A Child's Song Support Services

02/19/2026

Thank you for hosting an Author Talk with featuring Healing Big Hurts: Understanding Your Role in Your Child’s Trauma Therapy.

Andrea will share the story behind why this book needed to be written and why parental involvement in therapy is essential for healing developmental trauma. Attendees will gain practical guidance on why parents must be active participants in the therapeutic process and how healing happens best when caregivers provide the safe container children need to process painful experiences.

Drawing from both her clinical insight and real-world experience, Andrea helps parents and professionals understand how caregivers can begin the therapeutic journey at home, preparing themselves as well as their children. This talk is designed for parents raising children and youth with developmental trauma, as well as professionals who support families on their healing journey.

When: March 5, 2026, from 7 to 8 p.m.
Where: Online via Microsoft Teams

https://belongingnetwork.com/event/author-talk-healing-big-hurts/

02/18/2026

Registration is open through the Belonging Network.

Join us for a conversation with Andrea Chatwin, founder of A Child's Song Support Services and co-author of Healing Big Hurts: Understanding Your Role in Your Child’s Trauma Therapy. ✨

Andrea will talk about the steps that come before trauma therapy, including how families can assess readiness, prepare themselves and their children, and start building the safety kids need to work through painful experiences.

📆 Thursday, March 5
⏰ 7 to 8 p.m.
💻 Online via Microsoft Teams

🎁 Bonus: everyone who attends will also be entered into a draw to win a copy of Healing Big Hurts.

02/15/2026

Belonging Network is hosting an online Author Talk for Healing Big Hurts 💚 This is a no-cost opportunity for parents and caregivers to hear from Andrea Chatwin about why she and her co-author felt an urgency to publish this book and how you play a crucial role in your child’s trauma therapy. Professionals who support families parenting kids with developmental trauma won’t want to miss this one either. Follow the link to register!

Andrea Chatwin from A Child’s Song will join us to talk about her new book, Healing Big Hurts.

02/07/2026

Registration for Andrea Chatwin’s Parenting Developmental Trauma spring 2026 course is OPEN for enrolment. Space is limited to 15 participants to support safe and productive discussions. Past course participants have reported that the discussions are the most effective way to integrate each week’s learning. They also offer an opportunity to give and receive support from others who ‘get it.’

Course Details:
12-Week ONLINE Parenting Course
Facilitated by Andrea Chatwin, MA, CCC | Clinical Therapist and Parent Educator
Next Group Begins: March 25, 2026
11 Prerecorded downloadable teaching videos (available weekly on Wednesday’s)
12 Live Zoom discussion sessions (Tuesday evenings)
Private page to engage with other group members for support and strategies
Parent Handbook to accompany your learning journey
Additional resources for meeting your child’s unique needs

Open to anyone parenting children and teens who have experienced developmental trauma. Spots are limited and this course fills up quickly.

Link to more info & to register here. https://achildssong.ca/parenting-children-with-developmental-trauma/

01/26/2026

Results of our survey from the last group of parents who took this course indicated 100% of participants would recommend this course to another parent! That’s the best kind of endorsement we could ask for.

Registration for the spring 2026 course will be opening soon. Our mailing list subscribers will be the first to know. DM us if you would like to be added to our mailing list. Be sure to include your email address.

Course Details:
12-Week ONLINE Parenting Course
Facilitated by Andrea Chatwin, MA, CCC | Clinical Therapist and Parent Educator
Next Group Begins: March 25, 2026
11 Prerecorded downloadable teaching videos (available weekly on Wednesday’s)
12 Live Zoom discussion sessions (Tuesday evenings)
Private page to engage with other group members for support and strategies
Parent Handbook to accompany your learning journey
Additional resources for meeting your child’s unique needs

Open to anyone parenting children and teens who have experienced developmental trauma. Spots are limited and this course fills up quickly.

01/25/2026

We LOVE collaborating with the dedicated folks to offer supports for adoptive, fostering and kinship families. This workshop is designed to offer hope and skills to anyone feeling like the teen years are overwhelming, exhausting and painful. If you are a parent of a younger child this will give you a whole new perspective on setting yourself up for success. See you soon on New Brunswick!

Link to register

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/LexLYV2NRp6Ui3ifx56LjQ #/registration

11/09/2025

When Karen agreed to endorse Healing Big Hurts, I was deeply honored. Reading her thoughtful reflections (shared below) felt like such a powerful affirmation that the heart of this book truly landed. Thank you, Karen, for your kind words and for seeing what we hoped to bring to the world through this work. 💚

Link to purchase Healing Big Hurts is in the comment 💚

‘As an attachment and trauma-informed therapist, I have long advocated for parents to be actively involved in their child’s therapy process. But the « how »—how parents should participate, how they prepare, how they manage their own emotional responses—has often been overlooked. Healing Big Hearts is the first book I’ve encountered that not only raises these essential questions but answers them with clarity, depth, and compassion. Chatwin and VanDierman offer an invaluable guide for parents navigating the complex world of trauma therapy with their child. What sets this book apart is its practical and honest approach: it acknowledges the emotional toll of therapeutic work not just on the child, but on the parent as well. With warmth and clinical insight, the authors address what it truly means for a parent to be present in the therapy room—physically, emotionally, and relationally. The book provides parents with concrete strategies for preparing to be involved in therapy, understanding their role in therapy, and ultimately empowers parents to become the healing agents for their child. It also equips therapists with a framework for supporting and integrating parents more intentionally into treatment. This is more than a helpful resource—it’s an essential one. Healing Big Hearts should be in the hands of every parent whose child has experienced trauma and on the shelf of every therapist who works with children and families. It fills a long-standing gap in trauma literature with empathy, expertise, and actionable guidance.’

Karen Doyle Buckwalter, MSW, LCSW, RPT-S™, Certified Theraplay® Trainer & Supervisor

Karen Doyle Buckwalter, LCSW, RPT-S

09/30/2025

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation is an important opportunity to both remember and take action. We invite you to spend time understanding the impact of harms done in the past and decide how you can contribute to a different future.

Today is a wonderful opportunity to spend time with your family exploring what reconciliation means, what it requires of you and how to use the resources you have to make a difference.

For those of you with younger children we have compiled a list of stories that you can find in your local library, bookstore or online. This is a great way to start conversation.

09/30/2025

We are thrilled to support this incredible conference. See you in Orlando, Florida!

09/29/2025

Last call to join the Parenting Children with Developmental Trauma course experience - opemd September 30. You font wsnt yo misx this!

💚 Over the past 20 years Andrea Chatwin has worked to develop effective strategies for parenting children whose brains and bodies were formed under stressful circumstances. The outcome of this is continued struggles with managing the tasks of daily living, engaging in healthy relationships and tolerating stress that continue to impact further development. Parenting these children requires a deeper understanding of development, a reordering of priorities and strategic responses that are based redoing earlier, unhealthy and unsafe experiences. This group will walk you through how to do this and provide you with a community to do it with.

📅 Program Details:

*12-Week ONLINE Parenting Course
*Facilitated by Andrea Chatwin, MA, CCC | Clinical Therapist and Parent Educator
*Next Cohort Begins: September 30, 2025
*11 Prerecorded teaching videos accessible via an online course format.***FIRST ONE OPENS SEPTEMBER 30***
*10 Live Zoom Discussions (am/pm options to accommodate different schedules).
*Private page to engage group members for support and strategies.
*Parent Handbook (PDF)
*Additional resources to meet your child’s unique needs.

If you have questions about whether this course is a good fit for you please email info@achildssong.ca and the course facilitator will respond to you directly.

09/27/2025

Just 3 days until Healing Big Hurts can be purchased at your local bookstore. We are beyond excited. If you see it in stores be sure to take a photo and tag us.

09/22/2025

Understanding Asynchronous Development can really change the way you see your child or teens behaviours. What if they are experiencing significant delays in some areas of development but not in others? This would explain why they demand independence and in the same breath need you to do things for them they should be able to do themselves given their chronological age. It also helps make sense of the toddler like meltdowns in big bodies. If this is something you really want to understand better please consider joining me for my 12 week course experience, Parenting Children with Developmental Trauma.

💚 Over the past 20 years Andrea Chatwin has worked to develop the best strategies for parenting children whose brains and bodies were formed under stressful circumstances. The outcome of this is continued struggles with managing the tasks of daily living, engaging in healthy relationships and tolerating stress that continue to impact further development. Parenting these children requires a deeper understanding of development, a reordering of priorities and strategic responses that are based redoing earlier, unhealthy and unsafe experiences. This group will walk you through how to do this and provide you with a community to do it with.

📅 Program Details:

*12-Week ONLINE Parenting Course
*Facilitated by Andrea Chatwin, MA, CCC | Clinical Therapist and Parent Educator
*Next Cohort Begins: September 30, 2025
*11 Prerecorded teaching videos accessible via an online course format.***FIRST ONE OPENS SEPTEMBER 30***
*10 Live Zoom Discussions (am/pm options to accommodate different schedules).
*Private page to engage group members for support and strategies.
*Parent Handbook (PDF)
*Additional resources to meet your child’s unique needs.

Link to more info about who the course is for and how it can help your family is in the comments 💚

If you have questions about whether this course is a good fit for you please email info@achildssong.ca and the course facilitator will respond to you directly.