Community Presentations
Our community presentations are offered to businesses, community organizations and the general public.
Domestic violence is a public problem. It affects the workplace and the wider community. Over 50% of Domestic violence victims experience violence while at their workplace. Employers have a responsibility to keep their workers safe while at the workplace. Join us to learn how to identify domestic violence in the workplace, support employees who are experiencing domestic violence and create workplace violence prevention policies in accordance with Occupational Health and Safety.
This program is dedicated to empowering licensed professionals in the beauty and wellness industries to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in our community. For more information, please click here.
These two workshops look at what’s happening in our children’s brains when they have anxiety and how this affects them. Through this lens, we will look at some tips for how to help our children cope with anxiety.
Did you know that building a brain is like building a house? And that it is a child’s experiences that build their brain? Through an interactive game you will build a brain based on the different experiences that it has in the first 8 years of life. This game highlights the importance of the first 5 years of a child’s life for their brain development.
Why is it that some children just cannot seem to keep themselves calm? Why do some children appear to lose control when an event happens while others can cope with it? What can we do to help those children that are struggling to regulate their emotions? In this session, we will look at these three questions through the lens of Brain Science to give us some insight into what is going on for these children.
One of the biggest frustrations for children is when they are not able to communicate to someone else what they want or what they need. In this session we will look at why, when children experience strong emotions, they struggle to express or communicate them. We will look at some day to day activities that help children to communicate their emotions in general and some ideas that can help for those moments when a child is struggling to communicate.
School Presentations
The purpose of our school presentations is to provide students with the information and skills to make positive choices in their friendships and relationships.
What is a Bully? – Students will learn to identify bullying behavior and how to deal with it.
Kindness – Students will learn the importance of kindness and ways to show kindness to others.
Friendship – Students will learn friendship skills and what it means to be a good friend.
Rough Play and how to play physical games nicely – Students will discuss the physical play that they do and what they are to learn through those games. Things like: A bigger person holds back so as not to hurt the smaller one, knowing when to stop, learning the strength of their body and learning when physical play is or is not acceptable to do. Through a game, the students will make their own rules so that it is safe and that all people are valued in the game.
Standing up to Bullying – Students will learn about the types of bullying, facts/myths about bullying, and how to stand up for themselves and others.
Kindness – Students will learn the value of kindness and empathy and the impact those have on their relationships with others.
Friendship – Students will learn important friendship skills to have and maintain healthy friendships.
Healthy Youth Relationships – Students will learn the elements of unhealthy and healthy relationships and how to recognize the red flags within a relationship, as well as resources for support if they are experiencing unhealthy relationships.
Empathy – Students will learn about understanding emotions and the importance of showing empathy in having healthy relationships with others.
Social Media- These 3 interactive presentations focus on social media. In each presentation there is a core activity which the students then discuss how it can apply to life and life online. The 3 main topics that are focussed on are:
1) Different Perspectives and Experiences-Students will explore how each of us have different ideas and views about how we interact online. We can only see part of the picture. For example, parents, the RCMP, advertisers, politicians, internet trolls and criminals often see a different part of the picture, and choose to engage with social media differently.
2) Communication and Decisions – Students will discuss the components of communication and the limits to online communication. They will explore what affects their decision making and how decision fatigue can often occur when using social media.
3) Tips for dealing with trouble on Social Media – Students will discuss some of the common troubles people can run in to online, explore the issue of blame and work through a problem-solving process.
Healthy Youth Relationships and Dating Abuse – Students will learn the difference between a healthy relationship and an unhealthy or abusive relationship, as well as what to do and where to go for support if they or someone they know are experiencing an unhealthy relationship.
Are You Ready For a Relationship – Students will think about some things to consider before entering into a relationship. They will explore their values, boundaries and expectations of a dating relationship.
Consent – Students will learn about what consent is and how it applies in a healthy relationship. Part of this presentation is included in Healthy Youth Relationships and Dating Abuse presentation. Some schools have asked for a presentation focusing mainly on consent.
Brain Architecture Game – In this presentation we explore the development of a child’s brain from 0-8 years through an interactive game. Each team is given a set of game cards, straws, pipe cleaners, weights and paperclips. Through the game, the teams will build a structure out of the items based on the cards that they draw. Towards the end they will add weights to their structure to see if it can hold them or if it will collapse. The cards show either positive, toxic or tolerable experiences for a child at different ages. The aim of this game is to highlight how important the early years of a child’s life (particularly the first 5) are in their development and how it can affect them for their entire life.
Conflict Resolution – In this presentation, students will explore what conflict is, how a person may feel when they are in a conflict, the 5 personal conflict management styles and the non-aggressive conflict resolution steps.
To request a presentation, please call 780-835-5550 or complete the form below: