Digital Dilemma: Screens, Social Media, and Gaming
Health Promotion Facilitators, Community Health Promotion Services, Recovery Alberta
October 6, 2025 – 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Screens are everywhere—how is this affecting our kids? Learn how social media, gaming, and screen time impact youth mental health and relationships. Get simple tips to help your child build healthy screen habits and stay emotionally well.
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Level Up: Exploring the Impact of Gaming and Tech on Adolescent Learning and Cognition
Stephen Sills, Registered Psychologist
Sills Psychology
October 8, 2025 – 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
A presentation about benefits and consequences associated with playing video games during adolescence.
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Mental Health & Youth
Community Health Promotion Services (CHPS) Recovery Alberta
October 15, 2025 - 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
It is normal for children and youth to experience various types of emotional distress as they develop and mature. This presentation will support you in gaining a greater understanding of mental health and reflect on how you can support the young people in your life.
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Cyber Safety
Adriana Dewar, B.A., M.A., Community Outreach Coordinator YouthLink Calgary Police Interpretive Centre
October 20, 2025 – 6:30 - 8:30 PM
YouthLink Calgary presents an essential program designed to empower parents and guardians with the tools needed to ensure your families online safety.
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ADHD is Awesome!
Dr. Caroline Buzanko, PhD, Registered Psychologist
Clinical Director, Koru Family Psychology
October 21, 2025 – 2:00-3:00 PM
ADHD is often thought of in terms of its symptoms and associated problems. Unfortunately a deficit-based approach, focusing on what is wrong can be very impairing for children and their families. However there are so many positive qualities of ADHD that need to be celebrated. In this session, you will learn about what ADHD is, why it is awesome, and how to capitalize on its assets to promote long term success.
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Executive Functioning Essentials for Parents
Tanya Keto (Med), Clinic Co-Director, Registered Psychologist
AVERY Family and School Psychology Services
October 22, 2025 – 1:00 - 3:00 PM
A Session on Executive Functioning, Learning Disabilities, Social difficulties – and what you can do to help.
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Vaping: What’s Really Going On?
Health Promotion Facilitators, Community Health Promotion Services, Recovery Alberta
October 22, 2025 – 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Youth Vaping – Understanding what they’re using and why, learn about vaping devices, nicotine, cannabis, and the health risks.
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Stressed but Strong, Anxious but Awesome: Understanding your child’s worries through a strength-based lens
Dr. Sterling Sparshu, MD, FRCPC
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
October 29, 2025 - 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Participants will understand the stress-anxiety spectrum in children and teens, recognize healthy vs problematic stress, learn how to respond to stress and anxiety through a strength-based lens
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Navigating the Pressure to Perform: Benefits of Well-Being Centered Identity Development for Children and Teens
Shelbi Snodgrass, MC, RCC, CCC, CMPC, Registered Clinical Counsellor
Snodgrass & Duff Performance Consulting and Counselling Inc.
October 30, 2025 – 6:30 - 8:30 PM
This session will understand the pressure to perform influencing children and teens.
Identify vulnerabilities to and indicators of low confidence and self-esteem, Reflect on the language behaviours and environments that help or hinder healthy identity development and more!
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