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The Connected Parenting Certification Program helps you master neuroscience-based parenting methods to transform family dynamics in your own life and for your clients.
Starts: September 2026 | Enrolling now — 15 spots remaining
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Connected Parenting advises us not just how to parent, but far more important — who to be as parents.
Jennifer Kolari provides us with a clear-minded view of how to create and continue an open, attuned relationship with our children… As they move through the important and at times, tumultuous transition from childhood to adolescence.
Are you passionate about helping families relieve stress and anxiety with science-based parenting techniques?
The Connected Parenting Certification Program is an immersive, 4-month professional training & certification for those working to empower parents and families.
The Professional Connected Parenting Course truly helped me, it is a comprehensive, educational and prescriptive tool by which I could teach my clients the profound benefits of connection, as well as the ‘how-to’ in achieving it.
At Connected Parenting™, our purpose is to empower families with the CALM Methodology, embracing both the Emotional and Neurobiological Components of Connections, largely through the Mirroring Technique.
By helping families increase connection and empathy in the home, it is like a pebble dropped in the water; transferring through to the outside world, and into future generations.
Whether you are a therapist, coach, teacher or parent, this training is designed to help you embody a deep understanding of this work so that you may integrate it in your life with ease.
This integrative certification program includes:
Upon completion of this Certification, you will have processed a deep understanding of the Connected Parenting methodology as well as gain a greater understanding of the emerging research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology.
Through mastering this methodology and being proficient in the CALM technique, you will know how to teach it to parents with skill and confidence, while helping them set predictable, loving limits, build compassion and resilience.
As a Certified Connected Parenting Therapist/Coach, you will be equipped with powerful new skills to help parents celebrate the real joy and satisfaction of parenting.
At Connected Parenting, after working with thousands of families over three decades, we’ve discovered that by combining behavior-based parenting approaches with the science of connection, you can shape your child’s brain development for the better. By improving the parent-child bond, you increase reward chemicals in the brain which have been proven to increase trust, deescalate heated situations, decrease anxiety and significantly improve emotional resilience.
From application to celebration, here’s your path to becoming a Certified Connected Parenting Practitioner.
A comprehensive, structured certification designed to train professionals in the Connected Parenting™ methodology.
Upon completion of this Certification, coaches and therapists will have processed a deep understanding of the Connected Parenting™ methodology, as well as gain a greater understanding of the emerging research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology.
As a Certified Connected Parenting™ Therapist/Coach, you will be equipped with powerful new skills to help parents celebrate the real joy and satisfaction of parenting, help children feel deeply loved and cherished, and empower families to authentically connect while strengthening lifelong relationships.
Master the CALM™ Methodology to transform family dynamics
Teach and inspire parents to positively impact their children while deepening their connection
Make a difference in the world by empowering families to break generational cycles that no longer support them
Gain knowledge of research in neurobiological development and the science of interpersonal relationships
Inspire and show parents how to nurture their children in loving ways while providing developmentally appropriate limits
Confidently utilize and teach the Connected Parenting™ method as a way of being, connecting the mind, body and energy
Child & family therapist, parenting expert & international speaker
One of the nation’s leading parenting experts, Jennifer Kolari is a highly sought-after international speaker and parenting expert, child and family therapist, author of two leading books, and the founder of Connected Parenting™.
Kolari’s powerful parenting model is based on the neurobiology of love, teaching parents how to use compassion and empathy as powerful medicine to transform challenging behaviors and build children’s emotional resilience and emotional shock absorbers.
Jennifer also leads workshops, is the host of the Connected Parenting™ weekly podcast and the co-host of The Mental Health Comedy Podcast. Her advice can also be found in many Canadian and U.S. magazines, such as Today’s Parent, Parents Magazine, and Canadian Family.
From our recent program alumni…
Feel more confident in teaching others neuroscience-based parenting techniques
Saw great results helping clients improve their child’s behaviors (less tantrums, less aggression, more openness)
Feel way more confident in starting or expanding their professional practice
Gained a robust toolkit of practical science-based parenting strategies to share with their clients
Parenting skills now feel more intuitive or “automatic” due to this course
Are 8 or above likelihood to recommend this program to a friend or colleague
9 modules of live instruction with Jennifer Kolari, delivered in an intimate group setting.
Key points, diagrams, and prompting inquiries to supplement your learning journey.
Get personalized guidance on your cases during the practicum phase.
Live weekly sessions plus access to a Connected Parenting mentor on the off weeks.
Join the private FB group for ongoing support, questions, and peer connection.
Become an officially Certified Connected Parenting Therapist/Coach.
Connected Parenting training not only changed my practice, but the way I relate to others; supporting me to grow and expand in my own parenting. Jennifer offers a deep, rich and unique learning experience that is hard to come by. She creates a safe environment for learning and imparts a balance of both experiential and theoretical knowledge.
What I love most about Jennifer’s work is that it bridges the gap between traditional and modern day parenting. As a trained Psychotherapist, I knew I wanted to learn and teach Jennifer’s model only when I was able to implement it in my own life as a parent of three children. I experienced firsthand how effective it was for me and my family.
It has made me a better coach, counsellor and human. Her 30 years of experience working with families, coupled with her examples rooted in research and real-life settings, provided us with applicable and practical strategies that could be implemented with clients.
My experience using The CALM technique has been the single most empowering tool in my work with children, teens, and families over the last 15 years. Jennifer helped me expand my client base and transform the way I work with families to create a safe place for parents.
The Connected Parenting Certification Program has been a game-changer for me. As a parent of a gladiator, I often found myself overwhelmed and unsure of how to navigate the challenges. Not only did it provide me with invaluable insights and techniques to support my child, but it also equipped me with the confidence and skills to support other parents on their journey.
Studying under Jennifer was an incredible experience. It’s the kind of work that doesn’t just change how you parent — it changes how you relate to people, how you listen and how you show up in relationships. I can’t recommend this course highly enough.
The impact is immeasurable as it has completely transformed how I show up in the world and subsequently what I get out of it. In addition to the knowledge I am armed with to share with fellow parents I got tremendous personal growth benefits as a side effect and my family is reaping the rewards by proxy.
I have been implementing teaching the CALM method to several of my client’s parents and they have reported immediate changes at home.
I sincerely enjoyed the Certification Program — every aspect of it: the fact that I was being taught and guided by Jennifer, the material itself, the format which allowed us direct, live instruction and discussion, and my fellow students themselves, each of whom are wonderful, knowledgeable, helpful and kind individuals.
As a result of Connected Parenting I now have the confidence to start my own consulting company, incorporating everything I have learned from Jennifer and Barrett. As an educator, this course was hands down the best “schooling” I’ve had in a while, practical and applicable.
“You can get your nutrition right, live in a good neighborhood, have the cleanest water, you can do all these things… But if you don’t have the connection with your family, then you don’t have anything. All of those are secondary. And Connected Parenting bridges that gap.”— Ewelina Santen
Join the next cohort of Connected Parenting Practitioners and master the CALM methodology with Jennifer Kolari.
Apply for the Certification ProgramStarts: September 2026 | Enrolling now — 15 spots remaining