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Touchpoints: The How of Child and Family Engagement is an intensive training program that introduces the Touchpoints Approach, which is an evidence-based approach to building strong family-child relationships from before birth through age 5. Participants who implement Touchpoints in their practice, partner with families to lay the vital foundation for children's early learning and healthy development. Touchpoints provides a practical, preventative approach that supports professionals in forming strength-based partnerships with families.

Workshop Overview:

What do participants learn?

Strategies to build partnerships with parents that promote family and child strengths.
A framework to understand infant, toddler, and child development, and the behaviours that can be challenging and confusing that arise as development unfolds.
Techniques for talking with families about infant and child development concerns.
How to actively listen to families and collaboratively solve problems related to child development or a child-family relationship.

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite for Touchpoints: The How of Child and Family Engagement

Dates and Times:

Day 1

September 15, 2025 | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Day 2

September 16, 2025 | 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Day 3

September 17, 2025 | 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

Registration Deadline:

September 1, 2025
Advance registration is required

Location:

Terra Centre: 10320 146 St NW, Edmonton, AB T5N 3A2

Requirements for Participation:

Participants must attend all 3 days of training to receive a certificate.

Cost:

Family Resource Network team members and leadership: $0
AHVNA Member: $300
Non Member: $350

Cancellation Policy:

Registration costs are non-refundable.

We encourage you to send a substitute if you are unable to attend the workshop. Cancellations need to be made ONE WEEK prior to the scheduled workshop date.

Should a workshop not reach its minimum registration requirement, it will be cancelled approximately ONE WEEK prior to the workshop commencement date. Registrants will be informed by email or telephone, and registration costs will be refunded.

Key words: Family Engagement, Family-child relationship, child development,

SOLD OUTTouchpoints: The How of Child and Family Engagement - 091525

Monday Sep 15 2025, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday Sep 16 2025, 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday Sep 17 2025, 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
10320 146 St NW
Edmonton,
Canada
T5N 3A2

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