Nurturing Parenting

Offering Nurturing Parenting® Professional 3 Day Facilitator Training for Nurturing Parenting® Programs

The Nurturing Parenting® Programs are a family-centered trauma-informed initiative designed to build nurturing parenting skills as an alternative to abusive and neglecting parenting and child-rearing practices.

The long term goals are to prevent recidivism in families receiving social services, lower the rate of multi-parent teenage pregnancies, reduce the rate of juvenile delinquency and alcohol abuse, and stop the intergenerational cycle of child abuse by teaching positive parenting behaviors.

Uniqueness of the Nurturing Parenting®/Evidence Based Programs

The Nurturing Parenting® Programs have several unique features that make the programs effective:

Nurturing Parenting® Programs are designed for the treatment and prevention of child abuse and neglect. The programs are utilized nationwide to improve the lives of families ravaged by dysfunction.
The Nurturing Parenting® Programs are family based interventions where parents and their children learn similar knowledge and skills for improving the quality of their lives.
Built in assessment strategies allow facilitators and parents to chart the course of their successes.
Families can attend group-based programs, home-based programs, or a combination of group and home-based sessions.
The flexibility within the structure of the programs allows facilitators to ensure the specific needs of families are being met.
The nurturing philosophy of non-violent parenting focuses on the development of empathy, self-worth, self-awareness, empowerment, discipline with dignity, appropriate family roles and age-appropriate expectations of children's development.
Lesson guides, parent handbooks, and assessment inventories provide facilitators with individual lessons designed to promote individual and family growth.
Parents and children learn how to have fun as a family.

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About Me

Canada - Holly Golanowski, RSW

Holly was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta and started her Social Work studies at Mount Royal University. She took her education and rooted herself in Vancouver, British Columbia, starting her career in the field of Social Work at the Burnaby School Board District, working in an Early Intervention Behavior Program. During this time, she also worked with the Ministry for Children and Families and offered Level 3 care to Indigenous children in care.

After 15 years of coastal living, Holly moved back to her Calgary roots and continued her work as a Nurturing Parenting® Program Facilitator/Team Lead for a non – profit agency. Holly currently volunteers for the Calgary Child Abuse Association facilitating Court Preparation for children and youth and works as a Home Study Assessor, approving potential foster parents to open their homes to children and youth.

Holly's fundamental work practices are based in:

Mediation - Conflict Resolution
Landmark Education - Creating Possibility

Holly is a National Trainer/ Consultant offering Nurturing Parenting® Professional 3 day Facilitator Trainings. Her trainings are available online or in person for Canadian/US professionals.

Nurturing Parenting® consultations are available upon request.

Contact Info:

Name: Holly Golanowski, RSW
Nurturing Parenting® Trainer ID: #283
Location: Calgary AB, CANADA
Phone: (403) 708-8825
Email: hollyg55@gmail.com

Services

Nurturing Parenting® Program Facilitator Workshop

Nurturing Parenting® Program Facilitator Trainings are 3-Day Trainings that teach the philosophy of Nurturing Parenting and how to successfully implement and facilitate any of the 35+ Nurturing Parenting® Programs.

Professionals and paraprofessionals working in diverse areas such as education, mental health, juvenile probation, violence prevention, child welfare, school systems, treatment facilities, social work, and social services can benefit from this workshop.

Upon completion of this training, you will receive certification as Nurturing Parenting® Facilitator as well as ACSW category A credits.

To register, please follow the steps within the brochures below:

January 2025 Registration
May 2025 Registration

To order Nurturing Parenting® Program Materials, please click here.

Testimonials

1/11: “I have had the opportunity to work along side Holly in support of families for almost a decade and I learn something from her in almost every interaction. She integrates the Nurturing Parenting Principles, not only into all aspects of her professional practice but into her personal life to the point that she embodies the spirit of the program and models it for the parents with whom she works, and for the professionals she coaches and works along side. She uses her experiences and perspectives to enrich the NP Trainer curriculum and inspire practitioners to take this knowledge and nurturing way of being into interactions with the families with whom they will be working.”

2/11: “I am very happy that I took this training because I am better equipped with the information I need to engage parents going forward especially in the delivering of my lessons.”

3/11: “Getting to pair up with others and learn their different backgrounds and cultures. I learned that we all have different parenting styles. The material made me dig deep.”

4/11: “I really needed the guidelines to run a program. The people that I have for this training are all fantastic and good modeling for me to be a good facilitator. I'm eager to apply the learning from this program to my workplace and my clients.”

5/11: “I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated having you as my facilitator thank you for creating a safe, non judgmental environment where I felt I could share. My agency already purchased the 16 week material! thank you!”

6/11: “The openness of the group and the process of and the depth of the actual material. There is a lot of useful and practical information, not only for the clients I’ll be working with, but for myself as well.”

7/11: “One of the best trainings I have ever had in my professional career!!!!”

8/11: “This new knowledge will be very helpful for me when I have discussions with parents in my day-to-day family support worker role.”

9/11: “Thanks for a fantastic training – it’s clear why agencies have the engagement and outcomes from the program that it does. Loved the interactive teaching style and the variety of mediums used to present materials.”

10/11: “I was glad that I had the opportunity to try my hands on AAPI, it has boosted my confidence level in assess parents. As a parent this was an informative session and I hope to apply lessons learnt in my home and educate members of my community.”

11/11: “Was helpful seeing how the program is laid out and how to pull from it. Wonderful training! I'm so excited to dive into this curriculum. Thank you!”

Contact

If you'd like to get in touch, please contact:

Name: Holly Golanowski, RSW #283
Location: Calgary AB, CANADA
Phone: (403) 708-8825
Email: hollyg55@gmail.com