Parent education

Understanding Infants and Their Cues – one day workshop

This exciting, interactive workshop, also called Keys to Caregiving, uses extensive video clips to demonstrate concepts and to form a basis for participant activities. Knowledge about infants – their states, behaviours, response patterns and pre-verbal language – is important for all parents, caregivers and professionals who work with children and families. Understanding what babies are experiencing and what they need from time to time increases parents’ confidence and can significantly enhance their relationship with their infants. Babies, themselves, relax more, sleep and feed better when they know their parents understand their body language and will respond sensitively to their needs. They grow though early childhood as visibly happier children, trusting and feeling secure in their relationships with their parents and principal caregivers.

Originally designed for nurses and professional caregivers, this one-day Keys to Caregiving Workshop is of real and direct relevance to expectant and new parents.

Although infants under six weeks of age are welcome, we unfortunately do not have facilities to cater for older babies.

Forthcoming workshop dates and links to description and registration are at Diary Dates. 

Understanding Infants and Their Cues – 5 x 2 hour sessions

For expectant and new parents (and grandparents) who find it difficult to attend a full day workshop, the five separate session format has proved more practical. Each group is limited to twelve persons. I am currently inviting expressions of interest in this series in order to decide whether the next groups would prefer day or evening sessions and which locations. Please Contact us with any questions and to express interest in attending.