Spring 2025 Behaviour Services Caregiver Workshops

Supportive strategies. Empowered caregivers. Stronger families.

Are you a caregiver looking for ways to better understand and support your child’s behaviour, learning, and well-being? Join us for the Spring 2025 Behaviour Services Caregiver Workshops—a welcoming and practical series designed to equip you with tools that make a real difference.

Attend a gathering to learn about a variety of topics to support your child or youth’s behaviour and learning. Workshops will include topics such as emotional connection, figuring out the “why” of concerning behaviours, teaching positive behaviours, regulation, communication, sleep, and practical tools and strategies to reach you and your child’s goals!

We invite you to a welcoming and supportive environment where you can connect with other caregivers, enjoy coffee and snacks, and participate in interactive learning opportunities.

• Coffee and Snacks: Enjoy some refreshments while you relax and connect with other caregivers.
• Interactive Learning: Engage in presentations and hands-on activities and discussions led by a Behaviour Consultant or Specialist.
• Insights: Learn practical strategies you can use with your children to empower you and them to succeed in day-to-day life.
• Supportive Community: Share experiences and build connections with other caregivers in a warm and empathetic setting.

Child programming is also available. While caregivers participate in workshops, staff from our behaviour services team will run child and youth programming embedded with fun and play, emotional learning, social skills, and connection

Hosted at the arc programs Central Okanagan Family Connection Centre, these workshops offer more than just information—they create space for connection, reflection, and shared learning with other caregivers.

Who Should Attend?

Caregivers of children or youth who want to explore strategies that support behavioural growth, emotional regulation, learning, and communication.

What You’ll Gain

Each session blends evidence-informed teaching, interactive discussion, and peer connection to give you clear, practical tools you can apply at home. Children’s programming is also available—your child can take part in fun, play-based activities that build emotional and social skills while you’re in session.

Spring 2025 Workshop Topics

Here’s what we’ll be exploring this season:

• Concerning Behaviours: Understanding the “Why” and Finding Positive Alternatives
• Understanding and Improving Sleep Difficulties in Children
  Practical and effective strategies for caregivers
• Unlocking Your Child’s Potential with Executive Functioning Skills
• Using Visual Tools for Success
  Help your child understand and succeed with daily tasks and routines
• Building Foundations: Early Social Communication
• Building Resiliency and Psychological Flexibility
  An introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Stress & Self-Regulation Mini-Series (3 Weeks):
  • Week 1: Understanding Stress and Self-Regulation
  • Week 2: Reducing Stress and Learning Regulation Skills
  • Week 3: Restoring Energy and Building Resilience

Schedule

Saturdays from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM

Dates:

• April 12, 26
• May 3, 10, 24, 31
• June 7, 21, 28

Location:

arc programs Central Okanagan Family Connection Centre
120 – 1835 Gordon Drive, Kelowna

In case you have any questions, contact:

Shannon Haynes – shaynes@arcprograms.com
Hayley Eisler – heisler@arcprograms.com

How to RSVP

Please reserve a ticket only for yourself (the adult caregiver). If you plan to bring a child for child programming (ages 2 and up), please email Hayley Eisler at heisler@arcprograms.com to reserve their spot.

We look forward to seeing you and supporting you on your caregiving journey!

RSVP Today!

To save your spot, find the workshop(s) you’d like to attend and register here:
arcprograms.com/arc-events/