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Prenatal:

This five-week class covers nutrition, exercise, stages of pregnancy, labor and delivery, breast and bottle feeding, and newborn care.

Week 1: 

• Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy
• Labor and delivery
• Relaxation and breathing techniques

Week 2:

• Early labor
• Active labor
• Going to the hospital
• Coping with pain

Week 3:

• Delivery
• Birth Process
• Possible medical interventions

Week 4: 

• Emotional adjustments
• Breast and bottle feeding

Week 5:

• Baby Care: Bathing and skin care, diapering, feeding, and sleep patterns
• Growth and Development: physical, emotional, and behavioural
• Safety: Car, home, toys, and wellness
• Parenting: self-care, parenting styles, bonding, relationships, and community resources

Baby’s First Year: 

Designed to boost your confidence as a parent, this class will give you the opportunity to discuss questions and concerns while you receive practical advice and encouragement.

Week 1: Welcoming the New Baby

• Family adjustments
• Common infant illnesses
• Postpartum depression

Week 2: Infant Behaviour

• sleeping
• Crying
• Attachment

Week 3: Physical Behaviour 

• Food
• Play
• Oral Care

Week 4: Physical Safety

• Play
• Setting boundaries
• Accidents/injuries

Week 5: Emotional/Social Safety

• Values and goals
• Childcare
• Emotional Development

Week 6: Discipline

• Questions
• Wrap-Up

Mother Goose Literacy and Parenting Skills

Enjoy rhyme and story time with your young child, as well as discuss the highs and lows of parenthood. This class runs for eight weeks.

Parent Education Program

Learn about the important emotional, mental and relational needs your child has, as well as develop the knowledge and skills to best meet them in day-to-day parenting. This class is geared towards parents of children ages two to twelve and runs for six weeks.

Goals of the Parent Education Program: 

• Help build a strong parent-child relationship
• Instill important qualities in your child, including
  • self-esteem
  • Courage
  • responsibility
  • cooperation
• Learn effective communication skills
• Understand your child’s behaviours

The Fatherhood Program

The goal of this course is to provide you with practical parenting tools as you strive to be the best you can be. This program will provide you with a better understanding of your unique role as a dad, child development and care, communication and childhood emotions, childhood physical health, and boundaries for health.

Week 1:

• The father’s role
• The importance of being present and involved
• Common stumbling blocks

Week 2:

• Child development
• Fostering cognitive, social, emotional, and physical growth of children

Week 3:

• Effective communication with children
• Childhood emotional health

Week 4:

• Baby care
• Childhood physical health

Week 5: 

• Appropriate childhood boundaries
• Setting limits and expectations

Financial Literacy 

Developed by Momentum, our financial literacy program is a 5-week course on money management. In this course you will gain the skills to make the most of your financial resources. The Five Modules are:

1. Assets

2. Budgeting

3 Banking

4. Credit

5. Consumerism