Connect and Learn With FamilySmart - Emotion Regulation: Taking Our Understanding Deeper

Please join Richmond's Family Peer Support Workers from the Integrated Child and Youth Team as they host a series of events for parents & caregivers who are parenting a child or youth with a mental health and/or substance use challenge. Watch a video and share experiences and strategies that help in the hard moments and focus on strengthening our understanding and connection with our kids. Sessions are conducted in English, however follow up support can be offered in Mandarin, Cantonese or Punjabi Videos will be run with subtitles in Simplified Chinese. 视频将配有简体中文字幕 Please register via the FamilySmart website, www.familysmart.ca/events For more information please contact sandy.chen@familysmart.ca Topics covered include: Sept 22 - A Conversation for Families About Digital Wellbeing and Mental Health How much time should our kids spend with technology? How can we set boundaries that don't create conflict? Learn some practical solutions to our everyday concerns and challenges around our kids' use of screens and their mental health. Join us to learn from Dr. Kristy Goodwin, Digital Wellbeing and Productivity Researcher, Speaker, Author and Consultant. Oct 6 - Emotion Regulation: Taking Our Understanding Deeper Our kids' big emotions don't always make sense. As parents, we might even feel like we're walking on eggshells because we're scared of another big emotional outburst. Join us for our second video conversation with Nicole Allen, Registered Clinical Counsellor to deepen our learning about our kids' emotion regulation. She helps us understand why some kids cope easier than others, and helps us to determine what our child needs during these hard moments, and shares some strategies. Oct 20 - Working Together, Parents and Schools When our kids struggle with their mental health, school can be hard for them. Let's talk about how we can help our kids by focusing on their strengths, and building relationships with their school. Learn from Ashley Ragoonaden, school principal.