The Child, Adolescent, and Family Centre of Ottawa
320 Osgoode St. K1N 8C8 Ottawa, ON, Canada

We wanted you to know that with funding from TD we’re launching a Mental Health Education Series. Experts here at The Royal want to help our community with resources, advice and tips to help each of us manage this period of time better. The 1st session is this Thursday (7 pm) on the topic of coping with stress and building resiliency. This session will be delivered by one of the most respected psychiatrists at The Royal and President of the Medical Staff (Dr. Tim Lau) and ho...sted by Ian Mendes. To register for this free Webcast simply follow the link below: Date: Thursday January 28, 2021 Time: 7 pm Registration: https://royal-ottawa.brand.live/c/conversations-at-the-roya Thank you for your support of The Royal,

Dr. Julia Ryan, an associate at CAFCO, explains what mindfulness is and how useful it can be for our mental health. https://vimeo.com/492809046/ad254ca176

CAFCO is proud to announce that its co-founder and co-director, Dr. Caroline Sullivan is the recipient of this year’s Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Social Sciences. Congratulations Dr. Sullivan! Le CEAFO est fier d’annoncer que son co-fondatrice et co-directrice, Dre. Caroline Sullivan, est le récipiendaire du prix d’excellence en enseignement de cette année de la Faculté des sciences sociales de l’Université d’Ottawa. Félicitations Dre. Sullivan!

Become part of a movement that will inspire our community to accept and support those affected by mental illness. Share your voice by creating a 30 second video that creatively expresses the theme of mental health or mental illness. Participez à un mouvement qui inspirera les personnes touchées par la maladie mentale. Faites entendre votre voix en créant une vidéo de 30 secondes qui propose une vision créative du thème de la santé mentale ou de la maladie mentale.... https://www.difd.com/flip-the-lens

Tracie Lee, one of CAFCO's psychotherapists and a trainee in Clinical Psychology, produced a short video explaining the importance of emotion coaching and how to do it. Emotion coaching is key to producing emotionally intelligent, secure children that grow into emotionally intelligent adults. Check it out here: https://youtu.be/4dOKC-46Vfk

CAFCO is thrilled to welcome our new receptionist, Rebecca! Rebecca joins our team with a degree in Medical Administration and a certificate in Community Mental Health. Welcome to the team Rebecca! Le CEAFO est ravie d’accueillir notre nouvelle réceptionniste, Rebecca! Rebecca se joint à notre équipe avec un diplôme en administration médicale et un certificat en santé mentale communautaire. Bienvenue à l'équipe Rebecca!

We’re hiring! https://ca.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk=cc7cffebe22db3dd

The Ontario government is offering funding for families with children who are not in school or child care because of COVID-19. Find out if you are eligible, and how to apply, here: https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-support-families

For all our teacher friends out there. A very helpful (and free) workshop to assist with back to school in these unprecendented time!! Please share widely Handout: https://www.cafco-ceafo.ca//u/2020/08/Workshop-Handout.pdf Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZwrd-iupzIuE9ViedcOxMEWOOCbaVjRK

CAFCO is now accepting clients seeking psychoeducational assessments in English or French. Please visit our website or contact us for more information: email: [email protected] phone: 613-567-0777 or 613-733-7411

The wonderful Joanne Doucette is offering this amazing 2 part parent workshop on emotion coaching

Planning on sending your kids back to school? Here are some great tips to start getting them (and you) ready now https://www.cheo.on.ca//resources-and/resources/P6225E.pdf

CAFCO would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest team member, Marie-France Perrier! Marie-France is a speech language pathologist who offers services to children/adolescents (0-18 years old) in English and French, and she is currently accepting new clients. Marie-France offers the following clinical services: screening, formal and information assessment and intervention, which may include treatment, rehabilitation, consultation and education. Her clinical areas of se...rvice include language comprehension and expression, speech sound production/articulation, motor speech, voice, literacy skills, cognitive communication, social (pragmatic) communication and swallowing. To learn more about Marie-France, please visit our website: https://www.cafco-ceafo.ca//marie-france-perrier-m-h-sc-s/ Welcome, Marie-France!