Upcoming Events
Join our discussions about youth mental health and be part of a community dedicated to fostering a healthier future for our young people.
Top Shelf for Mental Health
Top Shelf for Mental Health in memory of Dr. Rob Stevens
The Stevens Family in partnership with the Parry Sound Hockey Club and the Town of Parry Sound are happy to announce that they will once again be hosting Top Shelf for Mental Health during the month of January 2025.
This initiative started in 2020 with every hockey player in the Parry Sound Hockey club being given green tape and green laces in support of mental health, along with a short education briefing on the importance of mental wellness. The event was capped off with a free community skate on Bell Let's Talk day sponsored by the Town of Parry Sound.
Green tape, laces and more recently the added helmet stickers will be available again this year.
This year's free community skate will be on Bell Let's Talk day, Wednesday January 22 from 6:30-7:30 pm.
Free event: Learn more about our addictions support
Join us to learn more about the stages of change and how to support youth struggling with substance misuse who might not be ready to change.
This is a free online event.
You don’t need to pre-register but if you’d like a reminder email, let us know - we know things get busy!
Group: Growing in Parenthood
this group is designed for parents and caregivers who are looking to make connections, share challenges, and build new skills.
Topic for February 3: Navigating the Emotional Landscape - The Mental Health Journey of Parenthood
Group: Growing in Parenthood
this group is designed for parents and caregivers who are looking to make connections, share challenges, and build new skills.
Topic for February 10: Coping with Stress and Overwhelm - Practical Tools for Emotional Well-Being
Workshop: Creating your Parenting Identity
Creating your Parenting Identity
Did you know that the way we were raised - the intergenerational values and wounds of our parents and community - influence our identity as parents?
Join us as we explore our core values, reflect on our upbringing, and consider the creation of our parenting identity!
*this workshop is open to community members of Wasauksing First Nation
Group: Growing in Parenthood
this group is designed for parents and caregivers who are looking to make connections, share challenges, and build new skills.
Topic for February 24: Strengthening Support Systems - Relationships, Boundaries, and Asking for Help
Group: Growing in Parenthood
this group is designed for parents and caregivers who are looking to make connections, share challenges, and build new skills.
Topic for March 3: Resilience and Growth - Rediscovering Yourself in Parenthood
Workshop: Art of Partnership
Art of Partnership
Do you get frustrated and overwhelmed by how much you are responsible for within your partnership?
Join us as we explore the art of partnership and move towards re-delegating shared responsibilities and the household workload!
*this workshop is open to community members of Wasauksing First Nation
Workshop: Understanding (and managing) your child’s emotions
Understanding (and managing) your child’s emotions
Does your child have big emotions?
Are you tired of temper tantrums and not sure what to do?
Join us as we share ideas and strategies you can use to help your child or teen regulate their emotions!
*this workshop is open to community members of Wasauksing First Nation
Workshop: Tough Transitions
Tough Transitions
Does your child struggle with good-byes?
Or experience after-school meltdowns and mood swings?
Join us as we explore the topics of separation distress & restraint collapse and share ideas and strategies you can use to help your child or teen!
*this workshop is open to community members of Wasauksing First Nation
Workshop: Co-Regulation
Understanding your child’s emotions
Does your child have big emotions?
Are you tired of temper tantrums and not sure what to do?
Join us as we share ideas and strategies you can use to help your child or teen regulate their emotions.
*this workshop is open to community members of Wasauksing First Nation
Perinatal Professionals Circle
Perinatal Professionals Circle
pre-registration required.
Adults who Interact with Youth, mental health first aid
This course is designed to support adults who interact with youth, ages 14-25 years-old, although its learning outcomes are applicable to all ages. It covers the most common mental health disorders and youth-specific concerns: Substance-related disorders, mood-related disorders, anxiety and trauma-related disorders, psychotic disorders, feeding and eating disorders, and deliberate self-injury.
Perinatal Professionals Circle
Perinatal Professionals Circle
pre-registration required.
Adults who Interact with Youth, mental health first aid
This course is designed to support adults who interact with youth, ages 14-25 years-old, although its learning outcomes are applicable to all ages. It covers the most common mental health disorders and youth-specific concerns: Substance-related disorders, mood-related disorders, anxiety and trauma-related disorders, psychotic disorders, feeding and eating disorders, and deliberate self-injury.
pre-registration is required.
Perinatal Professionals Circle
Perinatal Professionals Circle
pre-registration required.
Perinatal Professionals Circle
Perinatal Professionals Circle
pre-registration required.
Perinatal Professionals Circle
Perinatal Professionals Circle
pre-registration required.
A conversation about Co-Regulation
This 1.5-hour workshop explores co-regulation (a popular buzz word on social media parenting platforms right now!) so that we can better understand what it is and strategies to help us stay calm in the face of big emotions.
This workshop includes a resource bundle, which can also be purchased separately in our Resource Shop.
SYC at The Solidarity Space
Jess is at The Solidarity Space to share about SYC’s upcoming The Art of Partnership workshop. Hope to see you there!
SYC at The Solidarity Space
Jess is at The Solidarity Space to share about SYC’s upcoming Creating your Parenting Identity workshop. Hope to see you there!
A conversation about Tough Transitions
Tune in for a conversation about how to support Tough Transitions. We’ll talk about Separation Distress and Restraint Collapse: what they are, why they happen, and what we can do to help.
Bring your questions, we’ll share ideas, and hopefully we’ll all have smoother transitions in our future.
This workshop includes a resource bundle, which can also be purchased separately in our Resource Shop.
$55 (+hst) per person (or per caregiver unit). Register here.
Reminder: if you attended the Mental Health Symposium, you can use your coupon code for 25% off
SYC at The Solidarity Space
Lisa is at The Solidarity Space to share information about our Perinatal Pathways program
7th Annual DOC ROB Bass Classic
The DOC ROB Fund provides grants to organizations in the District of Parry Sound that address mental health and wellness, suicide awareness and prevention, and educational programs.
This is one of its largest fundraisers and we hope to see you there!
Wasauksing First Nation Health Fair
We are looking forward to joining the Wasauksing First Nation Health Fair for this year’s theme of RESILIENCY.
See you there!
System Advocacy & Navigation Program Opens
Learn more about our System Advocacy & Navigation summer pilot program sponsored by the DOC ROB Fund.
Social media: The good, the bad, and the ugly
This webinar offers an overview of the information presented in the book The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt and then talks about what to do with the information learned.
This presentation comes from the perspective that...
we are all doing the best we can with the information we have at any given time and within our unique family context.
learning new information gives us the opportunity to evaluate our decisions.
what is the best decision for one family will not necessarily be the best decision for your family
Information disclaimer:
this presentation offers a summary of The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt.
every attempt has been made to share this information from a factual perspective as presented in the book.
Shifting Fixation and Worries
Just like adults, kids experience anxiety. There is a lot that parents and caregivers can do to create a foundation for healthy processing and navigating this emotion that kids can take with them into adulthood.
Nurturing Neurodivergence
Gain an understanding of the fundamentals of neurodivergence in children. Learn the meaning behind common terms such as "spectrum disorder", Autism, ADD/ADHD, sensory sensitivities and more.
Building Resiliency
We want to protect our children from everything unpleasant and painful, it's a parental and caregiver's instinct. Unfortunately, this isn't realistic and doesn't equip our children for success. So what can we do? Come learn about shaping and supporting resiliency in your children and its role as a protective factor!
Tempering Tantrums
Big emotions in little people can create big emotions in big people. Or is that just us?
If you want to learn more about how to navigate big emotions, tune in.