Resources

The video provides concise and effective guidelines for responding to child abuse, highlighting best practices for immediate action.

This panel, presented during the 2022 Trauma Symposium, addresses the distress experienced by child protection workers after an act of client aggression or other types of potentially traumatic events and how it could predict subsequent victimization over time. The wellbeing of professionals, which reduces the risk of violence, is further emphasized.

This session, presented during the 2022 Trauma Symposium, discusses child maltreatment, including physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; neglect; and children’s exposure to intimate partner violence. The Violence, Evidence, Guidance, Action (VEGA) online evidence-based education resources, developed to assist healthcare and social service providers and students in recognizing and responding safely to child maltreatment, are presented.

In this webinar, Katreena Scott, Linda Baker, and Angelique Jenney delved into the knowledge and skills framework for IPV specialists, its development process, potential growth, and shared core knowledge, skills, and values to better intervene.

In an approximately 30-minute presentation, Michael Ungar discussed the practicality of resilience as an ecological frame for communities, citing international examples and exploring how successful programs address nine key aspects outlined in his framework.

The video discusses the challenges and systemic racism faced by Black communities in Canada, focusing on mental health disparities and the need for structural changes in education, healthcare, and social work to better serve Black individuals.

This webinar defines Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS), describes how the sociocultural context and the experience of migration may impact the experience of STS and outlines specific strategies to strengthen protective factors to prevent, identify, and address STS in the workplace. Through case examples, participants will learn who is at risk, organizational and individual factors related to STS, and how to approach support staff wellness.

In this webinar, Dr. Susan Rodger presents promising mental health initiatives, utilizing Share2Care initiatives as a framework for discussion. Special guests also highlight innovative practices positively impacting students, school staff, or both.

These recordings are guided exercises for managing stress and anxiety through mindful awareness, breathing, and simple movements.

This webinar explores ways that practitioners can support children who are experiencing self-blame after sexual or physical abuse.