CEU's and Certificates of Attendance


For those requiring a Certificate of Attendance, certificates will be issued upon successful completion of a post-training quiz with a minimum score of 75% (multiple attempts allowed). Certificates will indicate the number of direct education hours (6), not including breaks. Certificates may be used to qualify for eligibility for Continuing Education Credits from licensing boards and professional colleges; it is recommended that you contact your college or association to confirm its requirements and the workshop's eligibility for CEU's. This workshop has been pre-approved for 6 continuing education hours by the CACCF.  ​


Cancellation Policy


​​An administrative fee of $50 will be charged for all cancellations. Cancellation 14 or more days prior to the workshop date – receive a refund, less $50 administration fee. Cancellation less than 14 days prior to the workshop date – receive a credit, less $50 administration fee, to be applied to a future workshop. No credit or refund will be issued if you do not notify us in advance of the workshop date. You may transfer your registration to another individual at no extra cost. In this case, please notify Mission: Empowerment of the name of the alternate person. The organizers reserve the right to cancel the event due to instructor illness, extreme weather, under-enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances. If a workshop is cancelled, any registration payment will be returned in full. Liability is limited to a refund of workshop/live-stream fees only. 

Refunds will not be issued in cases where a registrant did not receive the workshop login instruction email due to email issues.  It is the registrant’s responsibility to contact us if they don’t receive the required login information at least 24 hours prior to the start time of the workshop.

For more information about Dr. Neufeld and his work: neufeldinstitute.org 

​​​​Instructor: Dr. Gordon Neufeld, PhD​
Location: Online Live Stream Event

Early Bird Cost: $199 CAD + GST/HST (if applicable) by October 3, 2021
Regular Cost: $225 CAD + GST/HST (if applicable) after October 3, 2021
​**All prices are in CAD$. American Patrons - your dollar goes further! $1 CAD = $0.80 USD (as of July 6, 2021 - check online for current exchange rate) 

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: November 3, 2021 at 11 am ET

* For information about Group Rates and Discounts 
click here.

About the Presenter


Dr. Gordon Neufeld, PhD, is a Vancouver-based developmental psychologist with over 45 years of experience with children and youth and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, Dr. Neufeld is an international speaker, a bestselling author (Hold On To Your Kids) and a leading interpreter of the developmental paradigm. Dr. Neufeld has a widespread reputation for making sense of complex problems and for opening doors for change. While formerly involved in university teaching and private practice, he now devotes his time to teaching and training others, including educators and helping professionals. His Neufeld Institute is now a world-wide charitable organization devoted to applying developmental science to the task of raising children. Dr. Neufeld appears regularly on radio and television. He is a father of five and a grandfather to six. ​​


Workshop Description


The science of relationship currently exists in fragmented bits and pieces all over the empirical map: biology, sociology, embryology, ethology, epigenetics, neuroscience, psychology, medicine, psychology, and so on. The irony is that we have never known more about the relational context required for parenting, teaching and treatment, and yet this knowledge is failing to inform our everyday practice and policy. According to Dr. Gordon Neufeld, a leader in the field of developmental psychology, this failure of implementation may stem from the current lack of theoretical coherence as well as the esoteric language typical to these fields of inquiry. Neufeld’s unique contribution is to put the puzzle pieces together to create a coherent model of attachment, using language that is accessible to all.  

 Topics Covered Include: 

  • The foundational role of attachment in survival, caring, stress and human potential 
  • The ‘separation complex’ as an over-arching syndrome that can account for a myriad of problem behaviours  
  • The attachment roots of such problems as anxiety, attention problems, aggression, oppositionality and bullying 
  • How attachment becomes sexualized and what can go wrong 
  • How the quest for significance is a derivative of attachment 
  • How social media is a derivative of attachment 
  • How attachment becomes depersonalized into fixes and fixations 
  • Special challenges involved in dealing with resistance to attachment or where troubling syndromes exist 
  • Implications for implementation and practice, including three effective instruments of attachment that can be used in any setting or venue 


Suitability / Who Should Attend? 

These insights and resulting practices are applicable to every venue – home, school and treatment, as well as every age group – infancy through old age. As always, Dr. Neufeld focuses on how problems develop in childhood and adolescence as a way of creating a foundation for healing and treatment throughout the lifespan. Although the course is addressed primarily to helping professionals and educators, the material is very helpful to parents, as well as for self-understanding and healing. 

You will receive:


  • Login details and instructions emailed in advance of the workshop
  • Downloadable handouts
  • Certificate of attendance upon successful completion of a brief online quiz (if desired)
  • Access to a recording of the workshop for a limited period of time after the workshop - so if you can’t join live, or need to miss part of the live workshop and want to view it afterwards, we’ve got you covered!
Making Sense of Attachment:
Neufeld's Comprehensive Model for
all Ages and Applications


ONLINE LIVE STREAM EVENT


November 3 & 4, 2021, 1:00 pm - 4:30 pm  ET*
(includes 30 minute break from 2:30 - 3:00pm)
2-part workshop, 3 hours per session

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