Stress and Stigma 101: Breaking the Cycle. Rebuilding Trust. Supporting Youth.

This 2.5-hour virtual and interactive training introduces participants to how young people experience and manifest the stress and stigma associated with a parent's substance use and ways to start to break it down. Grounded in non-violent communication, healing centred engagement, and trauma-informed approaches, the session provides essential tools for recognizing and disrupting these impacts, fostering safer, more supportive environments for affected youth.

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Outcomes:

• Better understand the hidden ways stress and stigma affect young people

• Be able to identify current policies and practices that can make it difficult for young people to seek out support

• learn tools to ensure youth can reach out and ask for help without fear.