Most problem behaviour is rooted in instinct and emotion and is therefore unresponsive to conventional forms of discipline or behaviour management. Building on the foundations of the Intensive I, this course sheds light upon the profound impact of separation on a child’s personality and behavior, with special attention given to the problems of aggression, resistance, oppositionality, bullying, distractability, impulsiveness, anxiety, alarm problems, alpha problems, attachment problems, and more. When the developmental antecedents are understood, the path to effective intervention becomes clear.
Prerequisite: Neufeld Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids
Registration is now open!
This course is being offered in a Scheduled Class format with Genevieve Schreier on Thursdays from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Pacific Time. The course will start with an orientation session on October 16, 2025 and will run for 17 weeks (no class December 25th and January 1st).
Course participants will view Dr. Neufeld’s pre-recorded lecture videos and come together weekly in a live Zoom class to discuss the material. While individuals can take this course at any time in Self-Paced Study format, this is a unique opportunity to gain further insight from Neufeld Institute faculty member Genevieve Schreier.
All of the classes are recorded. If you can’t fit a live class into your day-time schedule, you can keep pace by watching the recording at your convenience.
Course Delivery
- We are pleased to offer this Scheduled Class on our new learning platform. We look forward to showing you our enhanced course delivery features!
- If you’ve taken scheduled classes with us before, you will be receiving familiar campus course components. Please note, Virtual Campus (our original campus) access will not be available for this course.
- Tuition includes Dr. Neufeld’s recorded lecture videos, live (Zoom) faculty-facilitated support sessions, supplementary course resources, access to a Discussion Forum to ask questions, PDF study guide, and course certificate.
Suitability
The course is primarily addressed to those who are professional involved with children but is open to (and well attended by) parents who are seeking to make sense of their children. No previous background or formal education in the social sciences is required although the ability to handle university-level instruction helps. Although the focus is primarily on children and those responsible for them, the intensives have also been found useful by adult therapists and marriage counsellors. Participants include educators of all kinds, parents and grandparents, behaviour specialists, counsellors, therapists, art therapists, psychologists, pediatricians, university professors, psychiatrists, family physicians, nurses, social workers, youth workers, ministers, care providers and foster parents. This course is applicable to all settings and venues involving children but will be especially useful to those involved with children who have trouble learning and behaving. The course is particularly recommended for anyone involved or wishing to become involved in parent consulting or parent coaching. The material applies to children of all ages as well as to adults, although the focus of the course is children and adolescents.
The prerequisite for this course is Neufeld Intensive I: Making Sense of Kids.