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    Families Matter Society

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    Families Matter is all about healthy and resilient thriving families. ALL families.

    Our Mission: To empower families so that caregivers and children build resilience and thrive.

    Our Vision: A connected community in which children and families are nurtured and supported to be happy, healthy and resilient.

    Our Core Values: We are an agency that lives its values in our work every day.

    Respect   Resilience   Collaboration   Playfulness   Self-Awareness

    Our Possibility Imagine for a moment if family members could confidently communicate, in accountable and respectful language, with their parents, siblings, and peers. Imagine if parents routinely modeled effective ways of problem-solving with their children in ways that build self-esteem. What would be possible for future generations if we placed as much emphasis on developing the skills and competencies of cooperation, as we currently do on individual achievement? Imagine how well society would function if this was the normal way of being.

    Essential Skills

    • Appreciation and understanding of self and others
    • Active listening
    • Service to others
    • An expectation of a positive future
    • Capacity for and connection to learning
    • Life skills (good decision making, assertiveness, and impulse control)
    • Problem-solving skills
    • Negotiation skills
    • Conflict resolution skills
    • Emotional mastery
    • Seeking out objective feedback

    Two locations:

    Horizon /Admin Centre

    • #3404 25th Street NE
    • T1Y 6C1
    • P 403-205-5178
    • F 403-205-5191
    • Intake 403-205-5194

    Midnapore Centre

    • #101 239 Midpark Way SE
    • T2X 1M2
    • P 403-288-1446
    • F 403-205-5191
    • Intake 403-205-5180
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    • Monday

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    • Tuesday

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    • Wednesday

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    • Thursday

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    • Friday

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    • Saturday

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    • Sunday

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      • April 24, 2024 2:51 am local time

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    Services & Programming Offered

    The majority of our programs are currently being offered online through the ZOOM platform. Zoom is free and accessible through mobiles and computers.

    We will be announcing when it is safe to reopen our Family Centres and sharing our protocols for environment and participant comfort and safety

    If the class/program that you are interested in is fully registered or you don’t see what you are looking for, please contact us at 403.205.5194 or 403.205.5180 to inquire about the class/program waitlist and/or upcoming class/program dates.   Families Matter is committed to strengthening families through life’s many transitions. Over the past 18 years, we have developed and refined a wide variety of programs and services that respond to the learning and support needs of a diverse range of families. As an agency, we embrace the ‘Strengthening Families’ approach as our pathway to improve outcomes for children and families. This is an evidence-based protective factors framework developed by the Centre for the Study of Social Policy with a focus on promoting five key protective factors linked to child and family well-being: • Parental Resilience • Social Connections • Knowledge of Parenting and Child Development • Social and Emotional Competence of Children/Youth • Concrete Support in Times of Need We also recognize that families come in many sizes, face many challenges and opportunities and span the full spectrum of life’s many stages and ages — from babies to grandparents. To address these needs, we continuously develop our curriculum and add to our list of education partners. For a listing of our current classes at a glance look here.