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Culture Days will return September 20 – October 13, 2024.

@BramptonLibrary Addressing Pandemic Life-changes Affecting Children Emotionally (A*PLACE)

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Virtual celebrations at Brampton Library!

Brampton, ON

Directions: Brampton Library has eight locations. Due to COVID 19 health restrictions, we are unable to host the activities at our branches. However, we invite you to join us at our virtual platform to enjoy Culture Days online presentations from our talented community.

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Free.

Offered in English.

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About

Today's children face unique challenges. This workshop for educators and parents discusses free resources that help children to:

1) Build a feelings vocabulary

2) Identify a feeling and the cause of that feeling

3) Change a thought to change a feeling (CBT)

4) Make a plan to change a situation

5) Commit to action

Free online resources include:

1) Video-book, "Kids & COVID Questions", on YouTube with feelings exercises and kid-friendly instruction on how to do the worksheets

2) Downloadable children's eBook, "Kids & COVID Questions", free for educational use

3) Downloadable worksheets, free for educational use

4) Downloadable kid-friendly COVID posters for the classroom

Paperback and hardcover copies of "Kids & COVID Questions" are also available on Amazon. All worksheets are free to photocopy for educational use (permission is stamped on each page).

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Anjula Evans

Anjula Evans has a background as a Children's Therapist with a Masters Degree. She worked at a mental health clinic and as a consultant and workshop speaker for eight years, until she was in a car accident that left her with a brain injury. After ten years of rehabilitation, she began producing mental health resources for children.

Over the last year, she has become concerned about the life-changes children have experienced due to the pandemic, that are affecting their psychosocial development. In November 2020, she released a children's book for the primary grades, called "Kids & COVID Questions". The book is in line with public health guidelines in the province of Ontario, discusses how COVID has affected the lives of the characters in the book, and includes five worksheets with activities.

In July 2021, she converted the book into a narrated video-book on YouTube, adding detailed activities for children that coincide with her children's book. It is viewable for free, and the free eBook PDF and worksheets are available on her website, anjulaevans.com as well. Kid-friendly instructions for the worksheets are in the video, and they can either be done using the free downloads or on blank paper.

Anjula's underlying message is, "It's possible to face our challenges and overcome them." She also believes that about the pandemic -- that we can all get through this together.

Contact

Anjula Evans

anjulaevans@hotmail.com

This event is part of a hub:

@BramptonLibrary

Brampton Library Brampton, ON

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