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Connect and Learn With FamilySmart - Working Together, Parents and Schools
A FamilySmart series for parents and caregivers raising a child or youth with a mental health and/or substance use challenge, hosted by Richmond’s Family Peer Support Workers from the Integrated Child and Youth Team.
- Date and time
- Location
- Brighouse · 100-7700 Minoru Gate · Richmond · V6Y 1R8
- Organizer
- FamilySmart
About this event
Richmond’s Family Peer Support Workers from the Integrated Child and Youth Team host this FamilySmart event for parents and caregivers raising a child or youth with mental-health and/or substance-use challenges. Watch a video and discuss experiences and practical strategies for difficult moments, strengthening understanding and connection with children.
The October 20 topic is Working Together, Parents and Schools. Learn from school principal Ashley Ragoonaden about focusing on children’s strengths and building relationships with their school when mental-health struggles make school difficult. The session runs 10–11:30 a.m. in the Community Place Room at Brighouse Library, 100-7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond, BC V6Y 1R8.
Sessions are in English; videos have Simplified Chinese subtitles. Follow-up support may be available in Mandarin, Cantonese or Punjabi. Register through https://familysmart.ca/events/ or contact sandy.chen@familysmart.ca to confirm registration for this October 20 session.
Other future series topics: October 6, Emotion Regulation: Taking Our Understanding Deeper; November 3, Parenting When Anxiety Shows Up As Anger; November 17, Building Connections with Our Kids When It Feels Impossible; December 1, ADHD — The Real Deal. This is a free programme. The November 3 video features Registered Clinical Counsellor Karen Peters and parent Victoria Keddis; December 1 features Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist Dr. Don Duncan.
Parents and caregivers only; childcare is not provided. Doors open 9:45 am; check in at the library front desk on arrival.