About this webinar
Date: March 3, 2025
Time: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S.
This training is suitable for:
Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers
Direct Service Workers: drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers
Educators: teachers, ECE, school administration, support staff
Level of training: Intermediate
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged 4 to adulthood
Description: Children are often difficult to engage in counseling and are reluctant to implement skills learned in sessions. This can be frustrating and challenging, even for seasoned mental health professionals. Techniques that are engaging will captivate children’s interest and motivate them to utilize skills.
Join best-selling author and international speaker Liana Lowenstein, as she presents creative interventions to build key skills such as emotional regulation, problem-solving, pro-social behaviour, and flexible thinking. You will learn ideas to motivate children to practice and utilize skills learned.
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn innovative strategies to equip children with essential skills to foster positive behaviour change!
Learning objectives:
- Utilize at least seven interventions targeting feelings expression, emotional regulation, social skills, and flexible thinking.
- Discuss creative strategies to motivate children to practice and implement skills learned.
- Describe at least three key processing skills.
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.
Registration closes
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Facilitator
Liana Lowenstein
Accessibility
We strive to ensure our online learning programs are easy for everyone, everywhere. If you have any accessibility requirements (automatic transcripts, 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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