When you connect with FamilySmart, you are connecting with people who have experienced mental health and/or substance use challenges as either young people or as parents of children and youth who have struggled.
We get it and we want to help.
We help children and young people by helping their family and
other caring adults.
We know children and young people do better
when the adults who care about them are supported.
Parent Peer Support Services for all BC families-
Emotional support, information, resources, and help in navigating services for parents & caregivers of a child, youth or youth adult with a mental health and/or substance use challenge.
Free Service. No Waitlist.
Have you ever wondered, “Why can’t we all just get along and work to make things better?”
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
Living with and supporting mental health can be hard. We have learned from young people, parents/caregivers and professionals, what can help make it easier.
Working Well Together Training brings together young people, parents/caregivers and professionals to learn with and from each other so we can improve our experiences together.
The focus is NOT about telling the details of personal journeys or focusing on things that didn’t go well. It’s about the things we say and do that help us have good experiences together. Together, we can change our experiences to improve the mental health outcomes of young people.
Research conducted by SARAVYC & McCreary - 3 years - 2017-2020
“Evidence to suggest that the emotion-based common sense approach in the training promoted collaborative practice which increased sharing, community building and connection among participants. Participants also reported an ability and willingness to use FamilySmart Practice skills in their daily life.”
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
Watch this 90 second video and listen to John Solano, Family Counsellor talk about his experience with the FamilySmart Working Well Together Training.
We know your priorities as educators are to focus on the whole child, including their mental health. And supporting students with their mental health can be hard.
We also know that when parents and educators work well together, children’s mental health outcomes improve, and things go better for everyone.
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
We want to support the relationship between homes and schools.
Educators, school counsellors, students, and families have shared some skills with us. These skills, when intentionally practiced, make it easier for all of us to work well together. And they support the connection between schools and parents, and support students’ mental health. We want to share them with you.
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
NEW JANUARY 2022 -
Working Well Together Workshops for Schools
3 x 45 min workshops to learn a few more ideas and skills that support the important relationship between homes and schools. Offered online and in person in some communities.
Free for schools in 2022.
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
WORKSHOP 1 - Caring, Connected Relationships: When a child or youth is having a tough time because of their mental health, communication between home and school can be especially hard. How do we build relationships when things are so hard? You’ll learn the skills that help when we find ourselves judging others, or are feeling judged ourselves.
WORKSHOP 2 - Working Well Together: When parents/caregivers struggle with their kids’ mental health, they don’t always show up at their best. And that can make it hard for everyone, including you. Learn how we can prepare for these moments and use them to strengthen our home-school connections.
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
WORKSHOP 3 - Understanding Power: Power impacts us all differently. We might feel like we don’t have any power, or that others have too much. How do we use power intentionally and in helpful ways to help things go better? Join us for a beginning conversation and a different way to look at power.
To find out more or to book a free workshop in 2022,
please email training@familysmart.ca
Working Well Together - Better Experiences … Better Mental Health
Join us for one, two, or all three workshops: