Save 20% on your ticket to the Institute of Child Psychology Children’s Mental Health Symposium with code SOCIALDAD2022

The Institute of Child Psychology has introduced a slate of new topics from navigating stress and building powerful relationships, to helping children with anxiety and low self-esteem — the conference will explore many of today’s most significant challenges facing our youth.  The conference is keynoted by 3 prestigious speakers: world-renowned experts in the field of children’s mental health and New York Times Best-Selling authors and clinicians: Dr. Jennifer  Mullan, Dr. Rick Hanson, and Dr. Tina Payne Bryson. These dynamic presenters will bring their expertise and decades of experience as they provide unparalleled keynote addresses. They will also be joined throughout the weekend by other renowned professionals such as Dr.  Gordon Neufeld, Dr. Lawrence J. Cohen, Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart, Dr. Becky Kennedy, Dr.  Jenny Woo, Kim John Payne, & many more. 

This full weekend event is not a collection of one-hour topics; but instead, focuses on half and full-day workshops that are brimming with the latest research, tools, and strategies. These workshops are accredited through the Canadian Counseling & Psychotherapy Association and certificates for continuing education are available to participants. The Institute’s vision is that parents and professionals will walk away from the conference with a toolbox of new ideas and strategies to help children reach their fullest potential.   

• Live-streamed  
• Not in our time zone? That’s ok! All Registrants will have access to recordings of all sessions for 60 days. You can take in all of this wonderful teaching at your own pace and when it works for you!
• Certificates of completion for continuing education  
• Speakers are all experts in their respective field; many are best-selling authors  
• Several speakers are local to Alberta and are available for follow-up presentations post conference to districts in the province  

Save 20% on your ticket to the Institute of Child Psychology Children’s Mental Health Symposium with code SOCIALDAD2022

Key Topics You can Expect to Learn About:

• Teens out of control workshop
• Low self-esteem workshop: Self-Driven Child
• Teachers overwhelmed by children’s mental health in their classrooms (2 courses on trauma)
• Tantrums and meltdowns Workshop: Helping Deeply Feeling Kids
• Overwhelmed by expectations and judgments of others workshop: Shame Proof Parenting
• Parent’s unsure what their child needs to be both physically and psychologically healthy workshop 
• How a parent can wire their child’s brain for happiness
• How to foster a healthier relationship with your child through strengthening their attachment
• Childhood anxiety and trauma due to an increase in parental stress, mental illness and domestic violence
• The importance of holding space for children’s feelings during times of uncertainty
• Creating a positive learning environment by supporting mental health in educators
• How to integrate holistic medicine and naturopathic practices into the home to improve mental health

• How a parent’s childhood history affects their ability to parent
• Parenting teens in a healthy, connected way that fosters brain development
• How to motivate and empower your child to take the driver’s seat in their own life and increase their self-esteem and confidence
• Helping a child who suffers from anxiety develop coping skills and heal
• Understanding how to blend play therapy skills and parenting to foster positive mental health outcomes
• How to parent children who are sensitive, deeply feelings
• Learn how to harness the power of simplifying  soothe overwhelm in children
• How to help a child heal from a traumatic incident or from the collective trauma of the pandemic 
• Understand/navigate how to educate children with a trauma-informed lens
• Learn how to have uncomfortable conversations with your child about sex and romantic relationships
• Understand how to function as a healthier blended family 
• Building up a child’s social-emotional intelligence

TOPICS INCLUDE: 

Childhood Anxiety; Childhood Trauma; Parenting with Healthy Boundaries; Talking to Children About  Race and Discrimination; Navigating Blended Families; Talking to Youth about Relationships, Sex, and  Consent; The Principals of Playful Parenting; Hunt, Gather, Parent; The Fourth Trimester; Shame Proof  Parenting; The Dance of Attachment; Therapeutic Play; The Naturopathic Perspective; Navigating the  Teenage Years; The Trauma-Informed Classroom; Simplicity Parenting; Understanding Deeply Feeling  Kids; The Self-Driven Child; & How to Support Children’s Social and Emotional Development