St. Catharine's & Niagara Chapter
Come join us - Children's Mental Health is everyone's business.
Contact Information
N. COPE Niagara
P. Sonia 905-931-5249
Parents for Children's Mental Health, Niagara Chapter, is dedicated to supporting our familiesl We believe that EMPOWERING Caregivers, ensures that they are able to empower their children to be the successful individuals they were created to be!
This year we are focusing on EMPOWERING caregivers, self care, and family fun. Laughter and optimism are tools that are critical to the success of our day.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.....It's about learning to dance in the rain"
Upcoming Meetings and Niagara Events
Please Call or email to RSVP in case any date or location changes have been made
Family Support Group Meetings held at 147 York St, St. Catharines, front door beside large glass window.
Saturday January 7, 2012 Family Ball Hockey Game 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (location to be determined)
Friday January 20, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday February 4, 2012 Family Tobagganing 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (Pending Snow! Location to be determined)
Friday February 17, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Wednesday February 29, 2012 FAMILY EMPOWERMENT EVENT at Pathstone Mental Health Merrittville Highway
Friday March 16, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday May 5, 2012 Family BBQ Kick Off Event for Child and Youth Mental Health Week (Location to be determined)
Friday May 18, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday June 2, 2012 Family Picnic at Queenstone Heights 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday June 15, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday July 7, 2012 Family Beach Day 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (location to be determined)
Friday July 20, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday August 17, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday September 21, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
October 6, 2012 Family Hike 2 p.m - 4 p.m. (location to be determined)
Saturday November 3, 2012 Family Ball Hockey Game 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday November 16, 2012 Family Support Meeting 7 p.m. to 9 p.m
Friday December 14, 2012 PCMH Social 8 p.m. - 10 p.m.
About Our Families
Family is all-inclusive. Families can be from all incomes, education, racial, ethnic, and religious backgrounds. They can be single parent or two parent families. They can be birth parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents ~~~ they all need help, they all need support, and they all need tools to cope.
Our Goals—To Educate, Empower, Support
To advance the unique needs of children with mental health diagnoses and their families, to dissolve the stigma attached to children’s mental illness, to encourage and recommend research, prevention, early intervention, family support, and family-centred and family-driven care, to work with mental health agencies and government to ensure that children and their families with these unique needs and struggles have access to community based services to help them reach their full potential.
Research-based knowledge suggests that biological, social, psychological and environmental factors are all important.
