Learn how to turn cluttered, chaotic family homes into organized, functional spaces that make life easier for everyone. This course is your essential guide to mastering the art of organizing for families. Learn how to address the unique challenges of family life, including safety considerations, managing accumulated items, and adapting to constant change. From creating functional spaces to simplifying daily routines, you’ll gain the strategies and insights to bring order and ease to family homes.
This Course Will Help You
- Develop a sense of the clientele you would like to serve
- Distinguish how organizing for families differs from general organization
- Identify the challenges faced by families trying to get organized
- Compile a list of solutions designed to facilitate families’ daily lives, including:
○ Organizing space
○ Organizing information
○ Household management
Why Choose This Course?
This course provides you with the tools and techniques to create customized organizing solutions that meet the dynamic needs of families. You’ll learn how to enhance safety, manage belongings, and simplify daily life, helping families thrive in organized and functional spaces.
Courses with this icon are one of the elective courses. Two elective courses are required to be eligible to take the Trained Professional Organizer Program exam.
What our students are saying
“The case studies offered in this course helped me apply the content to real life scenarios. I’m excited to use the concept of ‘hot zones’ to help me prioritize those areas when working with families.”
“I particularly liked the section on hot zones in family organizing and how we can concretely help our clients.”
Course Presenter: Mylène Houle Morency
Mylène Houle Morency has been a professional organizer specialized in family management since 2013 and is a Silver Leaf member of Professional Organizers in Canada. She sat on the POC Ethics Committee for four years and received the Harold Taylor Award in 2021. When she is not working she can be found cross-country skiing or cycling with her husband or occupying the very important role of taxi-mom to her three kids!
Course Format
This course is delivered online and includes a video and manual. The video is approximately one hour, which you can pause, rewind and re-watch to fully immerse yourself in the materials. The video includes 3 code words which must be submitted through the course page. Upon successful submission of your code words, your record of learning will reflect successful completion of the course. The comprehensive manual includes activities, additional materials and resources.
Course Investment & Registration
Prices do not include GST/HST.
