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Teens learn about money matters during Credit Education Week Canada

Teens with disabilities and their parents had the opportunity to participate on November 18 in Money Matters a workshop at held Holland Bloorview in partnership with Capital One Canada, Credit Canada and Money School Canada as part of the fourth annual Credit Education Week Canada.

“Partnering with Holland Bloorview to educate their clients about financial literacy is exactly what Credit Education Week Canada is all about,” says Laurel Ostfield, Senior Communications Manager, Capital One Canada

Financial topics are popular goals among teens who join Holland Bloorview's life skills programs and the first-ever Money Matters workshop was a hit with both teens and parents. Teens learned about bank accounts and credit, budgeting, fraud and privacy, and strategies for making sure they get the right change. Parents met separately with peer facilitators and financial experts to discuss how to help their teens become financially savvy.

Learning how to manage money is an important topic for Canadians of all ages, but teens with disabilities may face unique barriers in learning financial life skills.

Dawn Lunan, Project Coordinator for the on-line resource Door 2 Adulthood, co-facilitated the parent session at the Money Matters workshop. Dawn, also a certified financial planner and the mother of a teen with a disability says, “It’s important for families to start early and create practice opportunities. These are skills that are developed over years, not days or weeks.”

General resources on money matters can be accessed through: http://www.hollandbloorview.ca/door2adulthood/tips/
moneymatters.htm

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