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• Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Emotion Regulation

  • Start
    April 07, 2025
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  • End
    June 09, 2025
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  • Schedule
    8 sessions
  • Location
    Bethesda Niagara Family Centre, 3310 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
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  Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) Emotion Regulation

  Ages 15-17 years

  Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy used with children, teens and adults who have significant difficulty with emotion regulation. DBT seeks to help people understand and accept difficult feelings, as well as learn skills to manage feelings and create positive change in their life.

  The four pillars of DBT are mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. The current group will be run by a psychotherapist and will focus on Emotion regulation. Emotion regulation skills help teens to feel less emotionally vulnerable and feel more in command of their emotions. This group seeks to help teens understand the emotions they experience, reduce emotional vulnerability, decrease the frequency of unwanted emotions, and decrease emotional suffering. Teens must be comfortable in a group setting of 1:5 ratio.

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• Literacy Group

  • Start
    April 07, 2025
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  • End
    May 12, 2025
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  • Schedule
    5 sessions
  • Location
    Bethesda Niagara Family Centre, 3310 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
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  Literacy Group

  Ages 10-13 years

  This club is for those youth who like to read! We will read 2-3 books across the span of group, discussing characters and themes. This group focuses on developing comprehension skills, vocabulary and social interactions. The group is run by a Communicative Disorders Assistant (CDA) and a Therapeutic Respite Worker. Children must be comfortable in a 2 children to 1 staff ratio.

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• Pathways to Employment

  • Start
    April 08, 2025
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  • End
    May 20, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Bethesda Niagara Family Centre, 3310 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
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  Pathways to Employment

  Ages 14-17 years

  Let Bethesda’s Pathways to Employment pre-employment training program be your teen’s first step towards looking for and keeping a job. We offer practical job skill training, job coaching and the tools your teen will need to find and keep a paid job in the community. Teens will learn about volunteer opportunities in their community, learn basic computer skills, and find out what employers look for when they hire.

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• Social Navigators

  • Start
    April 09, 2025
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  • End
    May 21, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Bethesda Niagara Family Centre, 3310 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
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  Social Navigators

  Ages 7-9 years

  Children will learn a variety of social skills (initiating/exiting conversations, joining into conversations, exiting conversations) and have an opportunity to practice these skills with peers. Children will learn these skills by being a social detective! Skills will be taught in a group format using Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) evidence based strategies. This program is appropriate for children who can follow multi-step instructions independently, communicate using verbal requests, comments, and questions and can participate in a group setting without 1:1 support.

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• Puberty

  • Start
    April 10, 2025
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  • End
    May 22, 2025
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  • Schedule
    7 sessions
  • Location
    Bethesda Niagara Family Centre, 3310 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
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  Puberty

  Ages 10-13 years

  Youth will learn social and life skills related to the physical and emotional changes that occur with puberty. Topics include daily hygiene habits (such as shaving, showering and hair care), biological processes, and social media and online safety. Youth must be safe in a group setting in a 1:3 ratio.

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• Peer Mentorship Program

  • Start
    June 09, 2025
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  • End
    June 23, 2025
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  • Schedule
    3 sessions
  • Location
    Bethesda Niagara Family Centre, 3310 Schmon Parkway, Thorold
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  Peer Mentorship Program

  Ages 14-17 years

  Calling all teens looking to become a peer mentor this year! Bethesda is offering a peer mentor training program. This training will outline expectations as a peer mentor including roles and responsibilities, conflict resolution and leadership skills. The goal is to empower future leaders to come along side and support other children and youth throughout the 2025 year!

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