Upcoming Friends (Group Sessions for Youths)

April 11 – June 20, 2025 (Fridays); 2:30pm – 4:00pm **No Session on April 18, 2025**

Friends is offered in partnership with CanLearn Society.

This small-group-based program was designed to offer a fun, sensory, and hands-on approach to supporting emotional and social skill growth and development. Youth participants will explore different skills for making friends and handling emotions.

Social-emotional learning has a positive impact on a wide range of outcomes, including academic performance, healthy relationships and mental health. Social-emotional skills are invaluable lifelong skills.

Activities and discussion topics may include:

• Building healthy friendships
• Conversation skills
• Effective communication
• Managing emotions
• Challenging unhelpful thinking
• Coping strategies
• Handling bullying and conflict
  • including online bullying and online safety
• Mindfulness
• Building confidence and self-esteem
• Problem-solving
• Take-home activities to practice in between sessions

Ideal for: ages 8 – 12 years

Program focus: building social-emotional skills and strategies

Duration: 90 minutes

All sessions are offered in person at our Midnapore Family Development Centre. Registration is limited to 8 Youth Participants.

This is a signed-in, drop-off program and caregivers do not need to remain onsite.

Consent forms/proof of guardianship will be required to participate.

Please complete registration for one Adult Guardian and up to two Youth Participants (8 – 12 years).

Registration will close on April 6, 2025.

Facilitated by Ellen, Kayleigh and Tegan