The Ontario Mental Health Summit | Day One

Description

This virtual conference will be a live stream of a live in-person conference being held in Oakville, ON. If you would like to attend live in-person please register here: http://www.jackhirose.com/workshop/on-mental-health-summit/

This conference will be live streaming from Oakville, Ontario to online participants on November 27 – 29, 2023 from 8:30am – 4:00pm ET.
This course is streaming live out of Oakville, ON beginning at 8:30am ET (Oakville, ON). 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 November 26, 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 (November 27, 2023) Workshop Choices:

Day One Morning 8:30am – 11:45am: 

Workshop #1: Addressing the Emotional Roots of Anxiety & Agitation: An Attachment-Based Developmental Approach | PRESENTED BY Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.

There is currently an epidemic of anxiety and agitation affecting children and teens which can take many forms including attention problems, clinginess, eating problems, obsessions, compulsions, phobias, panic, sleep issues, physical illnesses, as well as a host of other perplexing behaviours. Today’s world can create many challenges for children and youth with school pressures, peer interactions, family dynamics, negative self-image, perfectionism, and many other stressors that can impede a child’s ability to learn and mature. Whether it’s the natural, episodic worries or more profound and crippling versions of anxiety, Dr. Neufeld will help make sense of the roots of anxiety and agitation and suggest ways in which we can help bring the anxious and agitated to rest.

Workshop #2: Trauma & Attachment | PRESENTED BY Eboni Webb, Psy.D., HSP

Many of the clients that we serve have such complex problems due to extensive trauma and attachment disturbances.  These early wounds have informed their adult presentations resulting in mental illness and personality disorders.  The poet William Wordsworth wrote in his poem, My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold (1802), “..the Child is father of the Man.”  Future pioneering psychologists would be inspired by this passage as they came to understand that both function and dysfunction are born in childhood and guide us in our adult lives.

In this course you will come to understand the impact of trauma on the developing mind and how attachment is formed or lost through traumatic events.  You will learn how the brain is organized through healthy attachment and the critical elements of healthy attachment.  We will examine the current neuroscience behind both trauma and attachment and the top evidence-based strategies to address key DSM-V disorder through the lens of trauma.

Workshop #3: Disarming High Conflict Students in the Classroom | PRESENTED BY Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D.

Difficult people are everywhere. And sometimes it seems like this is especially true in our school systems. They are our fellow educators, our administrators, and certainly our students. Sometimes they are even in our families! But they don’t have to push our buttons. Whether you are having difficulty managing the classroom in general, dealing with a particular challenging student, interacting with a fellow teacher, or dealing with an administrator – There are patterns to human behavior. And once we understand where someone is coming from we can equip ourselves with specialized tools to speak their language and deal with them in more effective ways. The good news is we don’t have to allow them to drain our energy and rob us of the joy that drew most of us to the field of education in the first place! This fun, informative workshop not only targets those high conflict students, but also provides strategies to help students reach their full potential. Leave this highly engaging seminar with international personality expert Dr. Jeff Riggenbach feeling empowered to disarm even the most challenging people in your school before they get the best of you.

Workshop #4: Traumatic Memory & Best Practices for EMDR: Resource Development, Expectations & Setting Clients up for Effective EMDR Treatment| PRESENTED BY Daphne Fatter, Ph.D.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) relies on accessing implicit memory to resolve traumatic memories. Dr. Fatter will focus on what every EMDR clinician should know about traumatic memory to help support effective EMDR treatment. The nature of traumatic memory and the role of arousal management during EMDR will be examined. Best practices for resource development, setting realistic expectations and what clinicians can do to set up EMDR trauma treatment for success will be discussed. Dr. Fatter will provide ways to integrate the “Identity, Race, Culture Interview,” a culturally oriented strengths-based approach, during Phase 1 to better identify potential resources for Phase 2. Interventions to use during Phase 2 and Phase 4 will also be discussed including how to quickly track dissociation in session, how to apply a somatic regulating exercise, and ways to integrate relational resources. Case examples and research on what contributes to client’s dropping out of therapy will be reviewed.

Day One Afternoon 12:45pm – 4:00pm: 

Workshop #5: Why Our Children’s Mental Health is Deteriorating & What Can Be Done About It | PRESENTED BY Gordon Neufeld, Ph.D.

The alarming rise in anxiety, depression, despair, and attention problems, begs for an explanation. The prevailing premise blames the social isolation experienced during the pandemic.  When the dots are joined however, another picture emerges that reveals the attachment roots of mental health. This current mental health crisis provides us with a unique opportunity to understand the underlying dynamics, giving us a guide to better take care of our children, our students and ourselves.

Workshop #6: Working with the Highly Dysregulated Child | PRESENTED BY Eboni Webb, Psy.D., HSP

Working with emotionally dysregulated children is an often overwhelming and exhausting endeavour. Many teachers and counsellors feel the pull of being “saviours” for dysregulated children and their parents. How to intervene and steps that can be taken by teachers and administrators will be presented. This training will enable participants to employ strategies in which teachers and parents can experience success through learning to reestablish structure, create a validating and secure environment, and increase compassion for all family members and care providers.

Dr. Webb will additionally address key childhood disorders that left untreated can lead to maladaptive coping behaviours in adulthood. Dr. Webb will teach participants how to apply and adapt various skills training to reflect the language of children and how to establish a safe and supportive classroom in which children can learn and generalize these skills. Working with emotionally-dysregulated children in your classroom can be overwhelming and exhausting. You probably feel the pull of being the “saviour” for dysregulated children and their worried parents. Learn how to implement the skills you need to be more effective in the classroom, avoid burnout and achieve positive outcomes.

Workshop #7: Disarming High Conflict Students in the Classroom (REPEAT SESSION) | PRESENTED BY Jeff Riggenbach, Ph.D.

THIS IS A REPEAT OF THE MORNING SESSION 

Difficult people are everywhere. And sometimes it seems like this is especially true in our school systems. They are our fellow educators, our administrators, and certainly our students. Sometimes they are even in our families! But they don’t have to push our buttons. Whether you are having difficulty managing the classroom in general, dealing with a particular challenging student, interacting with a fellow teacher, or dealing with an administrator – There are patterns to human behavior. And once we understand where someone is coming from we can equip ourselves with specialized tools to speak their language and deal with them in more effective ways. The good news is we don’t have to allow them to drain our energy and rob us of the joy that drew most of us to the field of education in the first place! This fun, informative workshop not only targets those high conflict students, but also provides strategies to help students reach their full potential. Leave this highly engaging seminar with international personality expert Dr. Jeff Riggenbach feeling empowered to disarm even the most challenging people in your school before they get the best of you.

Workshop #8: Using IFS-Informed EMDR for Complex Trauma | PRESENTED BY Daphne Fatter, Ph.D.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) are both well-established evidenced-based approaches that address multiple clinical issues including treating PTSD and complex trauma. Using IFS-informed relational interventions provides enhanced benefit to clients that may struggle in the traditional application of EMDR, including clients with complex trauma. Dr. Fatter will review the latest assessments and treatment recommendations for complex trauma. Dr. Fatter will examine the theoretical underpinnings, shared principles as well as the differing approaches to trauma treatment of both EMDR and IFS. Dr. Fatter will discuss the proposed mechanisms of change of each model including explaining both model’s use of the neurophysiological process of memory reconsolidation. With almost 20 years of experience in EMDR and as a seasoned IFS consultant, Dr. Fatter will review each phase of the eight phases of EMDR treatment while providing nuanced IFS-informed interventions to use at each phase while maintaining fidelity to the EMDR standard protocol. Case examples and a practical exercise will be provided for participants to practice using IFS-Informed interventions in various clinical situations. Common examples of when clients experience blocked trauma processing in EMDR, and ways IFS interventions can help clients return to trauma processing will be discussed. Ethical considerations, risks and limitations will also be reviewed in integrating these two models.