Supporting Indigenous clients: Understanding the neuroscience of trauma and resilience
Live webinar: March 3, 2022 |9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST
Facilitators: Jennifer Mervyn, MA, PhD, and Dwight Ballantyne, Founder, The Ballantyne Project
This mental health training will address the specific neuroscience of trauma and the intergenerational effects of colonization on Indigenous people in Canada. It will explore the historical context to Indigenous health care as it relates to intergenerational trauma.
Participants will learn how trauma is linked to biomedical disease and addiction. This training identifies Indigenous paths to healing and resilience-building strategies from a neurobiological approach so that providers can support and advocate for culturally informed ways to wellness.
This webinar will also address the address the neuroscience of isolation with respect to COVID-19. It will review how young brains have potentially been impacted by social isolation and quarantine conditions over the past few months, and what we can keep in mind to promote resilience.
Registration fee: $250. Student and group rates are available.
For full registration details please visit: https://web.cvent.com/event/59...21552c424d81/summary
Continuing Education (CE) information: 6
SickKids CCMH Learning Institute has approval from the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) for participants of our programming to apply the number of CE hours earned in the program towards their continuing education hours.
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 for their consideration.
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