Spaces that Affirm Identity: Service Provision for Children and Youth with Diverse Genders and/or Sexualities

Virtual

It is essential that adults working with people with gender and sexual diversities have the skills and knowledge to open the conversation, use language that promotes dignity, offer effective allyship in internalized, interpersonal, institutional, and cultural interactions and offer strength-based supports that are informed by evidence. Practitioners have a role in ensuring supportive relationships for ... Read more

$135 – $170

Using Trauma-Informed Care Principles in Supporting Intergenerational Trauma in First Nation Communities

Virtual

Intergenerational trauma continues to manifest and to be evident in our First Nation communities, and in Indigenous peoples and families despite not directly experiencing the trauma. This trauma, passed down, and in some cases, layered with the individual’s own trauma experiences, has a compounding effect on the individual/families and their wellbeing.   With timely and ... Read more

$135 – $170

Addressing Trauma and Its Impact on Black Youth

Virtual

Historic trauma, as a result of colonialism, slavery and oppression, is passed on to future generations and impacts entire communities. Efforts to address this disparity may be ineffective if there is a failure to acknowledge the impact of racism, historic and present-day, and the resulting trauma. Many individuals can also experience trauma directly or indirectly ... Read more

$135 – $170

Confronting Suicidal Ideation and High Risk Behaviour

Virtual

Confronting Suicidal Ideation and High-Risk Behaviour has a particular focus on the human aspects of high-risk behavior seen from both the perspective of the client and the professional. This course addresses: research about suicidal ideation and high-risk behaviour, talking about suicide with clients and colleagues and suggestions for simple organizational shifts that could make for a ... Read more

$110 – $140

Indigenous Perspectives on the Mental Health of Children and Youth

Virtual

In this training, participants will explore the current impacts of colonization specifically on Indigenous children and youth and how helpers with differing world-views can come together to consider values, ethics and spiritual beliefs that shape their practice. Participants will identify and explore practices that focus on identity development, strength and culture-based initiatives and active and ... Read more

$135 – $170