Kia ora koutou,
Oh boy its May already, nearly halfway through the year and into the second school term. Covid has certainly spread through our region now with so many whānau having been affected. Well done those of you who have managed through these tough times.
May and June are looking to be busy months, with new trainings (see below), events and returning to life as we knew it before, so keep an eye out for news to come on this front.
Marney Holthouse
Canterbury Regional Coordinator
0800 693 323 or 027 501 0392
What’s on in and around Ōtautahi
Have you checked out Kids Fest 9-24 July, featuring two weeks of events on and around Canterbury run by the City Council. The festival offers a number of exciting events and activities through the winter school holidays. Children and their families can have fun with crafts, science, performing arts, sports and technology. https://ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/whats-on/
Do you know about 1737 Need to Talk? 1737 is a phone number anyone can use 24/7 to connect with a mental health professional for support froma trained counsellor.
Me tiaki, noho pai. Take care and stay well.
Marney
Training
I really enjoyed delivering the Making Changes in Hard Times and the insightful discussions and feedback from caregivers. We will be delivering two new programmes during May and June.
Difficult Behaviours, Managing Confrontation and Intimidating Behaviours explores the reasons why tamariki can regularly be confrontational and why it’s important to step aside from that confrontation. This programme also looks at different ways of managing confrontation, so you don’t get pulled into it.
The second training workshop we are offering is an introduction to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD). This training increases knowledge and awareness to better understand FASD, a brain-based disability. We look at how FASD affects tamariki in their ability to be able to respond or behave as we might want or expect them to. This programme also explores strategies for parenting and working with tamariki affected by FASD.
Both these training programmes are being offered online and face to face, for these times see our training calendar.
Have you joined our closed Facebook Group?
As a member of Caring Families Aotearoa you have exclusive access to our CLOSED Facebook groups. These are only open to caregivers that are members of Caring Families Aotearoa. This allows our members a platform to seek support, information, and resources.
Click the link below to join!