Family and Community Learning Series 2023-2024
January 25, 2024 – Session 1
Panel Discussion - Screenagers & Online Safety
February 28, 2024 – Session 2
“Keeping Students Safe Through Sexual Health Education “
Resources: Options for Sexual Health
No video recording available.
Our learning series continues with a focus on empowering our youth with Sexual Health Education led by Kristen Gilbert, Director of Education and Certified Sexual Health Educator from Options for Sexual Health in Vancouver.
Sexual Health Education is important for all students! It ensures that our youth can learn the skills needed to navigate healthy relationships, understand their own bodies, and support them to make informed decisions, which can help protect them against abuse, exploitation, unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Students need and want help making sense of information they receive from various sources including peer and online messaging.
This session will address the “why" of sexual health education and provide an overview of what is covered in schools. Resources and helpful tools will be available to help continue the conversation and learning at home.
March 5, 2024 – Session 3
"Substance Use Prevention" with Guy Felicella
April 4, 2024 – Session 4
"Safer Schools Together - Online Safety and the Digital World"
Social Media Explo itation Digit al Citizenship and Cyberbullying
As children navigate the pivotal stages of development, they encounter new challenges, notably with increased cell phone use, screentime distractions, video gaming and social media engagement.
April 18, 2024 – Session 5
Screenagers Next Chapter: Address ing Youth Mental Health in the Digital Age
May 9, 2024 – Session 6
Inclusive and Safe School Communities
Session recording: SD43 Family and Community Learning Series - Accepting Communities-20240510_023411-Meeting Recording.mp4
Please join the SD43 Student Wellness and Safety Team, Wendy Yu, District Principal of Diversity and Anti-Racism, and others to learn about some of the ways we intentionally create, develop and maintain a sense of physical, and emotional safety, and environments which create optimal learning spaces. Through research, evidence-based practices, curriculum and student support structures, we hope to create the optimal conditions for student success.
Some of the topics covered will include:
- Research and practices which support social-emotional learning
- Anti-Racism Education
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity - Myths and Facts
- Codes of Conduct, Student Interventions, Safety Training and Responses
May 23, 2024 – Session 7
"Understanding the Adolescent Brain"
Session recording: SD43 Family and Community Learning Series Understanding the Teenage Brain.mp4
