"Parenting During Crisis: supporting ourselves so that we can best support our children during this challenging time"
In the weeks after October 7th, Israel and Jewish communities around the world have experienced an unprecedented sense of upheaval. Many parents are finding it difficult to navigate our new reality as individuals and parents. This webinar will focus on reviewing the toll that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism has on parents in our community, identifying strategies to support ourselves, and reviewing best practices for supporting our children. The panel is comprised of experts in the areas of traumatic stress and child/adolescent mental health. There will also be time for Q & A.
‘Parenting During Crisis’ will be an opportunity for parents to come together as a community, help to normalize our collective and individual experiences, and gain the tools to support ourselves so that we can better support our children.

Speakers include:
Dr. Maya Roth, C.Psych.
Dr. Maya Roth is a Clinical Psychologist who provides clinical services to Canadian Armed Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police members and Veterans at the St. Joseph’s Operational Stress Injury Clinic – Greater Toronto Services. She is also affiliated with the MacDonald Franklin OSI Research Centre, the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Toronto Metropolitan University and the Department of Psychiatry at Western University. Maya has expertise in traumatic stress is a passionate advocate for military/Veteran evidence-based practice and research, and has been engaged in provincial and national knowledge translation initiatives. Maya has published widely in this area, and been recognized my numerous provincial and national organizations for her contribution to the field.

Dr. Jennifer Felsher, C.Psych.
Dr. Jennifer Felsher is a registered Clinical Psychologist with the College of Psychologists of Ontario, working with children, adolescents, and families. Dr. Felsher obtained her M.A and Ph.D. at the School/Applied Child Psychology program at McGill University in 2006. She is currently the Coordinator of the Telepsychology Program in the Ontario TeleLink Mental Health Program at The Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Felsher consults various children's mental health agencies throughout regarding youth who have experienced various types of trauma.
Dr. Felsher’s expertise is in working with complex and vulnerable youth, particularly those in conflict with the law, youth with sexually abusive behavior, children who have experienced abuse, trauma, and neglect, youth presenting with complex mental health problems, and those living in residential treatment programs. She has spent her career working with some of the most vulnerable youth in the province.

Michael Waxman, M.S.W., R.S.W.
Michael B. Waxman is a Registered Social Worker currently in private practice based out of Toronto but works with clients all over Ontario. Michael's focus is clients dealing with mental health challenges, anxiety, depression, ADHD, learning disabilities, and life skills. He also works with parents to support their parenting on a number of different issues as well as individuals in the LGBTQ2S+ Community of all genders. In addition to Michael’s experience in private practice and counselling, Michael also has extensive experience in not-for-profit work having spent many years at Jewish Family and Child Service in Toronto. In his time there Michael worked as a School Social Worker, Intake/Crisis Intervention Worker, Family Life Educator, and instituted the organizations LGBTQ2S+ and Child, Adolescent and Family Counselling programs which provides counselling, education, family support, and training.