Offered online, biweekly Thursdays from 9:00–11:00 am PST
September 3, 2026 – May 27, 2027
Tamara Neufeld Strijack presents
Play Into Practice – 1-Year Program with Tamara Strijack
Deepen your understanding of play and emotion
This year-long program is designed for those who wish to bring the transformative power of play more fully into their practice. Through alternating live sessions, small-group discussions, and experiential exercises, participants will explore how to facilitate play as a natural arena for attachment, emotional expression, and healing.
Prerequisite: Play & Emotion
To enroll in Play Into Practice, participants must first complete the foundational course Play & Emotion (available online through the Neufeld Institute).
This prerequisite introduces the essential framework for understanding how play serves emotional development and why it is key to growth, resilience, and relationship.
We are listing Play Into Practice early to give those interested time to complete the Play & Emotion in advance. You can register and take this 8 session course online and begin at any time.
Upcoming Events and Conferences
Gather with us for a full day of reflection and celebration, including stories, special acknowledgements, talks by faculty, along with an anniversary address by Gordon. The events will also be streamed
- 20th anniversary events - June 4th at the Vancouver Planetarium
The Neufeld Institute’s attachment-based developmental approach has reached families, educators, and helping professionals across diverse cultures and more than 140 countries.
Faculty members around the world are offering presentations in their own languages and cultural contexts, each grounded in the same core understanding: Becoming the Answer Our Children Need.
Play Into Practice — 1-Year Program with Tamara Strijack
- Part 1: Exploring Emotional Playgrounds (Sept – Dec 2026)
- Part 2: Facilitating Emotional Playgrounds (Feb – May 2027)
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.
Classes Start: September 16, 2026
Wednesdays 10:00AM – 11:00AM PT
Runs for 10 weeks
With Michele Maurer and Lisa Weiner
$350 CAD
Fresh understandings of marriage come from viewing the coupling phenomenon through the lenses of attachment, emotion, and development.
Classes Start: October 1, 2026
Thursdays 9:30 AM PT (6:30 PM CET)
Runs for 5 weeks
Led by Urška Žugelj. Each week she is joined by a faculty member.
With Dr. Neufeld joining for the final session.
$150 CAD
This course unfolds Neufeld's ground-breaking model of attachment — the result of decades of synthesis, inspired by the physical and natural sciences, and built upon the most recent understandings of the brain, emotion and development.
Classes Start: October 9, 2026
Fridays 12:30PM – 01:30PM PT
Runs for 22 weeks
Anchored by Karen Bollman
$650 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.
Classes Start: October 15, 2026
Thursdays 11:00AM – 12:30PM PT
Runs for 17 weeks
With Genevieve Schreier
$800 CAD
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.
Classes Start: October 23, 2026
Fridays 10:00 – 11:00 AM PT
Runs for 5 weeks
With Gordon Neufeld and Heather Ferguson
$175 CAD
Aggression problems are deeply rooted in instinct and emotion and are therefore resistant to conventional discipline practices. Dr. Neufeld uncovers these roots and outlines steps to addressing them.
Started — But registrations are still open...
Classes Start: April 29, 2026
Registration Closes: May 17, 2026
Wednesdays 10:00 – 11:30 AM PT
Runs for 7 weeks
With Jule Epp and Karen Bollman
$250 CAD
This course provides a fresh look at the causes and consequences of sensory overload in the brain and its role in a spectrum of syndromes, including autism, and to a lesser extent, some forms of giftedness as well as attention problems.
Inquiries
If you have questions or require additional information that you cannot find on our website or FAQ page, you may contact our office on our Inquiries page.
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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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.
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