Events › Connect and Learn With FamilySmart - Parenting When Anxiety Shows Up As Anger

Please join Richmond’s Family Peer Support Workers from the Integrated Child and Youth Team as they host a series of online 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:

April 1 - Mental Health and Preparing for the Transition to Post Secondary  After high school, post secondary education for our youth can be exciting but also stressful if they have struggled with their mental health.  Learn from Dawn Schell (University of Victoria) and Melissa Feddersen (University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus). Discover some ways we can prepare our youth for school and support their mental health and independence while they are at school.

May 13 - ADHD - The Real Deal  ADHD doesn’t just affect the person living with ADHD. It also affects those around them. As parents of kids living with ADHD, we can benefit from learning what ADHD is and how to support our kids. Dr. Duncan dispels some myths and explains how and why the ADHD brain works the way it does.  Join us to learn from Dr. Don Duncan, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist.

June 3 - Parenting When Anxiety Shows Up As Anger  Anxiety in our kids can show up as anger, and that can make parenting extra challenging. Learn some strategies that can help us before, during, and after these hard moments.  Learn from Karen Peters, Registered Clinical Counsellor and Victoria Keddis, a parent with lived experience