The Mapleton and Minto Safe Communities Committee will be presenting an information session here on May 2 addressing issues surrounding bullying.
Special speakers, child and youth counsellors Jill Hope and Joanne Worth, will be giving a 30-minute presentation and then opening up the floor for questions.
The aim of the session is to start a dialogue about bullying and to provide practical insight and solutions. Hope has been with the Upper Grand District School Board since 1999. Prior to this she served with Family and Children’s Services in Toronto, Newmarket and Wellington County. She also worked locally for the North Wellington Advisory Group running pre-school programs and a resource centre for parents.
Hope’s experience also encompasses teaching parenting skills in the community, and running various workshops on building parenting skills. Hope currently serves Palmerston Public School and Drayton Heights Public School.
Worth is also a child and youth counsellor for the UGDSB and she has worked in the children’s mental health field since 1994.
Worth has worked in a variety of settings, including the Mental Health Treatment Center, Child and Family Services and serving in Section 23 classrooms, which treat children for a variety of behavioural disorders.
Typically these student are placed by the courts or Family and Children Services with the goal of re-integrating them into the regular school environment.
Worth currently serves, Minto-Clifford Public School and Victoria Cross Public School in Mount Forest.
A question and answer period will take place after the presentation, with the goal of answering questions about the causes of bullying, signs to look for and what parents can do to address the issue.
Everyone is invited to attend. The presentation will take place on May 2 at 7pm at Palmerston Public School (550 Prospect St., Palmerston).
