FAMILY WELLNESS

Circle of Security®

 
 

The Circle of Security® Parenting™ (COSP) Program is an 8-week program for parents with children aged 0-18. This program is based on decades of research about how secure parent-child relationships can be supported and strengthened.

During the COSP Program, you will learn to:

  • Explore the concept of being available for your children’s emotions.  

  • Explore healthy ways to develop your child’s self-esteem.   

  • Support your child’s ability to successfully manage challenging behaviours.    

  • Understand how relationships with children can be repaired.  

  • Take an active approach to supporting your own needs and your child's.

Using the COSP™ model, the trained facilitators work closely with parents and caregivers to help them explore being available and open to their child’s(ren) emotions and how to understand their behaviour as a form of communication.  

The COSP Program teaches parents and caregivers ways to support their children’s emotions especially when it causes them to feel uncomfortable, anxious or overwhelmed.

Additionally, it focuses on how to foster a secure, loving, trusting relationship between parent and child(ren).

Learning Objectives:

  • Understand your child’s emotional world by learning to read their emotional needs

  • Support your child’s ability to successfully manage emotions

  • Enhance the development of your child’s self-esteem

  • Honour your innate wisdom and desire for your child to be secure