In addition to supporting students, mental health therapists work with their family, community, and teachers to help them better understand children who have gone through trauma. This includes educating the community about the impact of trauma on the developing brain. We believe reaching children and youth while they are in school is the best way to encourage future success.
Mental health therapists provide a combination of counselling and group work, customized for the child and their family. They work collaboratively with other service providers in a ‘circle of support’ model for children and their families.
To help young people and families overcome the barriers and challenges that inhibit learning and development, and stop kids from completing high school, we focus on:
- Children engaged in high-risk behaviours
- Bullying and conflict resolution in school and peer environments
- Chaotic, unhealthy home environments
- Dysfunctional and dangerous relationships
- The debilitating stress of living in extreme poverty
- The effects of fetal alcohol syndrome
- Children experiencing the effects of abuse and trauma
- Parental dysfunction and child neglect
Who can access these services?
Students and their families at participating schools. Please connect with the principal for more information.
How much does it cost?
There is no cost to families.
How can we get these services in our school?
The Family Centre acknowledges that we are on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional meeting ground, gathering place, and traveling route for the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Métis, Dene, and Nakota Sioux. We acknowledge all the many First Nations, Métis, and Inuit whose footsteps have marked these lands for centuries.