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Third Avenue United Church is presenting a workshop on Building Resiliency in Families.
We want to work with our children, youth, and families to enhance the well being of our community where our children can be safe, protected, and grow within healthy, caring, and loving families.
In today’s world of multi-media pressures and social influences impacting on families, it is more important than ever, that families provide positive support as children develop personally, socially, culturally and spiritually.
All are welcome to attend - As an old African proverb says, “It takes a village to grow a child” - but we know it takes first a loving, caring family.
And so we invite everyone, male, female, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, all kinds of families, etc. to join us in this conference on Building Resiliency of Families.
Our resource speaker is Marlene Merasty, RNIRPN.
Merasty is a Registered Nurse and Registered Mental Health Nurse. She has extensive experience working as a clinical supervisor for mental health programs. Much of her work has involved designing mental health courses and training with indigenous peoples. She is an instructor for the Group Crisis Intervention Training and has developed a workbook, Healing Ways - Group Crisis Interventionfor Indigenous peoples. She is a member of the Mental Health Technical working group, which is working on a Saskatchewan First Nations Suicide Prevention Strategy.
The event is taking place Saturday, Nov. 2, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch provided) and Sunday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m. - noon (breakfast provided) at 1301-102 St. North Battleford. Please register by Oct. 28. Call 306-445-8171 to register or email: [email protected].
