Parent & Child Psychology Workshops in Calgary and Online
At Creative Sky Psychology, we believe learning about mental health and development should feel practical, engaging, and useful in everyday life.
Our psychologists offer parenting and child psychology workshops in Calgary and online for parents, caregivers, children, teens, educators, schools, community organizations, and helping professionals.
Grounded in current psychological research, our workshops translate complex ideas about child development, mental health, and the brain into strategies people can actually use. Topics include anxiety, ADHD, autism and neurodivergence, emotion regulation, executive functioning, resilience, problem-solving, social development, and supporting children and teens through different stages of development.
Psychology Workshops for Parents, Children & Communities
Creative Sky workshops are designed to be informative, practical, and engaging. Rather than simply telling families what to do, we help participants understand why children think, feel, and behave the way they do, and what adults can do to support healthy development.
We provide workshops for:
Parents and caregivers
Children and teens
Teachers and school teams
Preschools and childcare programs
Community organizations
Health and helping professionals
Rural and remote communities
Workshops can be offered in person in Calgary or online throughout Alberta.
Book a Child Psychology Workshop in Calgary
Looking for a psychologist to speak with your school, parent group, organization, or professional team?
Our Calgary child psychologists can provide existing workshops or develop a presentation around the needs of your group.
Workshop topics may include:
Anxiety in children and teens
ADHD and executive functioning
Autism and neurodivergent development
Emotion regulation and big feelings
OCD
Flexible thinking and problem-solving
Confidence and self-esteem
Resilience
Social and friendship skills
Play and early childhood development
Parent-child relationships
Teen mental health
Supporting neurodivergent learners
Our approach is strength-based, neurodiversity-affirming, developmentally informed, and evidence-informed.
Workshops for Preschool & Early Childhood
The early years provide an important opportunity to build the foundations for emotional, social, and cognitive development.
Our preschool and early childhood workshops may explore:
Learning through play
Building flexible thinking
Managing big feelings
Developing early problem-solving skills
Social and cooperative play
Workshops can be designed for parents, early childhood educators, preschool programs, or groups of young children.
Workshops for School-Age Children
As children grow, they encounter increasingly complex expectations at school, at home, and with peers.
Workshops for school-age children and their caregivers may focus on:
Emotion regulation
Flexible thinking
Friendship and social problem-solving
Executive functioning
Confidence
Resilience
Activities can incorporate discussion, games, creativity, movement, and hands-on learning to make psychological concepts easier for children to understand and remember.
Workshops for Teens & Parents of Teens
Adolescence brings significant changes in the brain, identity, relationships, independence, and emotional development.
Teen-focused workshops may explore:
Anxiety and stress
Emotion regulation
ADHD and executive functioning
Motivation and procrastination
Confidence and identity
Social media and mental health
Workshops can be designed directly for teens or for parents who want to better understand and support adolescent development.
Workshops for Schools, Educators & Community Organizations
Creative Sky Psychology provides child psychology workshops for Calgary schools, educators, community organizations, and professional teams. Presentations can be adapted to the developmental stage of the children being supported and the needs of the organization. Topics may include anxiety, ADHD, autism, executive functioning, emotion regulation, resilience, flexible thinking, social development, supporting neurodivergent learners, and understanding children's behaviour through a developmental lens.
Parent Workshops
Problem-Solving & Resilience
How do we help children become capable problem-solvers without solving every problem for them?
This workshop explores how problem-solving, flexible thinking, and resilience develop throughout childhood. Parents learn practical ways to help children manage frustration, adapt when plans change, generate solutions, and become more confident navigating challenges.
The goal isn't to remove every obstacle. It's to help children gradually develop the skills to meet them.
Building Confidence & Self-Esteem
Healthy confidence develops through much more than praise.
This workshop explores how relationships, competence, independence, mistakes, and successful experiences all contribute to a child's developing sense of self.
Parents learn practical strategies for recognizing strengths, encouraging effort, responding constructively to mistakes, reducing unhelpful comparisons, and helping children develop confidence in their own abilities.
Emotion Regulation Strategies for Parents & Caregivers
Big feelings are part of development. Learning what to do with them takes time.
This workshop helps parents understand how emotion regulation develops in the brain and across childhood, why some children experience emotions more intensely, and how adults can support regulation without expecting children to manage emotions beyond their developmental capacity.
Parents learn strategies for co-regulation, recognizing early signs of overwhelm, responding to big emotions, and gradually helping children develop their own regulation toolkit.
Understanding Anxiety in Children & Teens
Anxiety doesn't always look like fear.
It can appear as avoidance, reassurance seeking, perfectionism, irritability, physical complaints, difficulty sleeping, procrastination, or refusing activities that once seemed manageable.
This workshop helps parents understand the anxiety cycle and how well-intentioned responses can sometimes unintentionally strengthen avoidance. Parents learn practical strategies for supporting gradual bravery, coping with uncertainty, managing anxious thoughts, and building confidence.
Understanding ADHD & Executive Functioning
ADHD affects much more than attention.
Children and teens with ADHD may experience differences in task initiation, working memory, organization, time awareness, motivation, impulse control, and emotion regulation.
Using a neurodiversity-affirming approach, this workshop helps parents understand what may be happening underneath behaviours that can sometimes look like laziness, defiance, or lack of motivation.
Parents learn practical ways to provide structure, reduce unnecessary friction, support executive functioning, and help children build skills while recognizing their strengths.
Supporting Autistic & Neurodivergent Children
Every child's brain experiences and responds to the world differently.
This workshop explores autistic and neurodivergent development through a strength-based and affirming lens. Topics may include sensory processing, communication, emotional regulation, executive functioning, predictability, social experiences, interests, and individual differences.
Parents learn to look beyond behaviour and ask a more useful question:
What might this child be communicating, experiencing, or needing right now?
The emphasis is on understanding the child, adapting environments, building skills, supporting self-advocacy, and helping children participate meaningfully without asking them to hide important parts of themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Our workshops are led by Creative Sky’s team of specialized child psychologists who each bring advanced training and a deep commitment to child and family mental health.
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Yes — our workshops are open to the community. You do not need to be an existing client to register.
A child will certainly benefit from seeing a Psychologist when they have struggles at home, school, or in the community. A Psychologist will ask about the impact an issue is having on your child’s functioning and well-being. It is best to seek help sooner than later. Often difficulties can become internalized, causing additional issues. This is often the case with social, emotional, or academic issues. When left untreated, children can develop anxiety or depression, and may experience long term difficulties.
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While workshops are designed for parents, content applies to children from preschool through teens, depending on the topic. We also have workshops for teens on executive functioning strategies.
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No. Workshops provide practical strategies and education but do not replace individualized therapy. Many parents use workshops as a complement to ongoing counselling.
Bring a Creative Sky Psychology Workshop to Your Community
Whether you're looking for a parenting workshop in Calgary, a child psychology presentation for your school, professional development for your team, or an online workshop for your community, we'd be happy to talk about what you're looking for. Contact Creative Sky Psychology to learn about upcoming workshops or book a workshop for your school, organization, parent group, or community.