6 Day Bundle: Dr. Caroline Buzanko

Presented by Caroline Buzanko, Ph.D., R. Psych

Live Streaming May 6, May 15, May 22, May 27, June 16, & July 7, 2026

$569.00

36 Hours  |   Pre-approved for CEU’s

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Description

Bundle and SAVE!

Each webinar can be purchased individually, or save with our discounted bundle.

Join us for an exclusive multi-day professional learning bundle designed for educators, mental health professionals, school leaders, and caregivers committed to supporting children and youth in meaningful, evidence-based ways.

This comprehensive bundle brings together six high-impact trainings focused on anxiety, self-regulation, resilience, ADHD, and high-risk youth. Each session is delivered live from across Canada and includes extended on-demand access.

By registering for the bundle, you receive access to all six live-streamed workshops, plus their corresponding recordings and course materials, allowing you to learn live or on your own schedule.

How Bundle Access Works

  • All sessions are 8:30am – 4:00pm (Local host city time)
  • Attend all workshops live online 
  • Receive individual access to each workshop’s recordings and course materials after the live sessions
  • Recordings available 1–3 business days after the live event
  • Materials remain available until one month after course is aired
  • All sessions include certificates, videos, and quizzes
  • Please note: Extensions cannot be granted under any circumstances

Dates

  • May 6, 2026 (Edmonton, AB)
    Supporting the Anxious and Worried Mind in the Classroom and at School
  • May 15, 2026 (Calgary, AB)
    Strong From the Start: Building Emotional Regulation and Resilience in Early Learners
  • May 22, 2026 (Saskatoon, SK)
    Working with Children and Youth Who are High-Risk, Marginalized, and Engage in Self-Harm
  • May 27, 2026 (Winnipeg, MB)
    Optimizing Self-Regulation and Managing Big Emotions with Children & Adolescents
  • June 16, 2026 (Vancouver, BC)
    Optimizing our Understanding of ADHD and Its Complex Nature
  • July 7, 2026 (Canmore, AB)
    Conquering Anxiety: Concrete Clinical Strategies for Treating Anxiety and Depression

Included Workshops & Dates

1.Supporting the Anxious and Worried Mind in the Classroom and at School
May 6, 2026
8:30am – 4:00pm (Edmonton, AB)

Think you’ve mastered everything you need to know about anxiety management? Think again – you might be surprised!

When it comes to supporting anxious students, most adults unknowingly perpetuate ineffective methods. For instance, do you provide accommodations to students to help relieve their anxiety? Do you advocate deep breathing or relaxation techniques as anxiety-busting strategies? If so, you may be unwittingly making student anxiety stronger.

Anxiety is at epidemic levels among children and teens. However, it is highly treatable when you know how to support students in helpful ways. This workshop is vital for every educator and school mental health professional committed to mastering their understanding of emotional health and to making a real difference in the lives of anxious students.

Revolutionize Your Approach to Enhance Student Well-Being

This is not just another workshop on anxiety – it’s a game-changer in mental health and education. Through practical applications and interactive learning, you will be equipped to support not just individual students but the entire classroom in managing anxiety and other big emotions while fostering emotional resilience.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO


2. Strong From the Start: Building Emotional Regulation and Resilience in Early Learners
May 15, 2026 
8:30am – 4:00pm (Calgary, AB)

Big feelings don’t have to overwhelm little learners — or the adults supporting them.

In today’s classrooms, educators are navigating rising levels of anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and behavioural challenges among young children. This practical and empowering workshop is designed specifically for professionals working with early learners (ages 4–7) who want real tools — not theory alone — to build emotional literacy, regulation, and resilience from the start.

Grounded in evidence-based research and developmental science, this session explores the growing mental health needs of young children and highlights the essential roles of autonomy, co-regulation, and resilience in prevention. Participants will deepen their understanding of early emotional development while learning immediately applicable strategies that can be embedded into daily classroom routines.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO


3.Working with Children and Youth Who are High-Risk, Marginalized, and Engage in Self-Harm
May 22, 2026

8:30am – 4:00pm (Saskatoon, SK)

For anyone who know that “safety contracts” don’t work and want to know what does. Self-harm among youth isn’t rising because young people are more fragile. It’s rising because the conditions they’re navigating create psychological states where harming one’s own body makes functional sense. This intensive 6-hour workshop is designed for anyone who work with the youth carrying the heaviest burdens: those at the intersection of marginalization, trauma, and self-injury.
You’ll move beyond risk management checklists to understand the why beneath the behaviour. Drawing on the established theories and evidence-based interventions for self-harm, this training provides the clinical precision needed when the stakes are highest.

This workshop addresses the reality that therapy fails when it replicates the same power dynamics that harm youth in the first place. You’ll learn how to structure engagement that honours adolescent autonomy, conduct chain analyses that reveal intervention points invisible in standard assessments, and teach physiological regulation skills that work when cognitive strategies fail. We’ll tackle the specific dialectical dilemmas of adolescent treatment: how to involve parents without breaking confidentiality, how to validate pain without reinforcing dysfunction, and how to adapt evidence-based protocols for youth who experience standard therapeutic language as minimizing and unhelpful.

You’ll also confront the parts of this work that textbooks skip: how to stay regulated when a 14-year-old shows you fresh burns, how to respond when a family’s exhaustion manifests as rage, and how to maintain therapeutic boundaries while practicing the “moral courage” required to witness historical trauma.
This workshop is key to develop enough technical skill and relational capacity that young people choose to stay alive long enough to discover they want to.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO


4. Optimizing Self-Regulation and Managing Big Emotions with Children & Adolescents
May 27, 2026

8:30am – 4:00pm (Winnipeg, MB)

In today’s world, our children and youth face an unprecedented level of stress and pressure, making it hard to effectively self-regulate and manage day-to-day stressors. As parents, educators, and mental health professionals, it’s essential that we equip ourselves with effective strategies to help children and teens develop the skills they need to navigate life’s challenges. When they don’t know how to manage those emotions, problem behaviours often result and can negatively affect their physical, psychological, academic, and social well-being. For many, they struggle to meet even the most basic expectations. It is essential they receive the right support.

Join us for a transformative workshop designed for mental health professionals, educators, parents, and caregivers to build self-regulation and emotional management skills in children and teens. During this workshop, you’ll learn evidence-based interventions and practical tools to promote healthy self-regulation and emotional management skills in children and youth. This workshop will provide you with the knowledge and skills you need to make a meaningful difference in the lives of the children and teens you work with. Join us in this engaging and practical workshop, where you will leave with the skills and knowledge to empower children and youth to manage their emotions, overcome challenges, and build resilience.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO


5. Optimizing our Understanding of ADHD and Its Complex Nature
June 16, 2026

8:30am – 4:00pm (Vancouver, BC)

Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a complex, heterogeneous disorder. When left unmanaged, ADHD is associated with long-term pervasive impairment across all areas of functioning. Recent models of ADHD have conceptualized ADHD as a disorder of behavioural inhibition, impairing executive functioning (EF), which lead to difficulties with self-regulation, organizing and planning behaviours, attention, and distractibility.

Given the substantial risk for students with ADHD, conducting valid and collaborative assessments, as well as developing effective interventions to promote student success, are critical to mitigate associated impairments and long-term risks. In this learning series, clinicians, educators, and families will develop a 360° understanding of ADHD to promote student success in all areas of functioning. Participants will learn more about the ADHD brain, how EF deficits manifest, self-regulation, effective teaching practices, and practical strategies to optimize the ADHD brain and the child’s overall social, emotional, and behavioural functioning. Practical case-base material is presented so participants can easily adapt strategies to meet the unique needs of their students.

Importantly, there are essential components to optimize assessments and interventions that are not widely known. This webinar is therefore vital for anyone working with children with ADHD. Participants will learn the critical steps to take to address the shortcomings of diagnostic assessments. Further, participants will learn imperative approaches to overcome the gaps that medications and behaviour modification cannot address.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO


6. Conquering Anxiety: Concrete Clinical Strategies for Treating Anxiety and Depression
July 7, 2026

8:30am – 4:00pm (Canmore, AB)

Think you’ve mastered everything you need to know about anxiety management? Think again – you might be surprised!
When it comes to treating anxiety, even the most experienced professionals can unknowingly perpetuate ineffective methods. For instance, are you relying on reducing anxious feelings to gauge the success of your interventions? Do you use fear hierarchies? Do you advocate deep breathing or relaxation techniques as anxiety-busting strategies? If so, you may be unknowingly contributing to your clients’ cycle of anxiety.
If you’re committed to elevating your understanding of emotional health and improving outcomes for anxious clients, this workshop is indispensable. It is essential to revolutionize your approach to anxiety and emotional well-being. Go beyond the surface to explore the intricacies of anxiety and emotion regulation. Seamlessly blending the latest research with practical techniques, this workshop equips you with actionable insights that can be applied to real-world cases immediately.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO

 


7. BONUS: Day 1 of The Healing and Treating Trauma, Addictions and Related Mental Health Disorders Conference

April 15, 2026
8:30am – 4:00pm PST

Join leading clinicians and researchers for a two-day virtual conference exploring evidence-informed, integrated approaches to trauma, addictions, and complex co-occurring mental health conditions. This conference brings together neuroscience, psychotherapy, medical perspectives, Indigenous healing frameworks, and skills-based interventions to support effective, individualized care.

This conference is designed for mental health professionals and allied health practitioners. Sessions emphasize practical tools, interdisciplinary collaboration, and contemporary clinical frameworks that move beyond rigid diagnostic models toward holistic healing and long-term recovery.

Remodeling Mental Health: Combining Multi-Disciplinary Advances
Presented by John Arden, Ph.D.

8:30am – 10:00am (90 minute session)

This session examines the major shift underway in mental health care as traditional diagnostic and treatment models give way to integrated, science-informed approaches. Drawing on advances in neuroscience and multidisciplinary research, Dr. Arden explores how mental health challenges emerge from dynamic interactions among brain networks, biology, environment, culture, and lived experience. Participants will be introduced to emerging frameworks that move beyond siloed therapeutic models toward a cohesive understanding of the brain–body system as an interconnected whole.

MID MORNING BREAK: 10:00AM – 10:15AM

Post-Traumatic Growth: Healing Emotional & Psychological Trauma
Presented by Carissa Muth, Psy.D.

10:15am – 11:45am (90 minute session)

This workshop introduces clinicians to Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), a framework that extends beyond symptom reduction to explore how individuals can experience psychological growth following adversity. Distinguishing resilience from growth, Dr. Muth outlines the five domains of PTG and offers practical strategies for supporting meaning-making, narrative reconstruction, and existential inquiry in clinical work. Participants will learn how to compassionately hold space for suffering while fostering transformation and deeper authenticity.

Lunch Break: 11:45AM – 12:30PM

Conquering Anxiety: Concrete Strategies for Helping Your Anxious Client
Presented by Caroline Buzanko, Ph.D.

12:30PM – 1:30PM (60 minute session)

This practical session provides evidence-based interventions to help anxious clients build an internal locus of control and effectively manage anxiety. Using a transdiagnostic approach, participants will gain specialized tools that go beyond foundational strategies, leaving with a versatile toolbox of concrete interventions applicable across anxiety presentations and levels of severity.

Break: 1:30PM – 1:45PM

Borderline Personality Skills Training
Presented by Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D. 

1:45PM – 2:45PM (60 minute session)

This one-hour workshop introduces clinicians to skills-based approaches for working effectively with individuals who experience borderline personality features. Drawing on DBT-informed strategies and neurobiological insights, the session explores why traditional insight-oriented interventions often fall short and how targeted skills training can support emotional regulation, reduce impulsive behaviors, and improve relational stability. Participants will leave with clear, teachable tools ready for immediate use in practice.

Break: 2:45PM – 3:00PM

Treating Young Adults with Co-Occurring Mental Health Conditions in an Inpatient Treatment Setting
Presented by Dr. Johann Blignaut, M.B.Ch.B., CCFP & Craig Extine M.A., RCC

3:00PM – 4:00PM (60 minute session)

This session draws on research and clinical experience in treating young adults (19+) with complex co-occurring mental health conditions in inpatient settings. Presenters explore common presenting issues, unique developmental considerations, and the challenges and advantages of inpatient treatment within mixed-cohort environments. An interdisciplinary treatment approach is discussed, addressing trauma, substance use, addictions (including gambling), mood and anxiety disorders, and significant medical conditions such as persistent pain.

COURSE PAGE FOR FULL INFO

Education and Clinical Professionals: K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors/Psychologists, Learning Assistance/ Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers. All other professionals who support students including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers, and Early Childhood Educators.

Caroline Buzanko, Ph.D., R. Psych, is a psychologist. Mother. Professor. International Speaker. Yoda of Anxiety. ADHD Superhero. And Changer of Lives. With nearly three decades of experience, she is a recognized expert in resilience and the social, emotional, and behavioural well-being of children and teens. In 2024, Dr. Caroline was honoured as Alberta’s Psychologist of the Year for her exceptional contributions to the field.

Known for her dynamic, engaging style, Dr. Caroline has a knack for simplifying complex challenges and equipping professionals with practical tools that make a real difference. Her workshops go beyond theory, providing strategies that educators, caregivers, and mental health professionals can use immediately to support children and teens facing any challenge.

Through her work at Koru Family Psychology and research at Athabasca University, Dr. Caroline’s mission is clear: to help every child unlock their potential, build confidence, and embrace resilience. When you train with Dr. Caroline, expect to be inspired, empowered, and ready to create a world where everyone thrives.

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