Kids Have Stress Too! Wes Hosford Elementary School, October 12 from 6-8 pm
Presented by Strathcona County Family Resource Network
Even the most nurturing home and school environment includes a range of stressors that can both challenge and motivate children. While stress is a necessary part of development and learning, it’s clear that Canadian families now face more stress than ever before.
With the help of a range of educators, psychologists, and stress experts from across the country, we developed the Kids Have Stress Too! ®program. The program is designed to help the important people in children's lives learn to promote resiliency by buffering the impact of stress and building positive coping strategies to deal with life’s stressors.
We will talk about how stress can lead to Anxiety and Depression along with many other challenges. We will also talk about resources for specific mental health diagnoses. We will also cover positive, tolerable, and toxic stress, how it impacts brain development, and specific tools for parents to practice with their children to manage and reduce stress in healthy ways.
If you are interested in attending, please click on the following link to RSVP: https://forms.gle/ZxM4vskN3BL3hHbi8
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Strathcona County has a help line that anyone in our community can call. The number is 780-464-4044. They offer support in all areas:
- Free counselling for you and your children
- When you call this number, you can be talking to a counsellor in under an hour. There is no intake or wait list. You can have help exactly when you need it.
- Parenting Support
- 1-on-1 support and free (virtual) classes are available if you are struggling with your child at home
- Financial Support
- Funding is available to help you with groceries, utility bills or emergencies if this is a tight financial season for you
- Accessing other community agencies
- The county can help you access CERB, AISH, FSCD or any other agency that may help your family
- If English is not your first language or you are new to our community, the county can help you find what you need
Please don’t hesitate to call the help line directly: 780-464-4044.
More information can be found on the Strathcona County FCS website.