The Town of Innisfil's Speak Your Mind initiatives create safe and supportive community spaces to talk about youth mental health and share resources and tools.
Register for the 2024 Speak Your Mind Workshop: Let's Talk Youth Mental Health
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2024 Speak Your Mind: Let's Talk Youth Mental Health
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On World Mental Health Day, youth in Grades 6 to 12 and their parents and caregivers are invited to learn more about mental health, explore available services, and get tips and tools for navigating the teenage years.
- Date: Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Time: 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. (doors open for sign-in and dinner at 5:30 p.m.)
- Location: Innisfil Town Hall (2101 Innisfil Beach Road)
The event features an interactive workshop for youth and caregivers, facilitated by Shauna Eisen of Songbird Occupational Therapy. The workshop will help youth and families learn what mental health is all about and the role it plays in each of our lives, as well as explore common myths, real world stories and difficult situations to learn practical tools for how we can support the mental health of our friends, our family, and ourselves.
Other available activities include:
- Information about local mental health services and Q & A opportunities
- Expert panel discussion for parents and caregivers
- Wellness and coping skills activities for youth
- Light dinner and refreshments
You are encouraged to register for the event using the 2024 Speak Your Mind registration form. Don't miss out on fantastic door prizes including a $100 Tanger Outlets gift card and voucher for a free Town recreation program!
Past programs
View recordings of the previous Speak Your Mind workshops below.
| Improve Your Mood |
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You can watch Jennifer Richardson's Improve Your Mood video to explore the benefits of nutrition and how what we eat nourishes not only our body, but our mind. Learn how food can affects our mood. |
| Addictions and Substance with Ryan |
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Ryan McPhail is Peer Support Worker who is part of the Canadian Mental Health Association. You can watch an open discussion about addiction and substance use. |
| Not an Experiment |
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Watch the Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit's talk about vaping issues, health, industry, marketing, and common myths. |
| Keep it Positive |
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Check out the Keep it Positive video from Intention Wellness to gain practical ways to identify anxiety, understand your nervous system, and learn about proactive tools to help you self-regulate. |
| Mindfulness |
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Do you feel swept up in your emotions or thoughts? Watch the Simcoe County District School Board's video to explore mindfulness basics, gratitude, and compassion. |
| Sex Trafficking in our Community |
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Learn and understanding about sexual exploitation and why it can happen to anyone by watching Sex Trafficking in our Community. |
| Teen Survival Guide |
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Watch Shak Edwards's Declassified Teen Survival Guide and gain mental and physical wellness tips that will help you. |