About this webinar
Date: July 20, 2026
Time: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitator: Janine Lawford, 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
Level of training: Intermediate
Client age category: For professionals who work with clients aged birth to adulthood.
Description: This training aims to explore how trauma impacts children and families, how to best support these clients to identify myriad traumatic responses and encourage healing in the family system. By the end of this training, participants will be able to recognize the effects of trauma in children and adolescents, understand the many manifestations of complex developmental trauma and incorporate this understanding into their work.
Strategies will be provided to assist in the stabilization and support of youth with traumatic histories, as well as steps on how to use relationships to promote healing in traumatized children. This family-focused training will also include some time spent on parenting in the context of trauma.
Learning objectives:
- Recognize the effects of trauma in children and adolescents.
- Understand the many manifestations of complex developmental trauma.
- Develop strategies to assist in the stabilization and support of youth with traumatic histories.
- Understand the importance of relationships in the promotion of healing in traumatized children.
Join us and build practical strategies for complex developmental trauma—stabilization, relationship-based healing, and family-focused support.
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
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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