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Children and families receive what they need to thrive.
Several support groups are offered through our various CVCDA programs or in partnerships with outside community groups and affiliate organizations, some of which use the Comox Valley Child Development Association (CVCDA) spaces as their home base.
Please read on to discover some of the different areas of support available.
Circle Of Security Parenting Series
At times, all parents will feel lost or even without a clue about what their child might need from them. The Circle of Security Parenting (TM) program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened. This series will assist parents in making sense of what their child is really asking from them with learning objectives such as reading your child’s emotional needs, supporting emotional management and enhancing the development of your child’s self esteem.
If you would like more information about this group and the times that they meet, please contact the Coordinator (Phone: 250-338-4288, ext 230).
Infant Development Program Playgroup
This Playgroup is for Infant Development Program (IDP) families and their children ages 0-3 years old. The group provides a safe place for infant and toddlers to play, learn and grow while also offering a place for parents to connect with both consultants and other parents.
If you would like more information about this group and any upcoming dates, please contact your Infant Development Consultant.
Touchpoints Parenting Program
The Touchpoints Parenting Program is a six week practical, relationship based curriculum designed to meet the needs of today’s families with the goal of supporting positive parent-child relationships. The curriculum is a series of parenting modules designed to enable facilitators to come alongside parents as they learn about their children and address issues facing their families.
Parenting Modules include:
- Parenting Your Unique Child: Joys and Challenges
- Understanding Your Child’s Development
- Exploring Your Families’ Culture and Language
- Nurturing and Caring for Your Children: Keeping Your Children Safe and Healthy
- Discipline: Your Role as Parents Over Time – Teacher and Guide
If you are interested in learning more or joining the next session, please email our program faciliators at touchpoints@cvcda.ca
FOR SERVICE PROVIDERS, our Facilitators offer a condensed version of the program over two days. Come explore the Touchpoints Parenting Program as a resrouce for the families you serve.
Touchpoints Parenting Program with an Indigenous Focus
You are invited to join us in the Touchpoints Parenting Program with an Indigenous Focus…a time to connect, share and reflect on some ways that we can look at parenting in a unique way!
If you are interested in learning more or joining the next session, please email our program faciliators at ascdtouchpoints@cvcda.ca
What to expect from our time together!
We will explore the following topics….
- Parenting our unique children, the Joys and the Challenges. What is a Touchpoint and how does it affect our children’s development?
- Understanding our children’s development and learning about their (and our own!) temperament.
- Exploring our families Culture and Language.
- Nurturing and caring for our children.
- Exploring discipline and guidance, self regulation and limit setting.
- Celebrating us as parents/caregivers being the expert on our children.
Valley Child
Your guide to events and services for children under 8, and their families, in the Comox Valley.
Valley Child connects parents, caregivers, and service providers in the Comox Valley with tools and resources to help kids find success. Explore the programs and services available for kids and their families from Fanny Bay to Black Creek, and stay up to date on activities with our calendar.