News – CARIBBEAN INSTITUTE for Family Development

On the rooftop

For several of the couples, including my wife Lisa and I, it was the first time on the 4th floor building rooftop which gave us a majestic view of the Tranquility tennis courts and the Queen’s Park Savannah. It was, however, not outside on the roof but in the cosy room within, where Leslie was […]

Moderator Training for updated Family Courses

By Gregory O’Young On the weekend of 17-18th November 2012 Family Enrichment in Trinidad and Tobago turned a new page in the exciting story of family life and the nurturing of its development in this country. The Caribbean Institute of Family Development played host to three dynamic speakers – Carlos Morel and Karen and Ricardo Portela who […]

Family Course in Martinique

In collaboration with the Institut pour l’Education dans la Famille (www.ipef.fr), the Caribbean Institute for Family Development held its very first workshop for couples in Martinique in April this year (2012). Renaud and Sylvie de Beauminy from Toulouse moderated the sessions. The couple have six children themselves and enriched the sessions sharing experiences they have […]

Patrick and Theresa Fagan speak at CIFD conference

SUCCESSFUL FAMILIES, SUCCESSFUL SOCIETY. This was the title of a session held recently that I attended that actually comprised two addresses individually delivered by the very eloquent and themselves successfully married couple of Dr. Pat and Theresa Fagan. The Fagans live in Washington D.C. and were in Trinidad as guests of the Caribbean Institute for […]

James Stenson speaks to couples in Trinidad

JAMES STENSON During the course of his too few appearances in Trinidad recently, James Stenson, a noted authority on parenting, had many enriching insights to share.