SickKids CCMH Learning Institute

When school refusal becomes established, it can be increasingly difficult to address, making early assessment and intervention especially important.

On Sept. 30, join Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S, for an intermediate-level live webinar focused on practical, CBT-informed approaches to assessing and treating school refusal in children ages 4 to 12.

Through case examples, activity demonstrations and experiential exercises, you will explore how to:
▪️Identify factors underlying a child’s school refusal
▪️Assess school refusal and build treatment readiness
▪️Develop gradual exposure plans for anxious children
▪️Integrate engaging, developmentally appropriate CBT interventions
▪️Support parents and teachers in reinforcing treatment goals

School refusal: Creative interventions for assessment and treatment
Sept. 30, 2026 | 1 to 4 p.m. ET | 3 CE hours

🔗 Learn more and register: https://cvent.me/gb2Vm8
🏷️ Save 30% with code BTL30 during our Back to Learning savings event.

Coming up next week: practical learning to support grief with greater confidence while sustaining your own wellbeing.

Supporting grief can be some of the most meaningful and emotionally demanding work professionals do.

On September 25, join Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP, for a full-day live webinar focused on practical, current approaches to grief and bereavement. Explore common misconceptions that can shape how grief is understood, strategies for supporting clients and families, and ways to care for yourself while doing this work.

Grief on the frontlines: Fostering healthy grief in ourselves and those who we support
September 25, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET | 6 CE hours

🔗 Reserve your spot: https://cvent.me/W3k3Xn
🏷️ Save 30% with code BTL30 during our Back to Learning savings event.

How does your own identity, lived experience and perspective shape the therapeutic relationship?

Our live webinar, Authenticity and empathy: Exploring the use of self in eating disorders treatment invites clinicians to examine how authenticity, self-awareness, countertransference and culturally responsive practice can influence eating disorder treatment.

Through reflection, case discussion and experiential activities, participants will explore practical ways to strengthen the therapeutic alliance while maintaining appropriate boundaries.

When: September 24, 2026 | 1 to 4 p.m. ET
Facilitators: Anita Federici, PhD, CPsych, FAED, and Dhwani Joshi, MSW, RSW

🔗Register: https://cvent.me/0M7rYe
🏷️Save 30% with code BTL30

Professional development budgets need to go further without compromising on the quality or relevance of learning.

Through September 30, professionals can save 30% on eligible 2026 and 2027 live webinars during our Back to Learning savings event.

It is an opportunity to plan ahead for learning that supports your current practice and the areas you want to build next, while making more of your professional development budget.

Our upcoming live webinars offer practical, evidence-informed learning across a range of practice areas, including:
▪️Children, youth and families
▪️Adult mental health
▪️Trauma-informed care
▪️Eating disorders
▪️Complex clinical presentations
▪️Clinical skills and therapeutic approaches
▪️Leadership and workplace wellbeing

Whether you are planning for this fall or looking further ahead to 2027, explore learning that can help strengthen knowledge, build practical skills and support confident practice.

🏷️ Save 30% with code BTL30
🔗Explore upcoming training: https://sickkidscmh.ca/learning-institute/our-courses/

Offer available until September 30, 2026 and applies to new registrations for live webinars only. Excludes certificate programs, on-demand training and customized training.

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Continue building your knowledge with focused certificate learning this November.

Explore structured, evidence-informed certificate programs designed to help you deepen your expertise, strengthen practical skills and build confidence in applying learning to your work.

Upcoming certificate programs include:
▪️ CBT Level 2 — Application to specific populations
▪️ Trauma — Certificate in trauma counselling for mental health professionals: Level 1
▪️ Grief and bereavement — Children’s grief and bereavement certificate program
▪️ Attachment — Certificate in attachment-focused adult psychotherapy: Advanced course

Whether you’re advancing your skills in an established area of practice or expanding into a new one, these certificate programs offer focused learning to support your continued professional development.

🔗 Explore upcoming certificate programs: https://sickkidscmh.ca/course-category/certificate-programs/

Build deeper knowledge through focused certificate learning this October and November

Our certificate programs provide structured, evidence-informed learning across multiple sessions, giving you time to deepen your understanding, reinforce key concepts and build practical skills you can apply in your work.

Explore upcoming certificate programs in:
▪️Leadership — Certificate for new supervisors
▪️Child and family therapy — Innovations in child and family therapy
▪️Cognitive behaviour therapy— CBT Level 1 for adults and youth
▪️Cognitive behaviour therapy — CBT Level 1 for children

Whether you’re building knowledge in a new area or advancing skills you already use in practice, explore certificate learning designed to support your continued professional development.

🔗View upcoming certificate programs: https://sickkidscmh.ca/learning-institute/our-courses/

Certificate programs are excluded from the Back to Learning savings event.

Our September newsletter is out — with upcoming training, professional learning opportunities and more to explore this fall.

This issue highlights:
🔹 30% off live webinars through September 30 with code BTL30
🔹 Upcoming learning across a range of practice areas
🔹 WAIMH 2026, taking place October 2–6 in Toronto

📰Read the latest newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/sickkidscmhlearning/specialized-training-to-strengthen-your-practice-8340567

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Practical learning. Real-world application. 30% off.

Professional development is most valuable when it connects directly to the challenges you encounter in practice.

During our Back to Learning savings event, save 30% on all 2026 and 2027 live webinars with code BTL30. Offer ends September 30.

Coming up in September:
Sept. 24 - Authenticity and empathy: Exploring the use of self in eating disorders treatment
Facilitated by: Anita Federici, PhD, CPsych, FAED, and Dhwani Joshi, MSW, RSW

Sept. 25 - Grief on the frontlines: Fostering healthy grief in ourselves and those who we support Facilitated by: Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP

Sept. 29 - Leading people during change: Helping teams adapt, engage and succeed
Facilitated by: Carolynne Wintrip, BASc, MBA, CTPC, PRC

Sept. 30 - Creative interventions to assess and treat school refusal
Facilitated by: Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, CPT-S

Explore expert-led, evidence-informed training across CBT, trauma, child and family mental health, adult psychotherapy, eating disorders, clinician support, leadership and more.

Find learning that supports your practice:
https://mailchi.mp/sickkidscmhlearning/specialized-training-to-strengthen-your-practice-8340567

Offer applies to new registrations for live webinars only. Excludes certificate programs, on-demand training and customized training. Not valid with other promotions.

Stepping into a supervisor role requires more than expertise in your field—it requires a new set of people-leadership skills.

If you missed our spring offering, the Certificate for New Supervisors returns this October with practical tools designed for professionals who are new to supervising staff, preparing to move into a supervisor role, or looking to strengthen their existing leadership skills.

Designed for professionals working in health and human services, this four-module series is led by Susan Geary, PhD, and Marion Langford, M.Ed., and explores:
🔹 Essential skills for the new supervisor
🔹 Leadership and motivation
🔹 Holding difficult conversations
🔹 Cultivating credibility and influence

Leading and supporting staff in health and human services can come with unique challenges. Build the practical skills to navigate them with greater confidence and effectiveness.

Choose the learning format that best fits your professional development goals: register for the full four-module certificate or take individual modules as stand-alone training.

Live webinar series: October 5, 13, 22 and 27, 2026 | 9 a.m.–4 p.m. ET
🔗Learn more and register: https://cvent.me/gK2brw

Grief does not follow a predictable path — and supporting it well requires more than helping someone “move on.”

Grief can be complex, deeply personal and shaped by misconceptions about what a “healthy” grieving process should look like.

Join Andrea Warnick, RN, MA, RP, for a full-day live webinar exploring current approaches to grief and bereavement, common myths that can get in the way of effective support, and practical strategies professionals can bring into their work.

Participants will strengthen their ability to:
• Recognize common myths and misconceptions about grief
• Understand current theoretical approaches to grief and bereavement
• Support a healthy grief process in clients, families and themselves
• Identify practical grief-specific resources

Grief on the frontlines: Fostering healthy grief in ourselves and those who we support
September 25, 2026 | 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET
6 CE hours

🔗Reserve your spot now: https://cvent.me/W3k3Xn
🏷️Save 30% during our Back to Learning savings event with code BTL30.