Setting Boundaries and Showing Up
Jun
2

Setting Boundaries and Showing Up

Have you ever asked someone “what do you need?” and they don’t have an answer? Or maybe they asked you for the kind of support you don’t have the capacity to offer. This session will focus on how we can make tangible offers of support based on our strengths in balance with setting and maintaining boundaries so we don’t overextend ourselves.

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When I Pushed You Away, and Why I'm Glad You Stayed - Lived Expert Panel
May
5

When I Pushed You Away, and Why I'm Glad You Stayed - Lived Expert Panel

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.” 

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Coaching for Effective Relationship Building with Barb Clark
Apr
7

Coaching for Effective Relationship Building with Barb Clark

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.

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Harm Reduction as an Approach in Supportive Relationships
Mar
3

Harm Reduction as an Approach in Supportive 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. 

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Living with FASD Panel ft. Living Experts and Supportive Connections 
Feb
3

Living with FASD Panel ft. Living Experts and Supportive Connections 

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.

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Coaching for Effective Relationship Building with Barb Clark
Jan
6

Coaching for Effective Relationship Building with Barb Clark

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.

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If you are someone who is supporting or has been connected to a young person aged 16+ with living experience of the child protection system and would like to access closed community support and education, please reach out to us at hello@nevertoolatentl.ca.


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