Scheduled Live Classes: a guided learning experience
Some of our courses are offered as scheduled classes when resources permit. These real-time classes offer a structured format that many students prefer. Participants watch the week's video lecture by Dr. Gordon Neufeld on their own schedule before attending a live online session with a faculty member who will help clarify key concepts and respond to questions. Classes are recorded so students can catch up later if having to miss.
Participants of scheduled classes also receive a 12-month campus study pass along with supplementary resources, study guides, and a course certificate.
Former and current students of a particular course can enrol in a scheduled class for a modest fee of $50 CAD, enabling them to join a scheduled cohort in real-time to enrich or refresh their learning experience.
Upcoming Scheduled Classes
Power to Parent I — The Vital Connection
Starts January 13, 2026
Tuesdays 10:00AM – 11:00AM PT
Runs for 8 weeks
With Heather Ferguson and Celena Krahn
$250 CAD
In this flagship course of our Power to Parent series, Neufeld reveals that the keys to ease and effectiveness in parenting lies in the nature of the child's attachment to the parent, regardless of the age of the child. The course explores how this relationship is meant to develop, what can go wrong, why parents must matter more than peers, how to cultivate a context of connection, how to win back one's child if need be, and much more.
Art & Science of Transplanting Children
Starts January 15, 2026
Thursdays 12:00PM – 01:00PM PT
Runs for 8 weeks
With Michele Maurer and Bree Jordan
$250 CAD
The impact of disrupting a child's attachments, regardless of the reason — and even when in the best interests of the child — can be deep and profound. This course makes sense of what happens and provides a way through to resolving these challenges to ensure healthy development and well-being.
Neufeld’s Five-Step Model of Emotional Maturation
Starts January 27, 2026
Tuesdays 09:00AM – 10:00AM PT
Runs for 4 weeks
With Eva de Gosztonyi and Robin Brooks-Sherriff.
$150 CAD
Dr. Neufeld outlines what needs to happen to mature emotionally, whether one is a child or catching up as an adult. This developmental knowledge is especially important as immaturity has become epidemic and most interventions make the mistake of attempting to address the symptoms of immaturity rather than getting at the roots. This model is easy to follow whether you're a parent, teacher, or therapist.
Making Sense of Adolescence: Seven Rites of Passage
Starts January 28, 2026
Wednesdays 1:00PM - 2:00PM PT
Runs for 10 weeks
With Lisa Weiner and Robin Brooks-Sherriff
$300 CAD
The task of turning children into adults has never been more daunting. An adolescent is neither child nor adult — and therein lies much of the difficulty, turbulence, confusion, and challenge. They need us, yet need to not need us. We are their best bet, yet their instincts are to resist us. This course is organized around seven rites of passage where adolescents often need our help.
Scheduled Class tuition includes access to:
- Dr. Gordon Neufeld’s video lectures
- Faculty-facilitated scheduled online classes: live & interactive (+ access to class recordings)
- Discussion Forum to ask questions
- Study guide
- Supplementary course resources
- 12 months of course access
- Course attendance certificate
Making Sense of Kids: developmental science in practice
in over 35 languages
Neufeld's attachment-based developmental approach is grounded in over five decades of work as a clinical psychologist, university instructor, and developmental theorist. In 2004, he shared some of these insights in the book Hold On to Your Kids, which helped awaken parents and professionals worldwide to the importance of attachment and developmental science. Many who first discovered the approach through the book have gone on to deepen their understanding through the Neufeld Institute’s 30+ courses. Today, a growing network of language programs and dedicated language directors actively bring these life-changing insights to communities in their own languages and cultural contexts.
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