Past Events for 2009

December 4-6, 2009 - Lysa Parker and Barbara Nicholson will be presenting a poster session at the Zero to Three Training Institute in Dallas, TX.

October 19, 2009 - Register now and join API Live! for a special Teleseminar on October 19 at 9PM EST / 6 PM PST as API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Lysa Parker and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian discuss partnership parenting with Scott Noelle. Topics to be discussed include:

  • Partnership Parenting;
  • Unconditionality;
  • What to do when your child pushes your buttons;
  • Transforming anger;
  • * And MORE!

October 1-31, 2009 - Happy Attachment Parenting Month! "Attached at the Heart Through the Years" is the theme for AP Month 2009 and a statement that healthy, secure attachments between parents and children is a dynamic process that extends throughout childhood that extends beyond infancy. During AP Month 2009, parents are challenged to re-examine their daily activities and traditions and learn new ways to grow with each other and remain close and supportive.

October 1-4, 2009 - Lamaze International Conference, Orlando, FL, Barbara Nicholson will be speaking.

September 23-26, 2009 - Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker will be speaking at the upcoming ATTACh conference (PDF), September 23-26, 2009 in San Antonio, Texas.

September 21, 2009 - Join us as we talk with Ina May Gaskin on API Live! Register now and and listen in as API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Barbara Nicholson and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian discuss natural birthing with Ina May Gaskin on September 21 9PM EST / 6PM PST. More information is available here.

September 16-17, 2009 - Lysa Parker will be speaking at an Attachment Parenting Canada seminar in Calgary, Alberta.

August 28-30, 2009 - Attachment Parenting International and Belmont University invite you to API's 15th Anniversary Weekend Celebration Saturday, August 29, and Sunday, August 30, at the Belmont University Campus in Nashville, TN. Help us celebrate and commemorate 15 years of service to families and community!

August 24, 2009 - Join us as we talk with Dr. Isabelle Fox on API Live! Register now and join API Live! for a special Teleseminar on August 24 at 9PM EST / 6 PM PST as API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Lysa Parker and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian stable caregiving with Dr. Isabelle Fox. More information is available here.

August 6-9, 2009 - Doulas of North America conference, Atlanta, GA. Lysa Parker will be speaking.

June 29, 2009 - "Needs vs Wants: How to Fulfill a Child's Needs Yet Discern His Wants in a Way that Preserves Healthy Attachment" with Dr. Sears. Register now and join API Live! for a special Father’s Day Teleseminar on June 29 at 9PM EST / 6 PM PST as API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Lysa Parker and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian discuss attachment parenting with Dr. William Sears.

June 15-26, 2009 - Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker, founders of API and authors of the book Attached At The Heart, will be joining the API Reads author forum for a interactive discussion from June 15-26. Access to the API Reads author discussion forum is one of the many benefits of API Membership. For more information on obtaining access to this exclusive discussion session, please read this informational post on the API Forums.

Participate in our Mother's Day and Father's Day promotion package by purchasing a membership so that you can participate in our API Reads program.

June 28, 2009 - Barbara Nicholson will appear on Positive Parenting Radio discussing Strategies to strengthen your emotional bond with your child; how to be a more conscious parent; how raising children with empathy and respect and improve society as a whole.

May 22-24, 2009 - The La Leche League Southern California/Nevada Area Conference will be held from May 22-24, 2009 at the Newport Beach Marriott Hotel & Spa; API founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker are two of the many speakers scheduled to appear.

May 1-2, 2009 - API cofounder Lysa Parker will be speaking at La Leche League of Georgia's 30th Annual Breastfeeding & Parenting Conference. The conference will be held May 1-2, 2009 in Helen, GA.

April 27, 2009 - Listen in on April 27 at 9:00 PM EST as API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Lysa Parker and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian discuss parenting with Raising Our Children, Raising Ourselves author Naomi Aldort.

Ms. Aldort will explain why we should let go of the idea that children should listen to their parents and will instead teach us how to be with children so that they are free to be their own magnificent selves. She will show us how doing this will not only help our children to be more loving, content and self-reliant, but will also result in children that do, in fact, listen to us.

April 24-26, 2009 - Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker will be speaking at the La Leche League of New Jersey's Annual Conference - April 24-26, 2009.

April 13-17, 2009 - API Reads, API's book club, welcomes guest host Lu Hanessian, author of Let the Baby Drive. Lu will spend some time chatting with us about her book, parenting and life. Lu will be participating in the interactive online forum discussion the week of April 13-17, 2009. Although the discussion doesn't begin for a few weeks, the conversation about the book has already begun. Visit the API Forums to begin discussing Lu's book today.

April 6-10, 2009 - Join us on the API Forum during the week of April 6 - 10 and participate in the first of a new, FREE three-chat series on the topic of Marriage, Partners and Parenting.

The Imago API Forum schedule below lists the dates that Imago (Getting the Love You Want) practitioners will be available to chat with us about maintaining and repairing warm and rewarding relationships between parents.

As busy parents striving to stay attuned with our children, we tend to neglect connections with our primary adult attachment figures -- typically our partners and spouses. The results can cause a temporary or prolonged reduction of critical support. Symptoms might include strained communications; short tempers; frayed relations; diminished mutual interest and more.

In this special API Forum you can post your questions any time during the week and receive back a reply to your question. You can also read and learn more about the value of tending to your relationships and how Imago can help.

We want to offer help and support and hope you'll tell your friends and plan to join us on the API Forum during the week of April 6 -10 for the first of these very special forum chats.

Marriage, Partners and Parenting: An API Forum Series

  • *Ask* an Imago practitioner about the unique Imago approach to working with marital/partner conflicts;
  • *Learn* how Imago guides parents to quickly begin using effective and loving conflict-resolution skills;
  • *Discover* the benefits of Imago weekend workshops and the relationship-saving skills you can learn and use right away.

Upcoming Marriage, Partners and Parenting API Forum Chat Dates:

April 6-10, 2009
June 15 - 19, 2009
October 5 - 9, 2009

April 6, 2009 - Don't miss API LIVE! April 6th when Dr. Gordon Neufeld (Hold Onto Your Kids) returns for another illuminating, powerful, and hope-filled discussion on how to connect with our growing children and teens while we honor their burgeoning independence, with interviewer, former NBC anchor and author, Lu Hanessian (Let the Baby Drive) and API Co-founders and co-authors Lysa Parker/Barbara Nicholson.

February 13, 2009 - API founders Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker will be speaking at the International Conference on Parent Education and Parenting at the University of North Texas on February 13, 2009.

January 26, 2009 - Join us January 26th at 9:00 PM Eastern as Dr. Gordon Neufeld discusses taking the punishment out of discipline on Ask API Live! Register today so that you can listen in as API Co-Founder and co-author of Attached at the Heart Barbara Nicholson and former NBC anchor Lu Hanessian discuss how parents can take the punishment out of discipline with Hold On To Your Kids author Dr. Gordon Neufeld. You can support API's mission and take advantage of the knowledge and experience Ask API Live's special guest by registering today. Every dollar of your registration fee goes toward education, support and outreach for parents in need. And don't worry about last minute conflicts -- everyone who registers will receive a link to download the MP3 the week after the event!

Dr. Neufeld is a Vancouver-based developmental psychologist with over 30 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. He appears regularly on radio and television and is currently developing a series of video-courses for parent education. He is a father of five and a grandfather of three.