About this webinar
Date: April 24, 2026
Time: 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Karine Silverwoman, MSW, RSW.
CE hours: 6
This training is suitable for:
- Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers
- Medical Professionals: nurses, psychiatrists, pediatricians, family doctors
- Direct Service Workers: drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers, youth justice workers
- Educators: teachers, ECE, school administration, support staff
- First Responders: police, firefighters, paramedics
Client age category: For professionals who work with adult clients.
Level of training: Introductory
Trigger warning: Participating in our programming may evoke powerful feelings and can trigger participants who have experienced personal trauma. The facilitator will utilize grounding and self-soothing approaches throughout the workshop, take breaks and ask participants to set intentions on how they will take care of themselves given the workshop content.
Description: This interactive training will explore trauma, vicarious trauma and trauma-informed practice through a social justice lens and strength-based lens. Participants will consider the fundamentals of trauma (brain, body, nervous system), explore and reflect on trauma-informed approaches and tools to use in their work and in building confidence to interact with diverse persons and communities that have experienced trauma.
Participants will be encouraged to analyze the ways trauma overlaps with chronic and systemic experiences of oppression and racism and how their own lived experiences might impact their work. Participants will gain trauma-informed skills to support themselves, their teams and clients.
Learning objectives:
- Insight into ways to politicize and de-pathologize trauma
- Gain a deeper understanding of how trauma impacts the body (brain, body, nervous system)
- Develop insight into connections between oppression and trauma
- Gain confidence in applying trauma-informed tools and strategies
- Be able to reflect and gain insight into one’s own individual trauma experiences
Reserve your spot now to take the next step in supporting diverse communities with confidence.
Continuing Education (CE) Information: SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) to offer continuing education (CE) hours. Full-day programs equal six CE hours; half-day programs equal three CE hours; for less than half-day programs, one hour of programming equals one CE hour. SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health Learning Institute maintains responsibility for the programs.
Other licensing boards and professional organizations will grant continuing education credits for attendance at their own discretion; participants will need to submit the course outline and Certificate of Participation for their consideration.
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If registration has closed and you're still interested in joining this course, please contact Mary Anne at mvanrooyen@sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Accessibility
We strive to ensure our online learning programs are easy for everyone, everywhere. If you have any accessibility requirements (closed-captioning, ASL interpreters, advanced access to program materials), please email Mary Anne Van Rooyen at mvanrooyen@sickkidscmhlearning.ca to let us know how we can best support your learning experience.
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