WE HELP MAKE GOOD FAMILIES GREAT
Sometimes parenting is a drink best served warm with friends. Now Sunday mornings from 10am - 10:45am check out our newest parenting group, guided by experts in all fields of family and parenting. With different topic and facilitator each week, the kids play in the Sunday Scene and you get to have time to ask all of the pressing parenting questions you have right now to some of the best minds in the field. Free including coffee and snacks.
For moms AND dads! Scroll down to see our list of expert teachers and guides.
Begins Jan. 18th, 2015 and runs until Passover 2015
Parenting Coffee Club
Meet your parenting experts:
Eva Klein is a certified Infant and Child Sleep Consultant through the International Maternity Institute and is the founder of My Sleeping Baby.
Eva’s main goal is to assist her clients establish healthy sleep habits for their children. After experiencing the debilitating effects of chronic sleep deprivation from her two children, Eva was inspired to help families overcome their sleep challenges. Eva truly empathizes with her clients’ sleep troubles and personally invests herself in their sleep journey.
Eva is a proud wife and mother of two beautiful girls (who are now both great sleepers) and lives with her family in Toronto. She provides individual sleep consultations, either in-person or over the phone, and facilitates group seminars.In addition to completing her sleep consulting certification, Eva has her Bachelor of Arts from York University and her law degree from the University of Western Ontario.
Marsha Gallinger is a social worker and mother of five young adults. She is a child and family therapist in private practice with a passion for working with parents and counselling them on day-to-day issues. Marsha is a keen observer of behaviour and has counselled children and parents for 15 years. Her hands-on, practical coaching provides parents with effective skills and strategies to solve problems, defuse conflicts and create a strong bond with their children. Marsha has just completed a year long pilot project at Women’s College Hospital working with parents in the mental health clinic.
Dr. Aliza Israel is a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Women's College Hospital, and lecturer at the University of Toronto in child psychiatry and women's mental health. She is interested in the interplay between maternal and child mental health, and in promoting resilience in young families. Dr. Israel lives in Toronto with her husband and two young sons. She is also an amateur juggler who may or may not secretly wish to run away with the circus.
Rabbi Tzvi Sytner is the new young sensation at The Village Shul. He has his masters in Family Counselling and a Masters in Education. Along with his incredible wife and their 4 children, he is bringing his experience and wisdom both religious and secular to helping families achieve their postential and to have success in all areas of growth and parenting. He is a mean guitar player and snowboarder and loves meeting new families.
Stacey Tessis B.A. A.T.C. Stacey runs a parent coaching and consulting practice using RDI (Relationship Development Intervention). She helps parents promote a sense of connection and an open environment for change and healthy growth. She offers coaching for any parent who would benefit from some extra help. Stacey also specialises in Autism Consulting. This includes children across the spectrum and with related neurodevelopmental disorders.