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07-08 AUG 2021
Workshop
How To Talk About Sex & Menstruation With Your Children
In this workshop you will learn to hold conversation about sex, menstruation and related subjects with your children. We will also talk about the common misconceptions and find ways to answer common questions children and adolescents have.
Facilitator
Dr Janaki Sankaran
Psychiatrist & Counselor
Dr Sankaran has worked extensively for almost four decades to help children and parents with understanding sex and sexuality, and developing critical life skills. She moved to Kochi as a consultant Psychiatrist in 1984 and started counseling students in 1991 at the Bhavan’s Vidya Mandir, Elamakkara, where she worked for over 20 years. Later she established similar services at four schools in Kochi and trained school counselors at six Bharathiya Vidya Bhavan schools. She has also served as a member of the Child Welfare Committee, Ernakulam District for a six year period (February 2012 until January 2018 and trainer and mentor in counseling skills for the staff of HIV/AIDS intervention projects in India, Bangladesh, The Maldives, Sri Lanka, and Afghanistan. She is a life member of the Indian Medical Association, Cochin Branch, a life fellow of the Indian Psychiatric Society and a fellow of the Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Schedule
SUN | 08 AUG 2021
3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (IST)