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Building on the success of our Early Childhood Development in a Time of Pandemic webinar series (April to May 2020), Families Canada and the Centre of Excellence on Early Childhood Development are offering a follow up webinar series in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. The new webinars will focus on providing evidence-based information to support young children’s resilience and recovery as the country starts to reopen. Certificates of participation will be provided to those who complete the live webinar.

This first webinar will focus on science-based information and strategies to support young children manage, cope with, and thrive in the face of anxiety and stress.

Topics:

• Understanding what anxiety and stress is
• What it means in the early years
• Why it matters
• What we know about anxiety and stress in early childhood
• What can be done and how to respond

Cost: 20$ CAD

Speaker:

Dr. Tina Montreuil, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychopedagogy and Counselling and Pyschiatry at McGill University.

Dr. Tina Montreuil is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Psychopedagogy and Counselling and Psychiatry at McGill University, a researcher at the McGill University Health Centre Research Centre, the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre and the Research unit on children’s psychosocial maladjustment, where her research aims to identify factors in the intergenerational transmission of psychopathology in children and adolescents.  Among other things, her research has demonstrated the importance of emotional regulation in the adapted socialization of parents for the promotion of optimal development and psychosocial well-being of children. This interest has led to the creation of the “Parenting C.A.R.E.” parenting intervention which is currently being implemented in various settings in the region. She is a psychologist and psychotherapist member of the Ordre des Psychologues du Québec who has been practicing in a hospital setting for nearly 8 years and in private practice with a child, adolescent and adult clientele.

REGISTER HERE

Building on the success of our Early Childhood Development in a Time of Pandemic webinar series (April to May 2020), Families Canada and the Centre of Excellence on Early Childhood Development are offering a follow up webinar series in response to the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. The new webinars will focus on providing evidence-based information to support young children’s resilience and recovery as the country starts to reopen. Certificates of participation will be provided to those who complete the live webinar.

This second webinar will focus on science-based information and strategies to support young children build resilience in times of uncertainty and stress. The building blocks of a resilient response to obstacles originate in the early years. Resilience is not genetic, but is built over time through connection, and environments that foster exploration and risk taking.

Topics:

• Understand what resilience is
• What it means in the early years
• Why it matters
• What we know about resilience in early childhood
• What can be done and how to respond

Cost: 20$ CAD

Speaker:

Dr. Jean Clinton, BMus MD FRCP(C) Clinical Professor McMaster University Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences

Dr. Jean Clinton is on staff at McMaster Children’s Hospital with cross appointments in Pediatrics and Family Medicine, and an Associate in the Department of Child Psychiatry at Sick Children’s Hospital. She is a Fellow of the Child Trauma Academy, as well as a Zero to Three Academy Fellow since 2013. She has been a consultant to children and youth mental health programs, child welfare, and primary care for over 30 years. Dr. Clinton was appointed as an education advisor to the Premier of Ontario and the Minister of Education 2014 – 2018. Dr. Clinton is renowned nationally and internationally as an advocate for children’s issues.