Building Successful Stepfamilies - Workshops

Building Successful Stepfamilies - Workshops: is an on-going series of workshops for stepfamilies that is hosted by the Stepfamily Foundation of Alberta. Each workshop focuses upon a topic of general interest to stepfamily members, with the goal of identifying practical strategies to reduce and/or eliminate the difficulties typically associated with that topic.

 

Our next workshops:

Second Wives' Symposium on Finances -- Date: 01 October 2009.

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Erin Walter, wealth specialist, author, TV personality, and stepmom will detail what every stepmom needs to know about stepfamily finances.

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Admission: Free (sponsored by Grant Thornton and the Stepfamily Foundation of Alberta)

For reservations call: (403) 245-5744 or email us.

 

Stepfamily Dynamics Tools for Resolving a Collision Course  Date: TBA

.Stepfamily members typically hold one of three different agendas that place them on a collision course with other members of the stepfamily. In this workshop you will learn: 1) what these agendas are, 2) who holds them and why, and 3) exactly what you need to do to prevent the conflict they produce.

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Participants will work extensively in a small group setting. Enrollment is limited. For reservations call: (403) 245-5744 or email us.

 

 

Recent workshops:

 

Should We Wed?

 

.Participants in this workshop examined:

1) if and when stepfamily couples should consider marriage vs formalizing their partnership agreement, and

2) detailed the steps couples could take and strategies they could invoke in support of these options.

 

A summary of this workshop will soon be available for free to anyone completing our Stepparenting Styles Questionnaire.

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Tools to Master 4 Essential Stepfamily Tasks

 

In this workshop participants:

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1) learned the four tasks every stepfamily must confront and master in order to succeed, and

2) worked with others to develop a range of practical strategies to confront and master these essential tasks.  

 

A summary of this workshop is now available for free to anyone who completes our Stepparenting Styles Questionnaire.

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Call (403) 245-5744 or  email to reserve a spot in the next  workshop.

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