Evelyn Bursey - Speaker
Inclusion Services
Community Living North Halton
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Evelyn Bursey is the manager of Children’s Inclusion Services at Community Living North Halton and a member of the Halton Early Years Mental Health Committee. Evelyn has been working in the field of special needs resourcing and early years mental health for over 13 years. With experience working in both Halton and Peel’s lead children’s mental health agencies, as well as supervising one of Halton's Inclusion Services programs, Evelyn’s work to date demonstrates a focus on building capacity of adult caregivers in order to support promotion, prevention and access to treatment for young children. Through the process of reflective practice and engaging in discussions on how to support the early years sector, Evelyn is passionate about the collaborative ways in which child care and community partners can work with families to support the most positive outcomes for young children.
Evelyn Bursey's Sessions
Workshop
The Halton Early Years Mental Health Committee (EYMHC) is a cross-sector collaboration of service providers who work with infants/young children and their families. Research has shown that significant mental health issues can and do exist in very young children and tend to manifest as serious social, emotional or behavioural problems (Zeenah, 2009). This session will highlight the importance that you, as professionals in early childhood settings, play in promoting the mental health and well-being of all young children and their families. A child’s well-being and healthy brain development is contingent upon infants/young children having healthy relationships with their caregivers. Other important factors to consider include developing a sense of belonging and valuing and respecting an individual or family’s culture and beliefs. The session will also increase your awareness of the Halton Early Years Mental Health Toolkit itself; where to find it; highlight the many resources which can help promote professional development and explore further opportunities for embedding this content
into practice.
Date: October 28, 2022
Time: 10:15 am - 11:45 am
Workshop
CanChild has been developing and promoting the «F-words for Child Development» (Functioning, Fitness, Fun, Friends, Family, and Future). Evidence around the world shows the usefulness of this strengths-based approach to working with children and their families. Supported by MCCSS, we have developed online resources to introduce F-words concepts and tools. In this presentation, we will share these ideas and highlight how the F-words support inclusive approaches to infant/child development.
The presenters are researchers and clinicians from CanChild - a research centre dedicated to generating knowledge and transforming lives of children and youth with developmental conditions and their families.
Date: October 28, 2022
Time: 1:15 pm - 2:45 pm