OPORTunityKids offers engaging workshops designed to help parents better understand children’s behaviour, emotional regulation, and learning needs.
These workshops focus on real-life strategies families can use immediately to support their children at home and in school environments.
Workshops are welcoming, practical, and grounded in real experience supporting children and families.
Upcoming :
“When Big Emotions Take Over” Saturday, April 19, 2026, 1 PM
Limited spaces available
What Parents Will Leave With:
✔ A deeper understanding of children’s behaviour
✔ Practical strategies they can use right away
✔ Tools to support emotional regulation
✔ Ideas for supporting learning and confidence
✔ A new perspective on common childhood challenges
As both a professional and a parent, I understand the real-world challenges families face and focus on practical strategies that help children build confidence, skills, and emotional regulation in everyday life.
Workshops Are Designed For:
• parents and caregivers
• early childhood educators
• community organizations
• childcare centers
• schools and parent groups
Workshop Format
Workshops can be offered:
• community centers
• schools and childcare facilities
• through local organizations
• as small group parent sessions
Each workshop typically runs 60–90 minutes and includes time for questions and discussion.
About the Facilitator
Workshops are facilitated by Fara Oporto, founder of OPORTunityKids.
Fara brings years of hands-on experience supporting children with behavioural, learning, and regulation challenges in both school and home environments.
Her approach combines professional experience and training with a compassionate, practical understanding of family life, helping parents feel supported and empowered.
Workshop Topics
Many children experience overwhelming emotions but do not yet have the tools to manage them.
This workshop helps parents understand why emotional outbursts happen and how to guide children toward healthy regulation.
Parents will learn:
• Why children experience big emotional reactions
• How emotional regulation develops in childhood
• Practical ways to respond during meltdowns
• How to help children name and express feelings
• Strategies that build emotional resilience
Challenging behaviour is often a child’s way of communicating a need they do not yet have the skills to express.
This workshop helps parents shift from reacting to behaviour to understanding what children are trying to communicate.
Parents will learn:
• The hidden reasons behind challenging behaviour
• How unmet needs show up as behaviour
• How to respond without escalating situations
• How to teach alternative skills and coping strategies
• Practical behaviour support tools for everyday situations
Children feel safer and more regulated when their day has predictable structure and routines.
This workshop explores how routines support behaviour, emotional regulation, and learning.
Parents will learn:
• Why routines are critical for children’s development
• How routines reduce stress and behavioural struggles
• Creating simple visual routines at home
• Strategies for smoother mornings and bedtimes
• Helping children transition between activities
Children thrive when learning feels safe, supported, and confidence-building.
This workshop focuses on helping parents support learning in ways that match how children develop.
Parents will learn:
• Why some children struggle with focus and learning
• How to support literacy and school readiness at home
• Encouraging confidence in children who feel discouraged
• Simple learning strategies that work outside the classroom
• Supporting attention, motivation, and independence
Why some children need movement, fidgeting, or sensory input to stay regulated.
Topics include:
• why some children need movement to focus
• sensory seeking vs sensory avoiding
• how sensory input supports regulation
• tools parents/ caregivers/educators can use at home/school/community