Description
This virtual conference will be a live stream of a live in-person conference being held in Calgary, AB. If you would like to attend live in-person please register here: http://www.jackhirose.com/workshop/the-alberta-conference/
This conference will be live streaming from Calgary, Alberta to online participants on December 4 – 6, 2023 from 8:30am – 4:00pm MDT
This course is streaming live out of Calgary, AB beginning at 8:30am MDT (Calgary, AB). Please adjust your start time according to your specific time zone.
Recorded footage and all course content (certificate, videos, quiz) will be available until January 6, 2023. Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances.
Please allow 1 – 3 business days after the course airs for recorded footage to become available.
Registration will close on December 3, 2023.
Pricing
Attend More and Save! 1 Day enrollment $269.00, 2 day enrollment $469.00, 3 day enrollement $669.00 + tax
Fees are per person, seat sharing is not allowed. Please respect this policy, failure to comply will result in termination of access without a refund. For group rates please contact webinars@jackhirose.com
Day One (December 4, 2023) Workshop Choices:
Day One Morning 8:30am – 11:45am:
Keynote: Resilience & The Stress Response: Addressing Emotional Stuckness Including Trauma | PRESENTED BY Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.
New understandings reveal that there is much wisdom to the stress response. Rather than focusing on dysfunction, we should begin by appreciating how our brains are brilliantly programmed to not only summon the strength required to deal with distressing situations, but to also serve as an emotional first-aid response. The problem is not with the stress response per se, but when the stress response is not followed in a timely fashion by its partner, the resilience response. We will be much more effective in our interaction with distressed children, youth and students if we first come alongside how their brains are trying to take care of them, and from this stance, proceed to help the stress response become unstuck.
Keynote: Fostering Social Emotional Learning Skills in Children & Adolescents | PRESENTED BY Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP
According to a 2023 survey conducted by Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC), mental health has worsened in Canada in the aftermath of the global pandemic. For instance, the survey revealed that 14 percent of Canadians continue to struggle with stress and burnout, 10 percent disclosed high levels of anxiety, and 8 percent endorsed moderate symptoms of depression. This workshop will explore the impact of mental health conditions on academic performance in children and adolescents, and discuss how schools can foster social emotional learning to improve both academic and social-skill functioning. Poverty, childhood abuse, parental neglect, trauma, and pandemics can impact key brain mechanisms underlying learning and social-emotional behavior in students. Schools can enhance emotional wellness in children through early prevention efforts, appropriate assessment strategies, teaching collaborative problem solving, and developing a nurturing school climate to foster emotional growth for all children. Specific assessment strategies, screening tools, and targeted classroom interventions will be shared.
Keynote: Living the Medicine Wheel Teachings | PRESENTED BY Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.
The medicine wheel teaches us there are four quadrants that require our dedicated attention – the “Physical quadrant” which encompasses everything we are from conception to elderhood. The “Mental or learning quadrant” where we gather knowledge, courage, and confidence about our world and express the gifts we can give our children. The “Emotional quadrant” where we embrace the concept of “all my relations” as a foundation for our lives and build capacity to love unconditionally. The “Spiritual quadrant” where we are reminded of the need “to be good ancestors” and guide next generations with a good heart as we walk the 7 values (grandfather/grandmother teachings) into the future.
Day One Afternoon 12:45pm – 4:00pm:
Workshop #1: Resilience & The Stress Response: Addressing Emotional Stuckness Including Trauma | PRESENTED BY Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.
CONTINUATION OF THE MORNING KEYNOTE
New understandings reveal that there is much wisdom to the stress response. Rather than focusing on dysfunction, we should begin by appreciating how our brains are brilliantly programmed to not only summon the strength required to deal with distressing situations, but to also serve as an emotional first-aid response. The problem is not with the stress response per se, but when the stress response is not followed in a timely fashion by its partner, the resilience response. We will be much more effective in our interaction with distressed children, youth and students if we first come alongside how their brains are trying to take care of them, and from this stance, proceed to help the stress response become unstuck.
Workshop #2: Fostering Social Emotional Learning Skills in Children & Adolescents | PRESENTED BY Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP
CONTINUATION OF THE MORNING KEYNOTE
According to a 2023 survey conducted by Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC), mental health has worsened in Canada in the aftermath of the global pandemic. For instance, the survey revealed that 14 percent of Canadians continue to struggle with stress and burnout, 10 percent disclosed high levels of anxiety, and 8 percent endorsed moderate symptoms of depression. This workshop will explore the impact of mental health conditions on academic performance in children and adolescents, and discuss how schools can foster social emotional learning to improve both academic and social-skill functioning. Poverty, childhood abuse, parental neglect, trauma, and pandemics can impact key brain mechanisms underlying learning and social-emotional behavior in students. Schools can enhance emotional wellness in children through early prevention efforts, appropriate assessment strategies, teaching collaborative problem solving, and developing a nurturing school climate to foster emotional growth for all children. Specific assessment strategies, screening tools, and targeted classroom interventions will be shared.
Workshop #3: Living the Medicine Wheel Teachings | PRESENTED BY Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.
CONTINUATION OF THE MORNING KEYNOTE
The medicine wheel teaches us there are four quadrants that require our dedicated attention – the “Physical quadrant” which encompasses everything we are from conception to elderhood. The “Mental or learning quadrant” where we gather knowledge, courage, and confidence about our world and express the gifts we can give our children. The “Emotional quadrant” where we embrace the concept of “all my relations” as a foundation for our lives and build capacity to love unconditionally. The “Spiritual quadrant” where we are reminded of the need “to be good ancestors” and guide next generations with a good heart as we walk the 7 values (grandfather/grandmother teachings) into the future.
Day One Morning
Keynote: Resilience & The Stress Response: Addressing Emotional Stuckness Including Trauma | PRESENTED BY Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.
- Updating an understanding of the stress response through the lenses of attachment and emotion
- The ability to differentiate between the two kinds of strength that is often associated with resilience
- An appreciation of what has to bounce back for emotional health and well-being
- An understanding of the wisdom of the stress response and how to come alongside it
Keynote: Fostering Social Emotional Learning Skills in Children & Adolescents | PRESENTED BY Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP
- Discuss the prevalence of children with emotional disabilities in Canada, and the relationship between emotional wellness and successful academic performance.
- Explore key brain regions impacted when students experience stress, anxiety, and depression, and the subsequent effect on academic and social skills’ development.
- Discuss assessment options for students with emotional dysregulation, and introduce the FACT scale to assess the impact of stress and trauma on academic and social-emotional functioning.
- Explore effective classroom accommodations, social-emotional learning options, and targeted classroom strategies and interventions for children and adolescents with emotional self-regulation issues in school.
Keynote: Living the Medicine Wheel Teachings | PRESENTED BY Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.
- We have a personal responsibility to understand the relationship between all four quadrants
- We become imbalanced if we only focus on one or two over the others – each one requires discipline and dedication
- Systemic disorders are directly related to how we live our lives – moving, learning, loving, and being socially and emotionally connected
- Everything is connected and this includes the foods we eat, the people we love, how we treat our bodies, and what we chose to learn.
Day One Afternoon
Workshop #1: Resilience & The Stress Response: Addressing Emotional Stuckness Including Trauma | PRESENTED BY Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.
CONTINUATION OF THE MORNING KEYNOTE
- Updating an understanding of the stress response through the lenses of attachment and emotion
- The ability to differentiate between the two kinds of strength that is often associated with resilience
- An appreciation of what has to bounce back for emotional health and well-being
- An understanding of the wisdom of the stress response and how to come alongside it
Workshop #2: Fostering Social Emotional Learning Skills in Children & Adolescents | PRESENTED BY Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABSNP
CONTINUATION OF THE MORNING KEYNOTE
- Discuss the prevalence of children with emotional disabilities in Canada, and the relationship between emotional wellness and successful academic performance.
- Explore key brain regions impacted when students experience stress, anxiety, and depression, and the subsequent effect on academic and social skills’ development.
- Discuss assessment options for students with emotional dysregulation, and introduce the FACT scale to assess the impact of stress and trauma on academic and social-emotional functioning.
- Explore effective classroom accommodations, social-emotional learning options, and targeted classroom strategies and interventions for children and adolescents with emotional self-regulation issues in school.
Workshop #3: Living the Medicine Wheel Teachings | PRESENTED BY Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D.
CONTINUATION OF THE MORNING KEYNOTE
- We have a personal responsibility to understand the relationship between all four quadrants
- We become imbalanced if we only focus on one or two over the others – each one requires discipline and dedication
- Systemic disorders are directly related to how we live our lives – moving, learning, loving, and being socially and emotionally connected
- Everything is connected and this includes the foods we eat, the people we love, how we treat our bodies, and what we chose to learn.
A Conference Tailored for Mental Health and Education Professionals at All Levels & Any Professional that Applies Behavioural Science to Practice
Mental Health Professionals: All mental health professionals including, but not limited to Clinical Counsellors, Psychologists, Psychotherapists, Social Workers, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Hospice and Palliative Care Workers, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Addiction Specialists, Marital & Family Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Vocational Rehabilitation Consultants and all other mental health professionals looking to enhance their therapeutic skills.
Education Professionals: All education professionals who work with children or youth including, but not limited to K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors, Learning Assistance/Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers and all other professionals who support behavioural challenges and complex learning needs.
Dr. Gordon Neufeld is a Vancouver-based developmental psychologist with over 45 years of experience with children and youth and those responsible for them. A foremost authority on child development, Dr. Neufeld is an international speaker, a bestselling author (Hold On To Your Kids) and a leading interpreter of the developmental paradigm. Dr. Neufeld has a widespread reputation for making sense of complex problems and for opening doors for change. While formerly involved in university teaching and private practice, he now devotes his time to teaching and training others, including educators and helping professionals. His Neufeld Institute is now a world-wide charitable organization devoted to applying developmental science to the task of raising children. Dr. Neufeld appears regularly on radio and television. He is a father of five and a grandfather to six.
Steven G. Feifer, D.Ed., ABPdN is dually trained as both a nationally certified school psychologist and board certified pediatric neuropsychologist, having completed research stints at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Feifer has earned numerous distinctions throughout his career including the Maryland School Psychologist of the Year, the National School Psychologist of the Year, and the Outstanding Contribution to the Education and Training of Psychologists award by the Maryland Psychological Association. He has authored eight books on learning and emotional disorders in children. Lastly, Dr. Feifer has authored three tests on diagnosing learning disabilities in children, all of which are published by PAR.
Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux, Ph.D. served as Vice Provost for Indigenous Initiatives at Lakehead University for three years. Effective September 2016 she was appointed as the 1st Indigenous Chair for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada for Lakehead University and continues to develop pathways forward to reconciliation across Canada. Cynthia was inducted as a “Honourary Witness” by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada in 2014, and is the Chair of the Governing Circle for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba.
Cynthia was the inaugural Nexen Chair for Indigenous Leadership at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity where she remains a faculty member and is currently the Interim Director for the Indigenous Leadership Program. She is also Chair of the Teach for Canada non-profit which recruits teachers for remote First Nation schools in Ontario and Manitoba.
Cynthia is a member and resident of the Chippewa of Georgina Island First Nation in Ontario and has dedicated her life to building bridges of understanding. She sees endless merit in bringing people from diverse cultures, ages, and backgrounds together to engage in practical dialogue and applied research initiatives. She is deeply committed to public education and offers as many as 150 key notes, workshops, and training sessions annually to a variety of groups, organizations and institutions. She teaches on historic and contemporary Indigenous trauma and wisdom, treaties and right relations, active youth engagement, and Indigenizing education.
She is always interested in mentoring young people and co-founded a youth project out of the University of Toronto, the University of Saskatchewan and Lakehead University. More information on the Canadian Roots Exchange (CRE) can be found at: www.canadianroots.ca.
