Webinar: Offsetting the neurodevelopmental impacts of COVID-19 by building resilience now

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Offsetting the neurodevelopmental impacts of COVID-19 by building resilience now

Live webinar series April 26, May 3, 10 and 17, 2021
half-day sessions from 1 to 4 p.m.
Presented by: Jennifer Mervyn, MA, PhD

Dr. Jennifer Mervyn was recently acknowledged by CAMH as one of the 150 Canadians making a difference in mental health. She is currently working for Tsawwassen First Nation doing clinical and consultative work. Jennifer is a world-renowned consultant on mental health and trauma, doing public speaking, teaching, training, and currently consults for the Working Group developing the ACEs guideline for physicians in BC. She is a sessional professor at Trinity Western University, where she won the Multicultural Award in 2017. Jennifer is Métis, and a strong advocate for the Indigenous community. While Jennifer loves clinical work, her heart is set on making macro-level change that will impact her work on the front line.

This training is suitable for:

Mental Health Professionals: psychotherapists, counsellors, psychologists, social workers.

Medical Professionals: nurses, psychiatrists, pediatricians and family doctors

Direct Service Workers: Drop in workers, shelter and hostel workers, child and youth workers, youth justice workers.

First Responders: Police, firefighters, paramedics

Educators:  Teachers, ECE, school administration, support staff

Level of training: Introductory

Client age category: For professionals that work with clients from birth to adulthood.

Covid related content: This webinar will address the neuroscience of isolation and 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.

Description: This training will look at the impact of toxic stress on the brain. It will look at strategies to build resilience for children and youth under the age of 25 so that the negative impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are mitigated as best as possible, and that young people's risk for mental health and addictions issues are reduced. It will look at how we as parents and providers can engage in self-care practices that also offset risks of toxic stress and promote safe, caring connected relationships to our most vulnerable kids.

One of the training days will include a panel presentation of a youth with lived experience, a police officer, youth care worker, a physician, and educator who have struggled with the stressors of the pandemic and fought to overcome toxic stress by using innovative strategies in each of their disciplines.

Learning objectives:

• identify the differences between positive stress, tolerable stress, and toxic stress
• learn about the potential structural and chemical impacts of toxic stress on neurodevelopment and understand the research on the impacts of social isolation in the brain
• identify how resilient brains are built
• identify some best practice examples from across various sectors on how to promote resilience in youth

Registration fees: $500

For more information and full registration details please visit https://cvent.me/ZbV5q1