Coping with Current Events

The Coping with Current Events Series contains 4 recorded sessions.
Covering topics from navigating anger and frustration to managing anxiety and stress. As well as managing unhealthy coping strategies and a family, parent and caregiver toolkit. strategies and toolkits.

These series and guides were developed by Discovery College Kelowna.

What to expect:

• Recorded presentation
• Estimated 1 and a half hours to complete each presentation
• No prior knowledge is needed

Learning Opportunities:

• Managing Unhealthy Coping Strategies
  • How are we Coping?
  • Why is it hard reaching out?
  • Healthy strategies to support ourselves
• Navigating Anger and Frustration
  • What are anger and frustration, how do we recognize when we feel them? But also why we might be feeling these now.
  • Acknowledge different anger and frustration styles, expression and suppression.
  • Understand different ways we can control and manage our anger and frustration in the moment.
• Managing Anxiety and Stress
  • What are Anxiety and Stress, and how can we notice when we’re feeling them? Why are we feeling the squeeze of these more now?
  • Acknowledge what is in our control and what is not. How do we deal with what is outside of our control?
  • What is self-care? And how can it help?
• A Family, Parent and Caregiver Toolkit
  • Understand why we might be feeling the extra strain as a caregiver right now and how it may impact our well-being.
  • Discover the need for communication in understanding our loved ones needs, setting our boundaries and discussing our worries and expectations.
  • Learn the importance of moving from fixing, to supporting, our loved one.