperation in these areas. Detailed Presentation Description
Parenting With Patience
Based on the new book, this webinar outlines triggers that makes children and parents angry. The first section teaches strategies for parents and teachers to keep calm. The second part outlines ways that adults can help children to get calm. This webinar focuses on both adult and child anger. Detailed Presentation Description
Stress Busters: Taming Parent Anger
Many instances in parenting, we feel angry at our children, whether they deserve it or not. This session explores the source of our anger, as well as helpful strategies to manage it effectively. We will look at ways to pare down our lives to lessen stress. This webinar mostly focuses on our anger. Detailed Presentation Description
Taming Temper – Handling Your Child's Anger with Respect and a Goal to Teach Life Skills
Children have temper tantrums at all ages. Toddlers can hit, bite, throw and push, and older children can sulk, slam doors, and sometimes hit. Learn how much children can control anger at each age and stage and identify strategies that parents can use to teach self-control and executive function. This webinar mostly focuses on children's anger.
Sleep Easy: Best Practices for Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Learn about what keeps each age group from going to bed, staying in bed, and getting to sleep. Discover best practices for handling nap and bedtime problems at each age, as well as exploring the approach that works best for your family.
Toilet Learning
Discover the joys and best practices of teaching toilet learning for toddlers and preschoolers.
Picky Eating
Learn about the feeding relationship and tips, researched information, and best practices of handling young children's picky eating habits. Detailed Presentation Description
Ages and Stages – Understanding the Science of Brain Development and What Behaviour is Normal
Learn how the brain develops at each stage of childhood and understand what kids can think, feel and do at various ages.
Building a Three Pound Computer: How Parenting Affects Childhood Brain Architecture
In this webinar, we will use plain talk and interactive exercises to demonstrate important concepts in children's brain development and how parents, teachers and caregivers can contribute to children's health and wellbeing.
Your audience will:
Target Audience: Parents and Front-Line healthcare and education professionals.
The Final Third of Parenting: Keeping Your Teens Safe
Learn about the teen brain, and how decision making is made. Discover what risks teens take and how you can influence them to make safe decisions.
The Upside of Video Games
Learn about the incredible social, emotional and cognitive/educational benefits of video gaming. This webinar address parents' worst fears such as inactivity, mind mush, violence, addiction and isolation.
The Playgroup Altercation: What to do When Your Child is the Victim or the Hitter
In this webinar, we will discuss how to respectfully handle tricky playgroup situations. Learn how to manage biting, hitting, pushing and tantrums in a playgroup situation.
Public Parenting Etiquette 101
In this webinar, we will discuss tricky public parenting situations such as what to do when your infant screams in the restaurant, or your toddler bites your friend's child, or your preschooler pulls your neighbor's flowers from her garden... Find out answers to common questions on these topics and more.
Beyond the Birds and Bees: Talking to Your Child About Sexuality
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of handling children's inevitable questions about sex. Learn about what information children should have at different ages.
Bully Busters: Real, Practical Help for the Bully and the Victim
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of handling childhood bullying in schools and other places.
Communication Essentials: From Conflict to Connection
Learn about the benefits and practice of essential communication skills such as Active Listening and I-Statements.
The Love Languages of Parenting
Based on the book by Gary Chapman, this presentation discusses what common parenting practices are rooted in a particular love language as well as which practices can be very detrimental to connecting through a love language. Detailed Presentation Description
Inspiring Motivation Without Madness
Learn about the five keys of motivating partners and children to do chores, help around the house, and cooperate with your requests, without pulling out your hair!
Eggs for Dinner Again? Holding Down the Fort When Your Parenting Partner Works Away From Home
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of parenting when one partner travels for work and the other partner holds down the home front. Detailed Presentation Description
Plugged-In Parenting: Connecting with the Digital Generation for Health, Safety and Love
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of parenting children with cellphones, internet access, game consoles and electronics. Detailed Presentation Description
Raising Your Spirited Child and Understanding Temperament
Understand the effect of temperament on parenting. Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of parenting high need/spirited children. Detailed Presentation Description
Choosing Extra Curricular Activities and Keeping Siblings Busy During Wait Times
How many activities is too much and how to choose which ones to keep? How to keep siblings entertained while they have to wait for their brother/sister? We will tackle these challenges and more in this webinar.
Connecting with Your Teenager
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of opening communication with your teenager. Parents will better understand our beliefs about teenagers, gain understanding of the communication process, the teenage brain, and learn about the Problem-solving Method to solve conflicts. Detailed Presentation Description
Traveling with Children
Learn tips for traveling overseas by air and within country by car, with babies, toddlers, and teens.
Helping Your Child Adjust to the New Baby
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of helping children adjust to a new sibling. Detailed Presentation Description
Chores and Allowances: When, How Much, and What to Expect
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of gifting children with chores and allowances.
Sibling Rivalry Remedies
Every relationship in the family encounters conflict. Learn how to set the stage for smooth sibling relationships and best practices for helping them sort out their issues. Detailed Presentation Description
Morning Madness and After-work Arsenic Hour: Managing Working Parents Most Challenging Situations
Yes, you can have more stress-free mornings and calmer after-work reunions with your children. This webinar will give you tips on making your work-family transitions more loving. Detailed Presentation Description
Taming the Gaming: How to Limit Screen Time (computer and video games) Without Scream Time™
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of parenting children with cellphones, internet access, game consoles and electronics. Detailed Presentation Description
123 Time-Out –The Pros, Cons, and Alternatives of this Popular Discipline Tool
What is 123 Time-out, and the pros and cons of using this behavioural technique. What can parents do instead?
He Dared Me! Helping Your Child Manage Peer Pressure
Peer pressure can be positive or negative. Learn how to make positive peer pressure work for your child and discover how to help them navigate negative peer pressure in school and youth groups. Detailed Presentation Description
Brain Building Play Ideas to Raise a Smart Child
Learn the three keys to raising a smart child and essential play toys that will enhance brain development. Detailed Presentation Description
Leadership Begins in the Family
Explore the five keys borrowed from the workplace for parenting tomorrow's leaders in your family.
Helping Children Cope with Disaster
Children experience trauma from disaster in ways different from adults. In this webinar, we will explore how children experience trauma at different ages and what the adults (parents and teachers) in their lives can do to help them cope. Detailed Presentation Description
Workplace to Parenting: 10 Essentials Transferable Skills from Work to Home Life
Learn the 10 workplace skills that make family life easier.
Nurturing the Parent: Time to Take Care of You
It's important to fill your bucket. Learn ways to find time for and take care of the most important person in your child's life - YOU!
Unplug Christmas Inc.
What does the research show that children really want from the holidays and how can you provide it?
Gift-giving From the Heart and Hands, Not the Wallet
Get some great ideas for homemade gifts for all ages, that don't cost a fortune and build memories.
Peaceful Parenting with Different Partner Parenting Styles
Every parent does things differently. Learn what the research shows on how moms and dads style affect different parts of the child's brain, and how to navigate widely different partner views on parenting. Learn how to parent together with a better fit. Detailed Presentation Description
Attachment Parenting for Everyone: Myths and Truths
Attachment parenting is often portrayed in the media as a child-centered, parent-doormat style of parenting. In the webinar, we explode the myths of building attachment with your child, with research supporting the theory and behaviours of attachment parenting. Detailed Presentation Description
Every Child is Gifted: Understanding Multiple Intelligences
Learn about how children learn differently. Based on the work of Howard Gardner and Thomas Armstrong, discover the 8 intelligences and how to tell what your child is. Everyone is intelligent! Detailed Presentation Description
Play is the Key to University
Learn what play is free play and how children benefit socially, cognitively, emotionally, and physically from unstructured, unorganized, free play at all ages. Detailed Presentation Description
Handling Homework Hassles
Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of helping children reclaim their homework.
How the Alberta School System Works and How to Choose a School? - Updated for 2016/2017
Public, private, charter, On-line, Home-based, or Home Education? So many choices. Understand how the school system works in Alberta and explore the options open to parents.
Getting Ready for a New School Year
Start the year off right. Learn what you need to do to get your child ready for school physically (haircuts, clothes), emotionally (separation anxiety, fears), socially (new friends) and cognitively (offsetting summer learning loss).
Thinking About Homeschooling in Alberta: Where to Start and how to Navigate the Sea of Choices
This webinar is for people with doubts! Come and check out if homeschooling is a good fit for your family and what types of homeschooling philosophies would fit with your lifestyle, your child's learning style and your parenting style. You will also learn the first steps in choosing the supervising school board that is right for you. This session is unbiased, frank, and essential information that is not sponsored by any school or school board.
Homeschooling High School for Post Secondary Education in Alberta
This webinar outlines all you need to know to Traditionally home educate your child for marks and credits in Alberta's System. Detailed Presentation Description
Understanding Unschooling: The Creative, Motivating and Educational Pathway to University and Scholarships
Unschooling is learner-determined homeschooling. Come and check out if unschooling is a good fit for your family, and how to do it. Learn tips, researched information, and best practices of this child-directed, form of education. This session is unbiased, frank, and essential information that is not sponsored by any school or school board. Detailed Presentation Description
Grappling with the Grumblies: Stop Screaming and Start Connecting
Authors Deborah Miller and Judy Arnall co-present on handling children's and parents' anger
Investment $62.95 Includes both print books mailed out to your address, Grappling with the Grumblies and Parenting With Patience plus the webinar recording
This session will include a reading from the children's book, Grappling with the Grumblies, from author Deborah Miller, and a presentation on parenting grumblies from Judy Arnall. Embracing grumblies is a job all families get to enjoy and this session will empower you with lots of ideas for making anger work for your family.
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Teaching Parent Education Concepts Interactively - Webinar Recording
1.5 hour recording, presented by Judy Arnall, BA, DTM, CCFE ( Canadian Certified Family Life Educator)
Includes scheduled consultation time with Judy.
$99.00 per participant or $990.00 per organization registration up to 25 people for the recording.
Teaching Parenting Concepts Interactively Printable Description
Presentation Description: Learn how to present parenting concepts and best practices to your parenting groups. Topics include openers, parenting styles, picky eating, temperament, sleep issues, brain development, play, discipline, self-esteem, closings and many more. Facilitation tips also included.