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May 14, Children and Youth in Care in Ontario, is meant to bring awareness to and keep attention on Lived Experts from the Child Welfare system.
This Lived Expert panel will help Humans and permanency caregivers understand that the hardest moments are often the most important ones to stay through. People tend to pull away when things get hard because of a lack of knowledge of what to do as well as strong feelings about what is going on. Here we explore those feelings and practical tips to cope and manage “when I pushed you away.”
People who have been impacted by trauma, prenatal exposure to substances, or other challenges resulting in a traumatic brain injury understand and respond to the world around them in unique ways.
Join Barb Clark for a session on taking a coaching approach, designed to provide practical strategies, emotional support, and real-life tools you can use right away. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions and current challenges, creating a collaborative space to troubleshoot together and learn brain-based approaches that reduce stress in relationships.
Harm Reduction is known as an evidence-based, public health approach to working with people with addictions. Concepts from Harm Reduction have a broader application in figuring out how to show up in supportive ways in relationships, especially when significant and early trauma are present, as it is for Living Experts of child welfare. Drawing on personal experiences of addiction and being a Kinship caregiver as well as a passion for understanding how the brain works, Living Expert Wendy Hayes will provide an overview of what Harm Reduction is and how to use it in our approach to relationships and with ourselves.
How do we support those living with FASD to thrive and flourish? Our expert panelists will come together to discuss how FASD has impacted their lives and which support strategies have been the most helpful for them. Participants will hear about addressing the stigma of FASD diagnosis, how to support success, navigating sibling relationships and real stories of challenges and celebrations from Living Experts and their family members. The panel will be moderated by Sylvia Gibbons.
