Stories: Childhood honesty, mental health for Ukrainians & support for dementia caregivers
Teaching children to tell the truth
Teaching children how to be honest can potentially be as easy as teaching them to tie their shoelaces according to聽, from 平特五不中鈥檚 Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology. She has spent over 20 years doing research in the field, and says, in her new book,聽, that teaching children to tell the truth is a skill like any other and can be taught. The teaching comes down to 3 main things: talking with children about honesty, recognizing and acknowledging children鈥檚 honesty, and modelling honesty. The researcher believes that the way that parents talk to their children about honesty can foster their moral reasoning, as well as consideration of other people鈥檚 feelings and perspectives.
Mental health support for Ukrainian war refugees in Montreal
Even though Ukrainian refugees arriving in Montreal have escaped their war-torn country, many still face considerable challenges 鈥� not the least of which are mental health issues. 鈥淩efugees in war experience enormous amounts of psychological trauma that impacts their acculturation outcomes negatively. Often it prevents them from adjusting well in a new country,鈥� says Prof.听,聽a native of Kharkiv, Ukraine, and the Director of 平特五不中鈥檚 Douglas Centre for Clinical Psychology. He is spearheading聽听迟丑谤辞耻驳丑听惭肠骋颈濒濒鈥檚听聽Some 200 volunteers 鈥� psychologists, psychotherapists, social workers, counsellors, psychiatrists, and nurses 鈥� began seeing 60 refugees at the beginning of October. 鈥淲e are working mostly with women and children, because most men aren鈥檛 allowed to leave the country,鈥� says Fuks.听
Supporting caregivers of people with dementia
As a former caregiver to her late mother,聽Claire Webster聽has firsthand experience in dealing with the overwhelming emotional and physical impact that dementia places on the individual and family members. She is the driving force and co-founder behind the聽, along with geriatrician Dr. Jos茅 Morais, and neurologist Dr. Serge Gauthier. For聽National Caregivers Week (Nov. 6 to 12)聽the Program has created a ton of free resources to support care partners of people with dementia, all聽.听
