Parents & Mental Health
Start Time
13:00
End Time
14:30
Date
May 9, 2025
Location
103 Village Road
Lake Louise Sport and Recreation Centre, Community Hall
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About the Event
Parents/Caregivers (pre/postnatal) and their children are invited to join Cara Crawford, Early Years Family Support Worker and Mary Weighell, Family Connection Centre Supervisor, for an afternoon program focused on mental health.
This program will be offered in 2 sections, the first 45 minutes will be focused on parent/caregiver mental health and well-being. Participants will explore tools for self-compassion and mindfulness, while engaging in discussions with other families who are raising children in a remote community. Children will be in childminding for the first part of this program. The second portion of our mental health session will include the whole family. Children and their caregivers can participate in creating some take-home resources/tools focused on building social emotional wellbeing.
Children are welcome and encouraged to attend. Pregnant parents, people planning to start a family, and people who support families are welcome to attend.
PARTNER Pre-registration here https://app.univerusrec.com/llsrcpub
About the Host
This program is part of the Passport to Mental Health & Wellbeing hosted by the Lake Louise Committee in support of the BMHAW.
About The Facilitator: As the Early Years Family Support Worker with the Family Connection Center, Cara offers free guidance and educational programming for Bow Valley families/caregivers on a variety of topics including (but not limited to); developmental screening, parenting strategies, sleep support, toilet training, behavior management, attachment, reparenting, and emotional/co-regulation. She’ll meet with families and caregivers, pre and post-natal, looking for strength-based support to identify needs, develop goals, and build family capacity. She can also make referrals to other community supports as needed.