Videos

For this Connect Group presentation, Kelsey Byers, a registered massage therapist, talks about how massage therapy can help improve our mental health.

This week on Connect group we have Mandi from the Lunchbox in Weyburn. Mandi believes that "fast food" should be better - more nutritious, more fresh, more delicious and more available. She will be sharing how wholesome, nutritious food that fuels you for the day is incredibly important for so many reasons.

Listen in on this Connect Group presentation to hear Jade from Envision Counselling and Support Centre talk about what boundaries are, what types of boundaries there are (flexible, loose, and rigid), and how to create and maintain boundaries.

This week on Connect Group we have Maria from the Weyburn SWIS office to talk about Inclusion- how we can use empathy and understanding to welcome newcomers to our classrooms.

This week’s Connect Group features guest host is Sabrina from the Gambling Awareness Program (GAP). This presentation will cover the impact social media and video games can have on mental health as well as their connections to gambling. It will also include strategies to help mitigate the effects social media/gaming can have on a person.

May 2-8, 2022 is Mental Health Week and the theme is #GetReal about how to help. This week’s Connect Group features Tasha Collins from Weyburn CMHA. Tasha will be sharing about Mental Health Week and some stress management tips.

This week’s Connect Group features Evan Burdan, a Child and Youth Psychologist in Weyburn. Research shows that screen time and usage is effecting our mental health. Evan will share some education about the effects and some tips on how to manage our screen time. Join us for his perspective as a psychologist on screen time; his message is not to get rid of our phones, rather learn about what the research is saying and how to manage it.

In an effort to support younger students with anxiety and worry, we expanded the Connect Group platform to provide two special presentations. Sara is a social work practicum student at Mental Health Child and Youth and provides students with some tips about anxiety and positive self-talk. These presentations are suitable for around the grade 4 age range.

This week’s Connect Group features Jade from Envision Counselling and Support Centre and she will be talking about Assertiveness. Envision offers a variety of topics and is available to present in your classrooms through their ROAM program!

Hello everyone! My name is Jade, and I am one of the Outreach Educators with Envision Counselling & Support Centre Inc. Envision Counselling has been a part of the Southeast corner of Saskatchewan since 1994. Envision Counselling’s goal is to help individuals to live their healthiest, happiest lives. We provide counselling services to individuals, couples, families, and children who may be going through a tough time, and/or have experienced violence and abuse in their lives. Anyone who is looking for support can call one of our four office locations and speak with our trained intake worker. We have offices located in Weyburn, Estevan, Carlyle, and Oxbow.
Envision Counselling & Support Centre also offers in-home support to families. Family Support workers go into the homes of families and work with parents on various goals that are mutually decided on between the family and worker. These goals could include topics such as relationship building, create and maintain daily routines, budgeting, parenting skills, and so forth.
Lastly, Envision Counselling provides community education and awareness. We have been doing this through our ROAM project which stands for Rural Outreach Awareness Measures. Through this project, the main focus has been to provide information through presentations within the classroom of grades 7-10 on topic like unhealthy relationships, dating violence, types of abuse, and so on.

In an effort to support younger students with anxiety and worry, we expanded the Connect Group platform to provide two special presentations. Sara is a social work practicum student at Mental Health Child and Youth and provides students with some tips about anxiety and positive self-talk. These presentations are suitable for the grade 4 age range.

This week's Connect Group features Treena, the Student Services Counsellor at Weyburn Comprehensive School. Treena found herself being so passionate about her own and her families sleep that she trained to become a sleep consultant 7 years ago. Treena works with people of any age to help them gain a better night's sleep. She will teach us about how important sleep is, what happens in your brain and body when you sleep and some tips on how to improve your sleep. There is a strong focus on the unique sleep needs for adolescents in this session.

This week we have a presentation from Maria Walter on Zumba and the importance of physical activity! Here’s more about Maria: My name is Maria Walter and I am the owner/artistic director of Soul Step Studio. I am a young mom of 3 kiddos ages 4.5, 3 and 1.5. I am originally from Estevan and also hold my Bachelor of Education degree. I fell in love with dance and fitness as a young child and the love stayed with me. I currently hold instructor certifications in ballet with the RAD, tap and jazz with ADAPT, Acrobatic Arts Level 1, Barre Above, Balletone, Zumba and Zumba Kids and Kids JR. and most recently Canfitpro Fitness Instructor Specialist. My intention is to create a safe space allowing people to come together to share and express who they are through the power of movement!