SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

03/10/2026

Supporting clients effectively requires ongoing learning — and access to practical, evidence-informed training.

Our latest newsletter highlights upcoming professional development opportunities for clinicians, including trainings on:

• Integrating CBT and attachment in therapy
• Addressing chronic screen use in clinical practice
• Debriefing with intention
• Creative CBT interventions for children with anxiety
• ADHD assessment and management
• Compassion fatigue and clinician wellbeing
• Strengthening CBT case conceptualization

🏷️ Save 26% on March–May trainings with early access codes:
MAR26 | APR26 | MAY26

Explore the upcoming trainings in our latest newsletter:
https://mailchi.mp/sickkidscmhlearning/support-your-clients-with-practical-clinician-focused-training-26-off-fssp9cevtn-8337995?e=33196d1d16

03/06/2026

Thank you to our learners for joining us today for Enhancing Clinicians’ Understanding of Body Image and Eating Disorders in Boys and Men - we appreciate your commitment to helping bring visibility to an often-overlooked clinical issue.

A special thank you to Dr. Kyle Ganson for sharing his research-informed insights and advancing important conversations around body image and disordered eating in boys and men.🙏

Missed the live webinar? Pre-register for the on-demand version: https://cvent.me/LaK4D5

03/03/2026

Working in the helping professions means giving a lot of yourself — and sometimes the well runs dry.

Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout are increasingly common in clinical and caregiving roles. Recognizing the difference — and knowing how to respond — is essential for sustaining both personal wellbeing and professional effectiveness.

Join Cleo Haber on March 30, 2026, for When the well is dry: Compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and self-care, a practical, reflective training designed to help helping professionals build awareness, resilience, and sustainable wellness practices.

Participants will learn to:
✔ Distinguish compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout
✔ Identify early warning signs and workplace risk factors
✔ Use self-assessment tools to reflect on stress, fatigue, and compassion satisfaction
✔ Develop practical strategies for resilience, grounding, and restoration
✔ Create a personalized wellness plan to support long-term sustainability

🔗 Register: https://cvent.me/kE0KWk
🏷️Save 26% with code MAR26

03/03/2026

Thank you to our learners for joining our High-Impact Presentation Skills webinar today.
Special thanks to Christine Felgueiras, for equipping healthcare professionals with practical tools to communicate clearly, confidently, and with impact. 🙏

03/03/2026

Working with children with anxiety — and finding ways to truly engage them in therapy — can be one of the biggest clinical challenges.

CBT is one of the most effective treatments for childhood anxiety, and outcomes improve when interventions are playful, creative, and developmentally appropriate.

Join Liana Lowenstein on March 30, 2026, for Creative CBT interventions for children with anxiety, a practical training designed to help clinicians:

✔ Assess and treat anxiety using creative, play-based CBT approaches
✔ Support emotional regulation, cognitive restructuring, and exposure work
✔ Use games, art, stories, and engaging activities with children aged 4+
✔ Adapt interventions across presentations and online sessions
✔ Gain practical tools for immediate application in clinical practice

🔗 Register: https://cvent.me/YOmL1d
🏷️Save 26% with code MAR26

03/02/2026

Thank you to our learners for joining us today for Motivational Interviewing and Harm Reduction with Youth.

We appreciate your commitment to supporting youth experiencing substance use challenges and are honoured to be part of your ongoing learning and professional development journey.

A special thank you to Adina Hauser, MSW, RSW, and Joanna Seel, MSW, for sharing their knowledge and expertise with our community. 🙏

03/02/2026

Trauma and addiction are deeply intertwined — yet many clinicians feel underprepared to address both in a way that feels safe and effective.

Substance use is often an attempt to cope with overwhelming emotional pain, nervous system dysregulation, and trauma-related distress. A Stage 1 trauma treatment approach focuses on safety and stabilization first — helping clients build the foundation needed for recovery.

Join Dhwani Joshi, MSW, RSW, on March 12, 2026, for Stage 1 trauma treatment for addiction recovery, a practical training designed to help clinicians:

✔ Understand trauma’s role in substance use
✔ Apply the Window of Tolerance in practice
✔ Use grounding and mindfulness for regulation
✔ Address trauma-driven emotional triggers
✔ Build safety-focused, trauma-informed strategies

Participants will leave with a clear, practical framework they can apply immediately — even in short-term or single-session work.

🔗 Register: https://cvent.me/ky99eo
🏷️ Save 26% with code MAR26

02/27/2026

Strong CBT work begins with clear case conceptualization.

Developing a cognitive case conceptualization is a core part of CBT — helping clinicians understand how early experiences, core and intermediate beliefs, and automatic thoughts connect to current concerns and guide treatment planning.

Join Dr. Noah Lazar on March 27, 2026 for Developing Cognitive Case Conceptualizations and Challenging Core Beliefs, where participants will learn to:

✔ Understand links between early experiences, beliefs, and automatic thoughts
✔ Develop cognitive conceptualization diagrams
✔ Identify core and intermediate beliefs
✔ Apply strategies to challenge and modify beliefs in treatment

🔗 Register: https://cvent.me/MMw8Eb
🏷️Save 26% with code MAR26

Can’t attend live? Pre-register for the on-demand version and receive access once it becomes available: https://cvent.me/GaB2md

02/27/2026

When the work is heavy, how do helping professionals stay connected — to themselves and each other?

In high-stress and trauma-exposed environments, intentional debriefing is one of the most effective ways to reduce isolation, mitigate vicarious trauma, and support resilient teams.

Debriefing with Intention: Skills and Supports for Helping Professionals is a full-day workshop for frontline workers, managers, and helping professionals who want practical, trauma-informed tools for debriefing and support.

Facilitated by Karine Silverwoman, MSW, RSW, this training explores:

✔ Types of debriefing — immediate, informal, ongoing, and critical incident
✔ Practical skills to mitigate vicarious trauma
✔ Strategies for supporting individuals and teams in complex situations
✔ Building emotional literacy, connection, and resilience at work

Blending theory, reflection, and applied practice, this workshop creates space for learning, collaboration, and sustainable care practices.

“Trauma pulls people toward isolation, and connection is one of our most powerful antidotes.”
— Karine Silverwoman

🔗 Register: https://cvent.me/l4939v
🏷️ Save 25% with code MAR26

02/26/2026

ADHD rarely presents the same way twice — and effective support requires clinicians to consider diagnosis, comorbidity, culture, and context.

Join us March 31 for ADHD in Children and Adolescents: Assessment, Management, Racialized Youth, and Cannabis Effects, a full-day live webinar designed to strengthen clinical understanding and practical application.

Led by expert facilitators Dr. Joan Flood, Dr. Doron Almagor, and Nadia Kerr, this training will explore:
✔ Diagnosis, presentations, and common comorbidities
✔ Multimodal management strategies
✔ Culturally responsive support for racialized youth
✔ Cannabis effects on the developing brain and ADHD

🔗 Register here: https://cvent.me/qxvXxL
📣Save 26% with code MAR26

02/26/2026

What happens when being “always online” becomes the norm — not the exception?

In schools, hospitals, and therapy rooms, clinicians are seeing the downstream effects of chronic screen use: escalating anxiety, social disconnection, attention dysregulation, and difficulty self-regulating.

Always Online: Therapeutic Approaches in the Age of Chronic Screen Use examines modern clinical strategies for helping clients of all ages build healthier relationships with technology.

Facilitated by Jake Ernst, MSW, RSW, this training explores:

✔ How addictive algorithms capture attention and reshape behaviour
✔ How dopamine-driven reward pathways can be rewired
✔ How screen use alters social instincts and attachment patterns
✔ How chronic exposure impacts the stress-threat response and co-regulation
✔ Practical assessment strategies and interventions for problematic screen use
✔ The Balanced Brains Protocol—an integrative framework for parents, educators, and clinicians

Designed for professionals working with clients from birth to adulthood.

Participants will leave with practical tools to help clients rebalance their brains, restore regulation, and build more intentional relationships with technology.

🔗 Register: https://cvent.me/ZaW8Pr
🏷️ Save 26% with code MAR26

02/25/2026

Can’t attend the live webinar? Pre-register now for the on-demand version and receive access as soon as it becomes available.
🔗 https://cvent.me/LaK4D5

Body image and eating disorders are often overlooked in boys and men—despite growing evidence of need.

Facilitated by Kyle T. Ganson, PhD, MSW, this March 6 live webinar examines the latest research on body image concerns, eating disorders, and muscle dysmorphia in boys and men, with attention to assessment challenges, clinical nuances, and practical adaptations clinicians can apply in practice.

Enhancing Clinicians’ Understanding of Body Image and Eating Disorders in Boys and Men will explore:
• Current research, conceptualizations, and statistics
• Eating disorders, muscle dysmorphia, and muscle-building behaviours
• Unique risk factors for boys and men
• Barriers to assessment and treatment
• Practical treatment considerations and adaptations

Early access pricing now: $111 with code MAR26

🔗 Register here: https://cvent.me/PMWQkG