The NPIG Executive is pleased to invite you to our January NP Insider webinar. We will be co-hosting with the RNAO policy department and we will be featuring a key speaker with vast experience in promoting, initiating, coordinating and presenting mental health education designed to improve attitudes towards mental illness and promote mental health and well-being:

• Angele D’Alessio, Bilingual Stakeholder Engagement Coordinator for BounceBack, Canadian Mental Health Association, Ontario

Title of Angele’s Talk: BounceBack: A free mental health program to help your clients manage COVID-19 related anxieties, and more, from home

Background: CMHA promotes Bounceback as a free skill-building program grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy designed to help individuals 15+ manage low mood, mild to moderate depression and anxiety, stress or worry. According to CMHA, whether your patients' symptoms have been brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic or other life stressors, BounceBack can help!                                                 

When:  Thursday, January 21 from 4:30 - 5:30 pm      

This information session will provide an overview to the BounceBack program as well as provide insight into:

• New client resources (for new parents, youth 15-18, caregivers, and individuals experiencing chronic pain)
• Real life examples of BounceBack participants
• How to refer
• Top frequently asked questions
• COVID-19 Client profile

In addition, the webinar will provide an opportunity to hear a quick update from your executive and other RNAO policy initiatives of interest to NPs.