Do you have an older child and also an infant? On Mat leave for the second time? Whether you stay home with both or the older one is in daycare, this program is for you!

Do you find yourself trying to juggle between your older child(ren) and your new baby? Join us for our online group and share with other moms who are going through the same thing you are.

Facilitated Discussion Topics Include:

Sibling rivalry & facilitating bonding

Behaviour & development

Stress & conflict management

All hands are full - getting the support you need

Note: This program is for parents with an older child and an infant.

We will be using the Self-Reg Parenting Course for the educational component of the course.  For this course we will be asking that you complete 2 modules per week.  Each module is 30 minutes long. 

You will get access to the parenting course as soon as you register and pay. The facilitated group will start on October 13th. Limited to 25 registrants. 


Self-Reg Parenting is an online course that shows parents how to apply Shanker Self-Reg® in their day-to-day parenting.

The ten-module, video-based Self-Reg Parenting Course is designed to help parents apply Shanker Self-Reg® in their day-to-day parenting.

LWAB RATE: $85.00 (that's $8.50 per week)
REGULAR PRICE is $168 (149 +HST)

This group rate is available for Life With A Baby members only.  Not a member? It's free to join. Sign up here 

The Self-Reg Parenting Program, delivered through TMC’s e-School, explains the principles of Shanker Self-Reg®, and practical ways parents can use Self-Reg to:

• gain a whole new understanding of their child’s behaviour and how to respond to it
• learn the impacts of excess stress on children’s behaviour and mood
• come to grips with their own stress and how it affects their parenting
• identify and address the subtle and hidden stressors that affect children in ways that parents might not realize
• find out how other parents use Self-Reg strategies to deal with real-life parenting situations and problems

The course material consists of videos which parents can watch at their convenience, and rewatch as often as they like over a 6 month period.

Contributors to the course content include:

• Dr. Stuart Shanker, originator of the Self-Reg framework and author of Self-Reg: How to help your child (and you) break the stress cycle and successfully engage with life
• Dr. Susan Hopkins, Executive Director of the MEHRIT Centre
• Dr. Jean Clinton, a child and adolescent psychiatrist from McMaster University with a special interest in parenting and parent-child relationships
• Vicki Parnell, administrator of the Self-Reg Parenting Facebook Group

Dr. Shanker and Susan Hopkins provide the core information on Self-Reg and the five-step Shanker Method®. The course will also show parents how to apply Self-Reg strategies in their day-to-day parenting through videos with Vicki Parnell. It includes videos in which parents share their experiences and “aha moments” of using Self-Reg strategies in a variety of practical real-life settings.

• Module 1: What Is Self-Reg?
• Module 2: The 5 Domains
• Module 3: Reframe
• Module 4: Recognize
• Module 5: Reduce
• Module 6: Reflect
• Module 7: Respond
• Module 8: Putting It All Into Practice
• Module 9: In the Heat of the Moment
• Module 10: Sharing Self-Reg With Other Adults

More Info:

• Start at any time after October 1st.
  
• Access to all video content from Stuart Shanker, Susan Hopkins, Dr. Jean Clinton and Vicki Parnell
• Access to module quizzes
• No regimented course times, take the course when is most convenient for you
• Access to module content for 6 months from start date
• Certificate of completion
• Support of questions and Zoom check-in with facilitator and other parents taking this course.