Beyond Behaviour: Understanding the Child’s Nervous System
Children’s behaviour is often approached as something to manage, yet beneath every behaviour is a nervous system communicating its experience of safety, stress, and connection. This interactive session invites caregivers…
$15 – $20
Beyond Behaviour: Understanding the Child’s Nervous System
Children’s behaviour is often approached as something to manage, yet beneath every behaviour is a nervous system communicating its experience of safety, stress, and connection. This interactive session invites caregivers…
Date and time
Jan 14, 2027
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Virtual Event
Meeting link will be sent to registered attendees ahead of the event start.
About this event
Children’s behaviour is often approached as something to manage, yet beneath every behaviour is a nervous system communicating its experience of safety, stress, and connection. This interactive session invites caregivers and parents into a neuroinformed ™ understanding of what drives behaviour across home and childcare environments. Drawing from interpersonal neurobiology, attachment, and play therapy, participants will learn how stress responses (fight, flight and shutdown) show up in everyday moments, and how co-regulation supports emotional development, learning, and relationships. Through practical examples and simple tools, this workshop offers strategies that can be used immediately. Participants will leave with a shared language and greater confidence, shifting from “How do I stop this behaviour?” to “What does this child’s nervous system need right now?”
Presenter: Johanna Simmons is a clinical counsellor, play therapy supervisor and educator, based in North Vancouver, BC. She integrates brain science, attachment, and play therapy to support children, teens, and families. Author of “Parenting in the 21st Century: The Neuro-Informed Parent,” Johanna helps caregivers understand behaviour through the lens of the nervous system, fostering connection, regulation, and resilience in everyday relationships.
Policies & Information
Workshop Policies & Information
- Training certificates will be issued via email within 5 business days of the workshop attended. To receive a certificate, you must arrive on time, participate, stay for the entire session and have video on. If you have not received your certificate after 5 business days, please call us. If you require a copy of your certificate after 30 days of the workshop you will incur a 10-dollar charge.
- Late arrivals of more than 15 minutes will not be admitted to workshops.
- Children – Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate children during a workshop. Please make alternate arrangements.
- Registration – Prepayment is required for all workshops. Credit card payment can be taken over the phone.
- Methods of payment – Visa or MasterCard or Debit
Cancellation & Refund Policies
- Workshop cancellations (regular workshops) – Registrants can cancel up until two full business days prior to the scheduled workshop date. Cancellations received before the deadline will be given a workshop credit (not a refund) to be used towards future workshops at Abbotsford CCRR. Workshop credits are valid for one year from the date of the cancelled workshop. Due to unforeseen circumstances, workshops may be subject to change or cancellation, in this case we would issue a refund.
- Course cancellations (First Aid and Responsible Adult) – Registrants must cancel one week (5 business days) prior to the course/class start date in order to receive a refund. The original receipt must be provided at the time of refund.