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Working with Hard-to-Engage Children and Adolescents
I Don't Want to Talk About It
Presented by Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW
Monday, November 6, 2017 | Saskatoon, sk
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Date & Location
Monday, November 6, 2017
9:00am – 4:00pm
TCU Place, Saskatoon’s Arts and Convention Centre
Gallery D
35 – 22nd Street East
Saskatoon, SK
Working with difficult to engage clients can be frustrating and challenging, even for seasoned clinicians. The challenge of working with younger clients in therapy can be further compounded by their fear of entering therapy, their lack of control over the decision to attend therapy, their feeling of being scapegoated for family problems, their lack of motivation for treatment, and their developmental capacity which can make it difficult for them to respond to traditional talk-therapy.
The first step in working with hard to engage clients is understanding the reasons underlying what has been called “resistance.” The second step involves engaging clients in the therapeutic process. Best-selling author and one of Canada’s foremost presenters on childhood trauma, Liana Lowenstein will outline the factors that underlie engaging hard-to-reach children and families. She will present tips, tricks, and techniques to engage children, adolescents, and parents in therapy and maximize potential for change. Emphasis will be on play-based, expressive arts techniques for use with preschool, school-aged, and adolescent clients. This will include therapeutic games, art, music, and stories. Strategies for engaging parents in therapy will be outlined, as well as activities for use in child-focused family therapy sessions.
The techniques will be applied to specific clinical examples to illustrate how they can build rapport, facilitate open communication, and help the client work through treatment goals. This training will combine PowerPoint presentation, activity demonstrations, videos of client sessions, and experiential exercises.
Who Should Attend
Education and Clinical Professionals: All education and mental health or healthcare professionals who work with children or youth including, but not limited to K–12 Classroom Teachers, School Counsellors, Learning Assistance/Resource Teachers, School Administrators, School Paraprofessionals including Special Education Assistants, Classroom Assistants and Childcare Workers • All other professionals who support behavioural challenges and complex learning needs including but not limited to: Nurses, Social Workers, Psychologists, Clinical Counsellors, Family Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech Language Pathologists, Addiction Counsellors, Youth Workers, Mental Health Workers, Probation Officers and Community Police Officers.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the factors underlying therapeutic resistance
- Implement creative interventions to facilitate rapport-building with children of all ages
- Utilize innovative strategies to engage resistant, hard to serve parents
- Implement play-based and expressive arts techniques with clients who are reluctant to verbally articulate their thoughts and feelings
- Utilize activities for child-focused family therapy sessions
Your Presenter
Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW
Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW, is a Registered Clinical Social Worker, Certified Play Therapist- Supervisor, and Certified TF-CBT Therapist who has been working with children and their families since 1988. She is known as a dynamic speaker and presents trainings across North America and abroad. She provides clinical supervision to mental health practitioners, runs a play-therapy internship program, and consults to several mental health agencies. She served on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Association for Child and Play Therapy for nine years and is the former Education Chair of the Canadian Play Therapy Certificate Program. She is the author of Creative Interventions for Troubled Children & Youth; Creative Interventions for Bereaved Children; Creative CBT Interventions for Children with Anxiety and other acclaimed books on child and family therapy. She is winner of the Monica Herbert award for outstanding contribution to play therapy in Canada.
Author of Creative Interventions For Troubled Children & Youth
Testimonials
“On point! Practical techniques for helping our kids overcome trauma.”
– Winnipeg, MB | November 10, 2017“The speaker was wonderful and the material was excellent. I learnt so much. It will be very helpful for work. Thank you!”
– Winnipeg, MB | November 10, 2017“Very informative, tons of practical, useful, tried and true techniques for engaging clients. The techniques could easily be modified for using diverse settings.”
– Winnipeg, MB | November 9, 2017“Thanks so much for s good days, lots of variety in the presentation. I use your books and interventions as a guidance teacher in a middle school. The interventions are “spot on” and so practical and fun for students.”
– Winnipeg, MB | November 9, 2017“Thank you for sharing you work with u and providing us with so many real work examples and videos. I really enjoyed this 2 day conference.”
– Saskatoon, SK | November 7, 2017
“Good introductory course more evidence base would have been better. Perhaps research review.”
– Saskatoon, SK | November 7, 2017“Liana is extremely knowledgeable. There were some many amazing strategies presented over the last two days.”
– Saskatoon, SK | November 7, 2017“Great use of visual materials. I appreciate that when there were activities that we were asked to participate in they were not ones that induced vulnerability (especially group activities w/ partners). Was very engaging and learning many new skills and tools. Thank You!”
– Saskatoon, SK | November 6, 2017“Excellent workshop, incredible creativity, practical examples, and demonstrating with videos was helpful!”
– Saskatoon, SK | November 6, 2017“I loved all of the practical strategies given. I enjoyed stories that further explained material. Liana was extremely knowledgeable and engaging. Very good at answering audience questions. I can’t wait for tomorrows session!”
– Saskatoon, SK | November 6, 2017“Nice balance of past experience, video segments modelling her therapeutic stance, like the experiential of all the activities + try them out. Nice participant engagement.”
– Paula Pappajohn | Vancouver, BC | October 27, 2017“Thank you for a second amazing day of training. I would say this has been the best training I have received on helping kids with trauma I wish I had a week with you Liana.”
– Vancouver, BC | October 27, 2017“Great workshop. Great tools shared + focus on process is most important part was a fabulous reminder. Feel reenergized to continue to do this work + be more creative in my practice.”
– Vancouver, BC | October 26, 2017“Loved the experiential exercises and how Liana was herself in the training… brave, authentic, warm. Very inspirational.”
– Vancouver, BC | October 26, 2017
Registration & Fees
| Registration | Super Early Bird Fee | Early Bird Fee | Regular Fee |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working with Hard-to-Engage Children & Adolescents | -- | ||
| Individual | -- | $229 | $249 |
| Group 3-7 | -- | $214 | $234 |
| Group 8-14 | -- | $199 | $219 |
| Group 15+ | -- | $179 | $199 |
| Full-Time Student | -- | $179 | $199 |
| -- | |||
| Evidence-Based Interventions for Traumatized Children | -- | ||
| Individual | -- | $229 | $249 |
| Group 3-7 | -- | $214 | $234 |
| Group 8-14 | -- | $199 | $219 |
| Group 15+ | -- | $179 | $199 |
| Full-Time Student | -- | $179 | $199 |
| -- | |||
| 2 DAY OPTION: Attend Both Dr. Lowenstein Workshops and SAVE! | -- | ||
| *Select 2 Day Option at registration | -- | ||
| Individual | -- | $399 | $419 |
| Group 3-7 | -- | $379 | $399 |
| Group 8-14 | -- | $359 | $379 |
| Group 15+ | -- | $324 | $344 |
| Full-Time Student | -- | $324 | $344 |
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Fees do not include applicable taxes (5% GST).
Early bird cutoff date: November 3, 2017
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Recommended Accommodation
Holiday Inn Saskatoon Downtown
101 Pacific Ave, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X6
phone: 306.986.5000
website: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/us/en/saskatoon/yxeid/hoteldetail
Our rates:
* Please check back at a later time as this information will be updated when corporate/group rates are secured.
Hilton Garden Inn Saskatoon Downtown
90 22 St E, Saskatoon, SK S7K 3X6
phone: (306) 244-2311
Our rates:
Call: Please contact the hotel directly for current group rates, when booking please reference “Jack Hirose & Associates”. To make a reservation over the phone, please call 306 244-2311.
Email: Email your reservation request to hgisaskatoon@gmail.com
Double Queen & King Rooms: $159.00 plus tax per night
Parking: $15.95 plus tax
*please note, room reservations are subject to availability*
Please keep in mind when booking Jack Hirose and Associates corporate guest rooms, reservations booked for most hotels can be cancelled within 48 hours. If you are booking guest rooms through third-party websites in many instances the reservations booked cannot be cancelled.
Continuing Education Credits
This workshop has been formally approved by the following associations:
- Canadian Addiction Counsellors Certification Federation (CACCF)
CACCF is only pre-approved for the workshop Navigating Addictions by Carissa Muth, Psy.D., CCC, R.Psych - Canadian College of Professional Counsellors and Psychotherapists (CCPCP)
- Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA)
- Canadian Professional Counsellors Association (CPCA)
- Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
Jack Hirose & Associates is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. Jack Hirose & Associates maintains responsibility for the program.
- Canadian Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA)
- Employee Assistance Certification Commission (EACC)
- Indigenous Certification Board of Canada (ICBOC)
- Medical Psychotherapy Association Canada (MDPAC)
- Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists (OACCPP)
- Ontario Expressive Arts Therapy Association (OEATA)
† The Alberta College of Social Workers (ACSW) and the Newfoundland and Labrador Association of Social Workers (NLASW) accept CPA-approved CEUs.
* Participants will receive a certificate of completion after every workshop. Workshops are pre-approved for 5.5 or 6 credits per day unless otherwise specified.
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