When cancer and significant illness crashes into the world of a young person its impact can be felt across the community. Canteen provides support and education to parents, schools and health professionals so that ultimately all young people affected have the best outcomes.
Canteen Community Education supported by Metricon
Metricon's support for Canteen Community Education includes:
• creating new parenting through Illness workshops and resources
• providing support to schools (faculties and students) and the broader school community; and
• enabling access to improved technology to expand our ways of delivering existing services.
Register your interest
If you would like to register your interest to attend one of our workshops below, please email [email protected].
Our self paced workshops will be launching soon. If you would like to be informed of upcoming webinars/workshops as they launch please email [email protected]
Key Points Covered:
- Common parental concerns and reactions from young people
- Understanding the needs of young people
- How to prepare for an open and honest conversation
- Where to access further support
Email: [email protected]
I'm passionate about working collaboratively with the community to provide education and support to parents, schools and health professionals, in order to grow Canteen's services around Australia and support more young people and their families living with cancer and other illnesses.
Key Points covered:
- Values and Parenting
- Support Options available from Others including family, friends, schools, health professionals and Canteen
- Taking care of your body and mind
Key Points covered:
- The Impact of Cancer on young people, and why they need our support
- What Health Professionals can do to help, including the questions to ask families
- How Canteen supports young people and their families
Key Points covered:
- The Impact of Cancer on young people, and why they need our support
- What Educators and School Professionals can do to help, including practical steps to implement at school
- What Canteen can do to assist the school with student education
- How Canteen supports young people and their families
Key Points Covered:
- The Impact of Cancer
- How Can You Help a Friend
- Self Care and Where to Get Support
- How Canteen Can Help