Tamara Strijack presents at
The Victoria Conference on Developmental and Emotional Challenges with Children and Adolescents
'Preserving True Play in a Screen-filled World'
- November 7th, 2025
- In-Person, Victoria, BC, Canada
About the event
We live in an age of technology, with information and entertainment at our fingertips, and at the fingertips of our children. While this reality may have its conveniences and advantages, it can also preempt the time and space needed for play in our children’s lives. Research is now confirming what age-old cultures have intuitively known all along, that play is actually a vital part of healthy development. What kind of play do children (and adults!) need in their lives? Is screen-play true play and how do we tell the difference? In this seminar, we explore these questions and discuss what we can do as caring adults to preserve true play in a world that is moving too fast.
This workshop is suitable for all those involved with children and youth: parents, teachers, helping professionals. Although the focus is children, the dynamics and insights apply to individuals of any age.
To register and for all the details please visit
Upcoming Events and Conferences
a Taste Test of Intensive One
- Took place at October 10, 2025
- Free Online event
- Register for the replay
Dr. Gordon Neufeld presents at
Northwest Behavioral Health IPA
Stress, Trauma, and Tears:
Recovery in the Wake of a Perfect Storm
- October 24, 2025
Gordon Neufeld and Tamara Neufeld Strijack present at
Jack Hirose's Conferences on
Developmental and Emotional Challenges with Children and Adolescents
- November 5–7, 2025 in Victoria, British Columbia
- November 18–20, 2025 in Calgary, Alberta
Discounts available - see details
Upcoming Scheduled Classes
Some of our courses are also offered as scheduled classes from time to time with our Faculty providing weekly live special support sessions. If you already have taken the course in its self-paced version, you can enrol in the scheduled class for a fee of only 50 CAD.
Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids
Starts October 17, 2025
Fridays 12:30PM – 01:30PM PT
Runs for 22 weeks
Registration Closes October 28, 2025
NB! We keep registration open a little longer so new participants can still join the scheduled class and easily catch up through the recorded support sessions.
Anchored by Karen Bollman
$600 CAD
Intensive I provides the conceptual foundations of Neufeld's approach. Participants are equipped to use the constructs of attachment, maturation, and vulnerability to view children and their problems three-dimensionally.
Intensive II: The Separation Complex
Starts October 16, 2025
Thursdays 11:00AM – 12:30PM PT
Runs for 17 weeks
With Genevieve Schreier
$750 CAD
Registration Closes October 31, 2025
NB! We keep registration open a little longer so new participants can still join the scheduled class and easily catch up through the recorded support sessions.
Building on Intensive I, this course sheds light upon the impact of separation on a child's personality and behaviour. When the developmental antecedents are understood, the path to effective intervention becomes clear.
Intensive III: Becoming Attached
Starts October 27, 2025
Mondays 11:00AM – 12:30PM PT
Runs for 17 weeks
With Genevieve Schreier
$750 CAD
Becoming Attached unfolds and expands the six roots of attachment and puts the focus more on adults than in the first two levels. The course is also a journey through Dr. Neufeld's earlier theoretical development which created the puzzle pieces that ultimately came together in the six roots of attachment.
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Charity & Non-Profit Status
The Neufeld Institute is a registered Canadian charitable organization under the name Neufeld Institute Foundation and is also registered as a NPO in British Columbia. If you would like to make a contribution to us, please go to our donation page.
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