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Treatment and Management of Personality Disorders

Individuals with personality disorders have long been considered the most challenging clients presenting in the clinical setting. Many patients initially lack motivation, most begin with poor insight, and some have such deeply engrained dysfunctional beliefs, unhealthy coping skills, and destructive…

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High Functioning Autism

This intensive, two-day hands-on workshop provides evidence-based behavioural intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and successful psychosocial techniques to teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA).  Dr. Daily will provide interesting case studies, demonstrations, and…

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What is it About Me You Don’t Like?

Quality indicators for an effective classroom include: teacher behaviour (tone of voice, volume, cadence, verbal and nonverbal communication, paraverbals), environment (physical structure, schedules, routines, expectations), instruction (boring vs. stimulating, age appropriate vs. non-age appropriate, hands-on), and student behaviour (function of…

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Brain-Based Learning, Behavioural Challenges & Mental Health: The Toronto Educators’ Conference

New Conference Format 9 Internationally Renown Experts 13 Full Day Workshops Mix & Match to Create Customized Conference Experience 

High Functioning Autism

This intensive, full-day workshop provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioural techniques to help you analyze behaviors and actions, identify consequences for behaviours, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk…

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Mental Health Issues in the Classroom

Join child/adolescent behavioural expert, Jay Berk, PhD, and learn how to best manage the students at your school diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), mood disorders, anxiety and depression. You will…

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High Functioning Autism

This intensive, full-day workshop provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioural techniques to help you analyze behaviors and actions, identify consequences for behaviours, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk…

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Mental Health Issues in the Classroom

Join child/adolescent behavioural expert, Jay Berk, PhD, and learn how to best manage the students at your school diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD), Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), mood disorders, anxiety and depression. You will…

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Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills

Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains.  The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively…

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Proven and Effective Self-Regulation Skills

Our goal as educators is to empower our students to “think smart”. One way to achieve this goal is to help students understand their own learning brains.  The more they can build the self-regulation skills they need, the more effectively…

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Working with Oppositional, Defiant and Anger Issues in Children and Adolescents

Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can present a monumental challenge to therapists, teachers, parents and siblings. ODD and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for children, accounting…

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Managing Anxiety at Home and at School

Anxiety is a persistent master. When it moves in, it takes over daily routines, learning, recreation, and social connection. To make matters worse, the things adults (including many therapists and school systems) do to help anxious children can actually make the anxiety…

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Working with Oppositional, Defiant and Anger Issues in Children and Adolescents

Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can present a monumental challenge to therapists, teachers, parents and siblings. ODD and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for children, accounting…

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The Science of Emotion

There is much focus today on children’s emotions. Constructs like emotional intelligence, emotional self-regulation and emotional well-being are being bandied about. Emotion, long dismissed as a nuisance factor, is now confirmed to be at the core of development and well-being.…

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Making Sense of Anxiety and Related Problems

The escalating level of anxiety in our children begs for an explanation as well as a solution. Dr. Neufeld sheds light on this age-old problem, paving the way for natural interventions that can actually get to the root causes as…

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Working with Oppositional and Defiant Children and Adolescents

Children diagnosed with Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) can present a monumental challenge to therapists, teachers, parents and siblings. ODD and other conduct problems are the single greatest reasons for referrals to outpatient and inpatient mental health settings for children, accounting…

Read more

High Functioning Autism

This intensive, full-day workshop provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioural techniques to help you analyze behaviours and actions, identify consequences for behaviours, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk…

Read more

High Functioning Autism

This intensive, full-day workshop provides proven intervention strategies, essential treatment tools, and behavioural techniques to help you analyze behaviours and actions, identify consequences for behaviours, and teach new skills to children, adolescents and young adults with high-functioning autism (HFA). Walk…

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Proven & Effective Play Therapy Strategies with Children, Adolescents, & Children of All Ages

This workshop will teach attendees how to use Play Therapy as an incredible method of communication and diagnostics. It will teach you how to interpret the ways in which children and adolescents play, the importance of what they play with/what…

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The Science of Emotion

*NEW* Suitable for Adult Focused Clinicians There is much focus today on children’s emotions. Constructs like emotional intelligence, emotional self-regulation and emotional well-being are being bandied about. Emotion, long dismissed as a nuisance factor, is now confirmed to be at…

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Making Sense of Anxiety & Related Problems

The escalating level of anxiety in our children begs for an explanation as well as a solution. Dr. Neufeld sheds light on this age-old problem, paving the way for natural interventions that can actually get to the root causes as…

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The Ontario School-Based Mental Health Conference

OUR BEST SELLING CONFERENCE OF ALL TIME! Greetings! My non-profit, Lives in the Balance, is teaming up with Jack Hirose & Associates on The Ontario School-Based Mental Health Conference. This conference will be taking place on May 3 – 5, 2017 in Toronto,…

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High-Speed Treatment of Depression & Anxiety Disorders: Advanced CBT 4-Day Intensive

In this four day advanced CBT intensive, Dr. David Burns will show you how to greatly accelerate recovery from depression and anxiety disorders. You will learn how to use a multitude of powerful and innovative treatment methods, including Paradoxical Agenda Setting, Positive Reframing,…

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20 Proven & Effective Thinking and Self-Regulation Strategies: For Children with Sensory Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Anxiety & ADHD

This one-day workshop will give you 20 effective self regulation strategies to better understand and intervene with children who have challenges with sensory processing, dysregulation, anxiety and executive function. Dr. Kenney will integrate research from neuroscience, kinesiology, occupational therapy, music…

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20 Proven & Effective Thinking and Self-Regulation Strategies For Children with Sensory Disorders, Learning Disabilities, Anxiety & ADHD

This one-day workshop will give you 20 effective self regulation strategies to better understand and intervene with children who have challenges with sensory processing, dysregulation, anxiety and executive function. Dr. Kenney will integrate research from neuroscience, kinesiology, occupational therapy, music…

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