Families Matter Research Group Interactive Series: What about the (PSP) kids and youth?

Families Matter Research Group Interactive Series: What about the (PSP) kids and youth?

Date & Time: Wednesday, October 16,2024.
11:00 am CST (Regina)
1:00 pm EDT (Ottawa)

While we have been working to support Public Safety Personnel (PSP) families, we have come to also understand the need for upstream mental health and wellbeing supports specifically tailored to the experiences of youth and children within PSP families.  In fact, in our work with PSP families, we have often been asked by family members if we had anything for their kids. This question often leads to expressions of concern as to what their children and youth are experiencing, hearing, navigating, and worrying about not only in times of crises but also in their daily lives. While there are excellent resources available through programs such as Wounded Warrior Canada’s Warrior Kids, that support children and youth impacted by parental occupational stress injury, until now, there have been limited resources available for them to access as they navigate their unique circumstances. We are excited to share that some of the team members from PSPNET Families, an online wellbeing hub filled with information, resources, and strategies, are beginning work with the Warrior Kids camp Directors on a project to shape upstream supports and resources for PSP youth and children supporting what it means for PSP families to be “on the job”.

If you are a spouse or significant other, parent, adult sibling, adult child, close friend, or someone who networks with families of PSP including leadership, service providers, association, non-profits, among others, we invite you to join Dr. Heidi Cramm of the Families Matter Research Group (Queen’s University), Dr. Linna Tam-Seto (University of Toronto),  Dr. Helena Hawryluk (Warrior Kids), Jerris Popik (Warrior Kids), and Dr. Nathalie Reid (University of Regina) as they host a panel discussion on the experiences and needs of PSP youth and children.

As this is an open event and all are welcome, please note, registration is required. Information gathered from this event will play a central role in growing a network that will serve and support PSP youth, kids, and thus families across Canada. Following the event, attendees will be asked to complete a survey to inform the format, frequency, and themes of future Garnet Families Network activities.

This event will be presented in English with the option of simultaneous captions or audio translation in French.

If you wish to make use of this translation service during the webinar: after joining the meeting, please open a browser window (on your desktop, phone, or other device) and use the following link:

https://attend.wordly.ai/join/GCQC-6170

This will enable you to log in to Wordly, our simultaneous translation platform. Be sure to select ‘French’ in the top right corner and keep this window open throughout the meeting.

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