General Lake provides info session on Anxiety in Children
Monday, Jan. 28, 2012, PETAWAWA – General Lake Public School and its parents’ council is presenting a free information session titled Anxiety in Children and Strategies.
Executive Director of the Phoenix Centre Greg Lubimiv will host the event being held
Thursday, Feb. 21 starting at 6 p.m.
Lubimiv will discuss how anxiety affects children and anxiety disorder.
Topics include what is anxiety? How common is it? Different types of anxiety, their signs as well as coping strategies will also be discussed.
The Phoenix Centre for Children and Families is a children’s mental health treatment centre run by a volunteer board of directors and funded by the provincial government.
Currently, The Phoenix Centre has 12 full time therapists and 19 Child and Youth Counselors working with children, youth, and their families to improve their mental health and well-being.
Free childcare for children 12 and under will be available.
To register or for more information please call the General Lake Public School at 613-687-2404. Please register by Feb. 14.
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