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We design and facilitate education sessions and workshops for youth, adults, and professionals living and working in Waterloo Region.
Our current services include:
Please contact us to book a presentation or workshop.
Our Youth Suicide Prevention and Awareness presentations provide an overview of mental health and suicide. With a focus on building resiliency, youth learn how they can build their own ‘seatbelt’ for life, how they can connect to help, and how they can support a friend who might be struggling. The presentation content has been informed by the Ontario Health and Physical Education curriculum, as well as best practices for mental health promotion.
Currently, a standard version of the presentation is facilitated for gr.7 students through partnerships with WRDSB and WCDSB. We also support presentations at local, independent schools as requested.
We have developed creative workshops for youth (grades 6 to 12). As part of our mission to reduce suicide through community collaboration, we offer these workshops at little to no cost to community organizations, such as community centers, faith groups, and sports teams.
The goal of these workshops is to encourage learning and development for a variety of different social-emotional skills, including emotional regulation, positive self-identity, and resiliency.
Workshops Include:
With the opportunity to customize based on your organization, staff and the community you serve, this one-hour general education presentation will provide an overview of suicide prevention, including: understanding suicide, identifying invitations for help by those who are struggling, the resources that are available in the community, and strength-based approaches for developing well-being and resiliency.
This presentation can be offered in-person or virtually for businesses located in Region of Waterloo. If you are located outside of Waterloo Region, please contact us to discuss presentation opportunities.
Throughout the year, we are often fortunate to be able to host virtual community education sessions for professionals and practitioners working within the suicide prevention, intervention, postvention and mental health sectors. These sessions involve external guest speakers, often experts in their fields, to share information about new research, therapies, and/or best practices.
Previous Community Education Sessions include:
To learn more about upcoming community education sessions, you can join our Professional Development Mailing list by completing the sign-up form here.
