About this webinar
Date: March 2, 2026
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET
Facilitators: Adina Hauser, MSW, RSW, and Joanna Seel, MSW.
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
Level of training: Introductory/Intermediate
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged 12 to adulthood.
Description: This training will focus on evidence-based interventions geared towards youth who use substances. It will provide background and instruction on therapeutic techniques for increasing youth engagement and strategies for addressing substance use concerns - in particular motivational interviewing, harm reduction, and the transtheoretical model. Participants will engage in self-reflection and will provide the space for live role plays, as well as live discussion opportunities.
"Motivating young people to change can be incredibly challenging. This day-long training will explore practical skills in motivational interviewing with a strong focus on what works, and what doesn’t work, when engaging youth who use substances." - Adina Hauser, MSW, RSW.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the unique needs of youth who use substances.
- Gain familiarity with the stages of change model and how it pertains to intervention with youth.
- Acquire harm reduction strategies to engage youth more effectively.
- Leave with case formulation and motivational interviewing strategies that will assist them in their clinical work with young people.
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
If registration has closed and you're still interested in joining this course, please contact Mary Anne at mvanrooyen@sickkidscmhlearning.ca
Accessibility
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