The Caregiver Education Team is proud to offer free mental health programming for parents and caregivers of children and youth through our partnership with the Mental Health Foundation. In response to the global pandemic, our programming continues to be offered virtually at this time.

Please feel free to share this information with parents, caregivers, educators, community members, and professionals who would like to learn more about child/youth mental health and parenting topics. If you want to learn more about how to support a child or youth that you live or work with, or if you want additional strategies for supporting caregivers and families that you serve, you are welcome to register for these sessions.

See the attached newsletter for more information on topics, dates, times, and registration.

·       Caregiver Education Sessions

These 90 minute online sessions are intended to provide parents, caregivers, teachers, and community members with introductory information regarding mental health challenges that can affect children and youth. This month’s sessions look at technology and the teenage brain, supporting children and adolescents with ADHD, and resilience in parenting.

·       Lunch & Learn Webinars

In our 60 minute lunchtime webinars, we will be wrapping up and then restarting our four part series on understanding anxiety and managing the feelings, thoughts, and behaviours that can come with it.  We are also offering lunch & learn sessions on sleep and your family’s mental health and building executive functioning skills in children.

·       Drop-In Series

For those looking for strategies when parenting elementary school-aged children, we are continuing our SEEDS Growing Together series every Thursday evening.  This month, we will be discussing managing meltdowns and shutdowns, helping our kids figure things out by supporting problem solving skills, and effective consequences. These evening sessions run for 90 minutes and participants are welcome to register for one, more, or all of the sessions in the series.

To register for a session, follow the links found in the attached newsletter or visit: https://www.cyfcaregivereducation.ca/virtual-education

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The Caregiver Education Team

Professional & Community Capacity Building

Information, Evaluation & Professional Practice

Alberta Health Services, Edmonton Zone

Email: [email protected]

Website: www.cyfcaregivereducation.ca