DESCRIPTION:

Recording date:  July 7, 2021

This workshop provides ideas for helping re-build connection with your child or teen, working together, strengthening the parent-child relationship and improving cooperation and communication. The session covers topics including:

• Building positive relationships with your child or teen
• Effective communication skills
• The CALM method (connect, affect, listen, mirror)

Facilitators:

• Ron Joyce Children’s Health Centre, Hamilton Health Sciences

Related resources:

• BOOK: You're Ruining My Life!: Surviving The Teenage Years With Connected Parenting by Jennifer Kolari
• 55 Shared Journal Ideas (Website)
• The CALM Method (Website)
• VIDEOS:
  • Dan Siegel - "The Adolescent Brain" (4:36) - short, animated explanation
  • Daniel Siegel - The Teenage Brain (13:54) - goes into a bit more depth and worth watching!
• Related FamilySpace sessions:
  • Positive Parenting
  • Validation and Emotion-Coaching: skills for families to support their loved one
  • Setting Limits with L.O.V.E.