Free Parent Event - Connection is Key: Promoting Positive Mental Health

Posted On Monday October 01, 2018

Parent and community members are welcome to attend this free event. Funding graciously provided by our Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) Parent Reaching Out Grant. Advance registration is required visit: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/connection-is-key-promoting-positive-mental-health-tickets-41075034534

Doors open at 5:15 p.m. for registration, displays and refreshments.

Keynote speaker: Dr. Jean Clinton
Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University.
Education Advisor to the Premier of Ontario and Minister of Education

Keynote address: The relationships that we have with our children are essential components of healthy brain development. These relationships play a key role all the way from early brain development to healthy adolescent development. This presentation will explore brain development through the lens that relationships and love build brains.

Breakout sessions offered by Durham Catholic District School Board Student Services staff and community partners:

  • Stress Behaviour vs. Misbehaviour
  • Understanding and Supporting Your Worried Child
  • Mindful Parenting