Nobody’s Perfect Parenting

Meet other caregivers and understand parenting challenges while learning about child development, health, safety, and self care.

Details:

  • Every Thursday, January 16 – March 6, 2025 from 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
  • For parents with children 0-6 years old
  • Free, indoor group at our WFC Tri-Cities office (2062 Manning Ave, Port Coquitlam)
  • Childminding available during sessions
  • Limited spots available. Registration will close automatically once capacity has been reached or a week before the first session.

If you have any questions, please email communications@westcoastfamily.org

Come play with your little one and connect with other parents & babies!

Details:

  • DROP-IN, no registration required. 
  • Wednesdays, January 8 – March 12, 2025, from 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
  • No session on January 22
  • At the WFC Tri-Cities Office at the back of the building (2062 Manning Ave, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 1L6)

If you have any questions about this group or other DROP-IN WINTER HAPPENINGS programs, please email us at family.nav@westcoastfamily.org

Successful Co-Parenting is a free, comprehensive 6-week program for parents experiencing separation and/or divorce with a focus on the best interest of their child. Parents will obtain skills, strategies, resources, and support for effective co-parenting to help their children through this transition.

*We ask that only one parent from each family register at a time for each Successful Co-Parenting group.

Schedule:

  • Now running every Wednesday, January 22 – February 26, 2025 from 6:00PM – 8:00PM
  • Online via Zoom
  • Registration closes one week after the first session

If you have any questions, please email us at communications@westcoastfamily.org

These are educational and interactive sessions open to parents navigating separation and divorce.

Topics may include: understanding legal rights, duties and responsibilities of each party, looking at the process of separation and divorce, parental responsibilities and access, child and spousal support, property division plus more.

*Sessions will be facilitated by a licensed lawyer and supported by a Westcoast Family Centres staff member*

SCHEDULE:

  • Monthly Sessions on Tuesdays, Nov. 5, 2024, Jan. 14, Feb. 4, Mar. 4, Apr. 1, May 6, Jun. 3, Sept. 9, Oct. 7, 2025
  • 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
  • Online via Zoom

Register Here

Join us virtually on the first Tuesday of every month from 6:00 – 7:00 PM to delve into the world of technology its impacts on child development.

Topics are stand-alone so hop onto one or any sessions you’d like!

Hosted by family counsellor Kevin Doan

SCHEDULE:

  • Every Wednesday, November 6, December 4, 2024. January 8, March 5, April 2, May 7, 2025
  • 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
  • Online via Zoom

Register Here

Join us for a free parenting program to explore effective parenting strategies and build connections with other parents. For parents of children K – Gr. 5.

Details:

  • Every Friday from October 4 – December 6, 2024, 8:45 AM – 10:00 AM
  • DROP-IN, no registration required!
  • For parents with children in elementary school
  • In-person at Ecole Glen Elementary School
  • Snacks and beverages will be provided
  • No child-minding available at this time.

If you have any questions about this group or other programs, please email us at communications@westcoastfamily.org

This group supports parents or caregivers in WFC’s Family Preservation & Reunification Program with pre-teen/teens struggling with depression, anxiety and emotional difficulties.

Connect Parenting Group is an evidence-based 10-week attachment-based program that helps parents support youth ages 8-18 years, delivered in-person or online.

Priority is given to parents and caregivers in WFC’s Family Preservation & Reunification Program.

Contact Carmella at carmella.vandrunen@westcoastfamily.org or Morena at morena.mejia@westcoastfamily.org to register.

SCHEDULE:

  • Every Tuesday, September 17 – November 19, 2024
  • 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
  • Online via Zoom
  • Contact Carmella or Morena to register.

 

We are offering a 9-week program for parents and caregivers of children from birth to adolescence.

Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting is a non-violent approach to teaching children while respecting them as learners and individual human beings.

This group is hosted by Westcoast Family Centres.

Details:

If you have any questions about this group, please email Luisa Narvaez at luisa.narvaez@westcoastfamily.org

Support group for parents who have a mental illness and/or substance use challenges. Drop-in bi-weekly on Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 PM on Zoom.

Details:

  • DROP-IN via Zoom, no registration required. 
  • Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88231116136?pwd=aaWOsp7n6V9LM12TmWWEioGG1TPICH.1

    Meeting ID: 882 3111 6136

    Passcode: 286472

    Thursdays, September 12 & 26, October 10 & 24, November 7 & 21, 2024, from 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

If you have any questions about this group, please email shelley.jensen@westcoastfamily.org

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