In this webinar, Dr. Cindy Krysac (Mental Health First Aid Canada Instructor, Ph.D. Physics), will provide suggestions for assembling essential tools for caregivers. The tools can potentially empower anyone who feels that someone they know is impacted by mental health problems, with a perspective for responding to youth and emerging adults.The suggestions for caregivers will be structured from trusted resources, yet will be flexible enough for adapting to unique stories. Every person who finds themselves in a caregiver role can find hope by accessing and practicing powerful evidence based approaches which can effect positive change.
When you watch this webinar you will:

1. Take the training: Mental Health For Adults Who Interact With Youth provides a base line of evidence based information and skills for having an empathetic yet effective mental health conversation.
2. Assemble your list of resources, and start to access them. For Canadians, ementalhealth.ca or partnersformentalhealth.ca can be a starting point.
3. Challenge your own contribution to the mental health social landscape. Self care includes taking care of your own health, and giving yourself room to grow and rethink your opinions and perspectives.
4. Adopt a collaborative approach between all stakeholders, including asking the young persons and their peers what they need to thrive.
5. Withhold judgement, and practice listening.