{"id":12555,"date":"2022-05-20T22:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T02:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/?p=12555"},"modified":"2022-05-20T22:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T02:19:19","slug":"message-from-the-desk-of-shameen-sandhu-system-leader-tdsb-mental-health-professional-support-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/message-from-the-desk-of-shameen-sandhu-system-leader-tdsb-mental-health-professional-support-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the desk of Shameen Sandhu, System Leader, TDSB Mental Health &#038; Professional Support Services"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the TDSB recognized Children\u2019s Mental Health Week\u00a0from May 2\u00a0to 6, 2022.\u00a0 We are continuing the conversation, specifically\u00a0for parents, guardians, staff and caregivers, with a focus on Mental Health and Well-being for Newcomer.<\/p>\n<p>Equity is central in supporting\u00a0mental health and well-being for everyone. We prioritize identity affirming supports for\u00a0students, parents, guardians and caregivers, from an anti-oppressive and anti-racist stance. We aim to continue fostering a deeper understanding of the impact intersecting identities have on mental health and well being.\u00a0This allows us to develop identity specific and culturally responsive resources and supports.<\/p>\n<p>We are extending an invitation for an evening webinar for parents, guardians, staff and\u00a0caregivers:<br \/>\n<strong>Thursday, May 26th\u00a0from 7 &#8211; 8:30pm with guest speaker, Dr. Leo Edwards<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Register in advance for this <a href=\"https:\/\/allenbyparents.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=5b5527a684a32a91614edc1de&amp;id=ca7f0e97b8&amp;e=99a0b525a6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/allenbyparents.us9.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3D5b5527a684a32a91614edc1de%26id%3Dca7f0e97b8%26e%3D99a0b525a6&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1653185613650000&amp;usg=AOvVaw04Uf7YmFZS0IgnXr5zTotd\">webinar<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dr. Edwards is the current Health Equity Leader at CAMH, Center for Addictions &amp; Mental health, Canada\u2019s leading mental health research &amp; teaching hospital.\u00a0 He is also a mental health consultant, lecturer and therapist.\u00a0 The Webinar Link is also attached in the flyer and details about interpretation services, if needed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>For any further information, please contact TDSB Mental Health Leads, Imani Hennie-Hamadi, at <a href=\"mailto:Imani.hennie-hamadi@tdsb.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Imani.hennie-hamadi@tdsb.on.ca<\/a> or Annette Grossi at <a href=\"mailto:annette.grossi@tdsb.on.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">annette.grossi@tdsb.on.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you all there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year, the TDSB recognized Children\u2019s Mental Health Week\u00a0from May 2\u00a0to 6, 2022.\u00a0 We are continuing the conversation, specifically\u00a0for parents, guardians, staff and caregivers, with a focus on Mental Health and Well-being for Newcomer. Equity is central in supporting\u00a0mental health and well-being for everyone. We prioritize identity affirming supports for\u00a0students, parents, guardians and caregivers, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[132],"tags":[336,982],"class_list":["post-12555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tdsb-news","tag-mental-health","tag-well-being"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12555"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12556,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12555\/revisions\/12556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allenbyparents.com\/blog2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}