Primary Audience: Service Providers

The Seven Core Issues bring to light the lifelong, intergenerational impact on people who experience adoption or some form of permanency relationships.  Those who may have "aged out" without permanency, as well as caregivers / Humans can be similarly impacted. For service providers working with young people and families, awareness of these core concepts, particularly from the perspective of people with direct living experience, is crucial to deeper understanding and more effective helping relationships. Our session will feature two professionals who will share their expertise from their many years of working in the field, as well as their own personal reflections as Lived Experts of permanency.  

Training for Humans is an 8-week program that begins to map out in-depth and evidence-based expectations, hopes, and strategies for being a Human.

In the overlapping role of being a Service Provider and Human to Lived Experts of the child welfare system, we can sometimes find ourselves overwhelmed by a sense of guilt or shame for having messed up. Whether it was something said in frustration, an error in judgment, or simply misreading a situation, the urgency to make a repair can weigh heavily, and hasty repairs can even cause further harm. This panel discussion will offer some strategies for staying grounded, holding grace for ourselves, and finding the lessons and learnings that follow the mistakes we are bound to make in either role.

This webinar will provide information on what it means to be a Never Too Late (NTL) Human. Human is the term Never Too Late (NTL) uses for the role of caregiver/parent.

Humans often wonder if they are doing enough, or if they need to do something big to make a difference. This panel is a powerful reminder that permanency is not built in grand gestures but in the quiet, consistent, ordinary moments that tell a Lived Expert they are thought of, they matter, and someone is paying attention. 

Have you ever asked someone “what do you need?” and they don’t have an answer? Or maybe they asked you for the kind of support you don’t have the capacity to offer. This session will focus on how we can make tangible offers of support based on our strengths in balance with setting and maintaining boundaries so we don’t overextend ourselves.

May 14, Children and Youth in Care in Ontario, is meant to bring awareness to and keep attention on Lived Experts from the Child Welfare system.

This Lived Expert panel will help Humans and permanency caregivers understand that the hardest moments are often the most important ones to stay through. People tend to pull away when things get hard because of a lack of knowledge of what to do as well as strong feelings about what is going on. Here we explore those feelings and practical tips to cope and manage “when I pushed you away.” 

People who have been impacted by trauma, prenatal exposure to substances, or other challenges resulting in a traumatic brain injury understand and respond to the world around them in unique ways.

Join Barb Clark for a session on taking a coaching approach, designed to provide practical strategies, emotional support, and real-life tools you can use right away. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions and current challenges, creating a collaborative space to troubleshoot together and learn brain-based approaches that reduce stress in relationships.

Harm Reduction is known as an evidence-based, public health approach to working with people with addictions. Concepts from Harm Reduction have a broader application in figuring out how to show up in supportive ways in relationships, especially when significant and early trauma are present, as it is for Living Experts of child welfare. Drawing on personal experiences of addiction and being a Kinship caregiver as well as a passion for understanding how the brain works, Living Expert Wendy Hayes will provide an overview of what Harm Reduction is and how to use it in our approach to relationships and with ourselves. 

How do we support those living with FASD to thrive and flourish? Our expert panelists will come together to discuss how FASD has impacted their lives and which support strategies have been the most helpful for them. Participants will hear about addressing the stigma of FASD diagnosis, how to support success, navigating sibling relationships and real stories of challenges and celebrations from Living Experts and their family members. The panel will be moderated by Sylvia Gibbons.

A six-session training designed to equip service providers with tips, strategies, and peer connections that will serve as resources in working with young people.

Join Barb Clark for a session on taking a coaching approach, designed to provide practical strategies, emotional support, and real-life tools you can use right away. Participants are encouraged to bring their questions and current challenges, creating a collaborative space to troubleshoot together and learn brain-based approaches that reduce stress in relationships.

Training for Humans is an 8-week program that begins to map out in-depth and evidence-based expectations, hopes, and strategies for being a Human.

This webinar will provide information on what it means to be a Never Too Late (NTL) Human. Human is the term Never Too Late (NTL) uses for the role of caregiver/parent.

May 14, Children and Youth in Care in Ontario, is meant to bring awareness to and keep attention on Lived Experts from the Child Welfare system.

Join this panel of Humans and Human-to-be as they share about the importance of continually engaging with education opportunities.

Training for Humans is an 8-week program that begins to map out in-depth and evidence-based expectations, hopes, and strategies for being a Human.

This moderated discussion will feature the voices of Lived Experts and caregivers as they share the challenges of living with FASD and what supports create the conditions for success and thriving with FASD.

This webinar will provide information on what it means to be a Never Too Late (NTL) Human. Human is the term Never Too Late (NTL) uses for the role of caregiver/parent.