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  • The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Strategies to Nurture Your Child’s Developing Mind

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    In this presentation, an exciting approach to raising children will be explored through engaging discussions, case examples, and experiential immersions. Child development professionals, parents, grandparents, teachers, and others who help children grow, will find this learning experience filled with scientifically based ideas and practical skills that can promote well-being in children’s lives. By offering a […]

  • Parenting Matters

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    Parenting Matters: Nurturing the Whole-Brain Child Topics and Speakers Time Welcome - Connie Herman, Nobody’s Perfect Parenting Program Provincial Coordinator & Jackie Eaton, Community Action Program for Children Training and Education Coordinator 10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. Kids of Note 10:20 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Keynote - The Whole-Brain Child: 12 Strategies to Nurture Your […]

  • Distracted parenting: Phones as both a support and hindrance to parenting and potential impacts on children

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    This session will explore what phone use means for parenting and early child development. During this presentation, Brandon will talk about parents' experiences with and feelings about their phones. He will present actionable strategies for avoiding the potential pitfalls of phone overuse, while maintaining happier family and parent-child relationships.

  • Grooming for the Purposes of Exploitation and Abuse: What Caregivers and Educators Should Know

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    This webinar will summarize findings from the Saskatchewan Prevention Institute report titled 'Grooming for the Purposes of Exploitation and Abuse: A Literature Review'. Specific topics that will be discussed include: an overview of grooming, prevalence and types of grooming, grooming processes, online grooming, information regarding victims and perpetrators of grooming, prevention and intervention strategies, and […]

  • Engaging and Supporting Families through Good Times and Tough Times

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    This session will explore reasons why some families may not engage with services and supports. We will also explore what we learned from families about the support they needed and could not access during the pandemic. Discussion will include what agencies and policymakers need to be thinking about when reducing services during events such as […]

  • FASD throughout the lifespan

    Having not received an FASD diagnosis until his late forties, RJ Formanek was startled to find how many of the strategies he had used throughout life were a result of FASD. In this webinar, RJ Formanek will share his experiences on how FASD affects the people who have it and how it impacts the world […]

  • Feeling ‘Safe-Enough’ to Hear It: Communicating About Injury Prevention Using a Health Equity Lens and Trauma-Informed Approach

    Applying a Health Equity Lens to Injury Prevention Programming Presented by Parachute, Canada's national charity dedicated to preventing serious and fatal injuries, this presentation will describe equity-focused child injury prevention approaches and communication strategies. Drawing on Parachute's previous work, developing a Child Injury Prevention Course for professionals and delivering educational programming to families through centres […]

  • Introductory online Motivational Interviewing Training

    Motivational Interviewing (MI) is an effective way of talking with people about CHANGE. Change is not always easy but using MI with your clients: Helps them consider their own reasons for change Decreases their resistance to change Build motivation to change Strengthens their commitment to change MI is useful in supporting people in a variety […]

  • Trauma-Informed Approaches to Sexual and Reproductive Care

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    This webinar will outline the fundamentals of a trauma-informed care approach and its importance within sexual and reproductive healthcare. Attendees will learn strategies to employ a trauma-informed approach with patients/clients, including communication strategies. Resources and activities will be highlighted to aid care providers in providing trauma-informed care.

  • ACES: A Cross Cultural Perspective ~ Decolonizing strategies for enriching frontline programs and services and their policies.

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    Join Diana Elliott and Sherry Sinclair in a reflective conversation about ACES, Adverse Childhood Experiences, that evolved from separate research in 1998 and from frontline workers and their experiences. Both Diana and Sherry come from a place of passion in their work and compassion and respect for communities and families they work with. In consideration […]