Resources

These are paid training courses ($20 to $156) lasting 6 hours connected with the Lantern program, which is a sexual violence prevention program aimed at children aged 0 to 5 and the adults around them. It was developed based on the needs of parents, educators and caregivers in various early childhood settings. The Lantern program offers training and tools to help prevent sexual violence through sexuality education and the promotion of egalitarian relationships. The program is adapted to the developmental level of toddlers.

These free trainings, lasting from 1h30 to 19h30, offer information on sexual violence, problematic sexual behavior, sex education, prevention of sexual violence and, more specifically, on how to intervene in the event of disclosure, both for victims and their families, to avoid retraumatization.

These free 3-hour trainings provide information on sexual violence and sexual behavior among young people, and more specifically, on how to intervene when disclosures occur in schools to avoid retraumatization.

These free trainings, ranging from 1h30 to 3h30, provide information on an interactive pedagogical tool for the prevention of sexual violence, and on how to prevent and intervene in cases of cyber-violence.

These free training courses, lasting between 2 hours and 5 days, provide information on how to accompany and support young people and their families through the socio-judicial system. They also provide training on non-suggestive ways of questioning a child.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) is an evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents impacted by trauma and their parents or caregivers. Research shows that TF-CBT successfully resolves a broad array of emotional and behavioral difficulties associated with single, multiple and complex trauma experiences. This is the official TF-CBT National Therapist Certification Program, in which clinicians can become certified in the TF-CBT treatment model.

This 36-hour certificate in Trauma-Informed Clinical Practice is an online asynchronous course of study. The program offers accessible, necessary critical trauma training to mental health professionals. The course examines trauma via an anti-oppressive and biopsychosocial lens while adhering to the tenets of social work and mental health counseling practice. Simultaneously, the program integrates neurobiological, psychoanalytic, healing justice, and evidenced based understandings to aid mental health professionals to better assess and treat individuals impacted by trauma, and helps to create organizations that are trauma-informed. Most importantly the program focuses on helping mental health professionals practice and focus on self-care and healing to promote resiliency for themselves and for communities served.

In this webinar, Dr. Julian Ford discusses pandemic effects on complex trauma, especially for frontline healthcare workers. He introduces 'Therapeutic Psychological First Aid' and how to manage secondary traumatic stress. It also provides information so attendees can learn about worsening trauma symptoms, parallels in frontline workers' reactions, and applying Psychological First Aid for support.

The Violence, Evidence, Guidance, Action (VEGA) Project at McMaster University has created pan-Canadian, evidence-based guidance and education resources to assist healthcare and social service providers in recognizing and responding safely to family violence. VEGA focuses on three main types of family violence: child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, and children’s exposure to intimate partner violence. VEGA has developed an online platform of education resources comprised of learning modules (e.g., care pathways, scripts, how-to videos), interactive educational scenarios and a handbook. These will equip healthcare and social service providers (including students) in addressing the needs of those who may have experienced family violence.

In this webinar, Dr. Margaret Blaustein discusses various aspects of trauma, including the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and the ways that stress shapes developmental pathways; reframe the role and function of problematic behaviors; highlight the critical importance of engaging from a stance of strength and empowerment; and highlight core developmental capacities that support resilient outcomes.