Group topics include:
- Learning about ADHD
- Transitioning to adulthood for pre-adolescent girls
- Managing as mothers
- Promoting healthy relationships between mothers and daughters
- Awareness and understanding of substance use
Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Peel Children's Centre Spring Groups
Peel Children's Centre located in Mississauga is offering a variety of free groups for children, youth, and their parents beginning in April and May.
Group topics include:
Group topics include:
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Mental Health: A Special Series
In January of this year, The Mississauga News released a a three part special Series on Mental Health. Topics range from personal stories, funding in peel, how the mental health system in peel is supporting the population; and how it's falling short. I found it to be an incredibly in-depth series that examines the very real, and sometimes heartbreaking effects the mental health system in peel has on the families that are reaching out for support. Please take a look at this incredible series:
Part 1: Help....The Monsters Under my Bed are Real
Part 2: "The System Failed us"
Part 3: A New Frontier in Mental Health
I've found myself recently having a lot of conversation with families in Peel about the connections (or possibly missed connections) between the campaigns to end mental health stigma (Ex: Bell Let's Talk), and the funding that goes to the programs to help people when they are ready for support. I was really struck by a Father who told me that although he's extremely encouraged by the advocacy and stigma campaigns, he has been increasingly worried about what happens when people feel more comfortable seeking help from our system If the funding still isn't there, wait lists, inpatient beds, and even crisis response may not be caught up to even access the services. Later that same day I came across this article from the National Post that sheds some light on people who are falling through the cracks of an overburdened system.
We have certainly come a long way in Mental Health Strategies in Canada, and I truly believe that education is the first step. We need to know how the system is working right now, in order to help make it better. We can write letters, talk openly about it, bring forward the ideas of the families who are using the system themselves to make sure that the people who are really needing the help don't fall through the cracks. Remember, as a community we have a lot of power. We can work together to make a difference.
Part 1: Help....The Monsters Under my Bed are Real
Part 2: "The System Failed us"
Part 3: A New Frontier in Mental Health
I've found myself recently having a lot of conversation with families in Peel about the connections (or possibly missed connections) between the campaigns to end mental health stigma (Ex: Bell Let's Talk), and the funding that goes to the programs to help people when they are ready for support. I was really struck by a Father who told me that although he's extremely encouraged by the advocacy and stigma campaigns, he has been increasingly worried about what happens when people feel more comfortable seeking help from our system If the funding still isn't there, wait lists, inpatient beds, and even crisis response may not be caught up to even access the services. Later that same day I came across this article from the National Post that sheds some light on people who are falling through the cracks of an overburdened system.
We have certainly come a long way in Mental Health Strategies in Canada, and I truly believe that education is the first step. We need to know how the system is working right now, in order to help make it better. We can write letters, talk openly about it, bring forward the ideas of the families who are using the system themselves to make sure that the people who are really needing the help don't fall through the cracks. Remember, as a community we have a lot of power. We can work together to make a difference.
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