Our conference is now over. . . we will be hosting a next conference in April 2023
This conference was designed for parents, caregivers, educators, and mental health professionals who want to learn about the latest research, innovations, and techniques pertaining to children’s mental health and attachment-based practices.


Ideas and strategies to help children reach their potential.
The Institute’s vision is that parents and professionals will walk away from the conference with a toolbox of new ideas and strategies to help children reach their fullest potential. The three-day online event will take place April 22-24, 2022. You will learn from a variety of experts including Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Dr Becky Kennedy and Dr. Jennifer Mullen, as well as 19 additional workshops covering a range of topics impacting today’s youth, including issues of emotional intelligence and resiliency to the more intense struggles related to trauma and low self-esteem.
Additionally, these courses qualify for continuing education hours, and a certificate of completion can be obtained.
Keynote Speakers
Your Keynote Speakers

Dr. Jennifer Mullan
Clinical Psychologist, Author
Parenting Through Intergenerational Trauma

Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
Founder of The Centre For Connection, Bestselling Author
The Power of Showing Up



Featured Guest Speakers
Walk away with a greater understanding of:
- Parenting teens
- Navigating low self-esteem
- Navigating mental health in the classroom
- Helping deeply feeling kids
- Shame-proof parenting
- Holistic health & parenting
- Hardwiring children’s brains for happiness
- Creating stronger connections with your child
- Understanding childhood anxiety and childhood trauma
- Explore the importance of holding space for children’s feelings during times of uncertainty
- Creating a positive learning environment by supporting mental health in educators
- Integrating holistic and naturopathic practices into your home to improve mental health
- Understand how to function as a healthier blended family
- Nurturing children’s social and emotional intelligence
- Helping children heal
- Understanding how your history impacts your relationship with your child or the children you work with
- Parenting teens in a healthy, connected way that fosters brain development
- Learn how to motivate and empower your child to take the driver’s seat in their own life and increase their self-esteem and confidence
- Helping a child who suffers from anxiety develop coping skills and heal
- Explore how to blend play therapy skills and parenting to foster positive mental health outcomes
- How to parent children who are sensitive, deeply feeling
- Learn how to harness the power of simplifying soothe overwhelm in children
- Understand/navigate how to educate children with a trauma-informed lens
- Learn how to have uncomfortable conversations with your child about sex and romantic relationships
Hear what previous attendees have to say about their experience at our conference.
Hear what previous attendees have to say about their experience at our conference.

Our conferences are the only of their kind in the world.
Our aim is to create a community where the stigma around mental health is dismantled. Let’s move forward together in empowering parents, caregivers, mental health professionals and educators in creating a more hopeful, dynamic future for our youth.
SALES OF CONFERENCE RECORDINGS ARE NOW OVER
We know you’re busy.
Don’t worry, you don’t need to watch the conference all at once.
Your registration will give you access until June 26, 2022
Full Weekend Conference Pass
$107.50 CAD (was $214.99)
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- Access to all 3 Keynote Addresses by Dr. Jennifer Mullan, Dr. Rick Hanson, & Dr. Tina Payne Bryson
- Access to 21 workshops
- 70+ hours of instruction available
- All workshops recording are available for viewing until Sunday, June 26, 2022
April 2022 Online Children's Mental Health Symposium Line Up
April 2022 Online Children's Mental Health Symposium Schedule
Keynote Address (60 min)
Dr. Jennifer Mullan | Staying Present: Parenting Through Intergenerational Trauma
Half-Day Courses (3 hours)
Dr. Gaiathry Jeyarajan | Parenting With Healthy Boundaries
Dr. Lawrence J. Cohen | The Principles of Playful Parenting
Dr. Michaleen Doucleff | Hunt, Gather, Parent
Dr. Gordon Neufeld | The Dance of Attachment
Half-Day Courses (3 hours)
Mercedes Samudio | Shame-Proof Parenting
Aynsley Graham & Amanda MacDonald | Talking to Children About Race and Discrimination
Keynote Address (1 hour)
Dr. Rick Hanson | The Neuroscience of Happiness
Full Day Course (7 hours)
Tammy Schamuhn | Therapeutic Play
Half-Day Courses (3 hours)
Janine Groeneveld & Jan-Marie Chrzanowski | Exploring Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation in Youth
Half-Day Courses (3 hours)
Dr. Madiha Saeed | Holistic Parenting: Nurturing Healthy Brains and Bodies in a Changing World
Keynote Address (1 hour)
Dr. Tina Payne Bryson | The Power of Showing Up
Full Day Courses (7 hours)
Morgan Bissegger | Childhood Trauma: Finding a Way Through
Tania Johnson | Childhood Anxiety: Helping Children Heal
Half-Day Courses (3 hours)
Samantha Dover | Talking to Children About Relationships, Sex, and Consent
Dr. Becky Kennedy | Understanding Deeply Feeling Kids
Half-Day Courses (1:00pm-4:00pm MT)
Tammy Schamuhn | Navigating Blended Families
Samantha Dover | The Fourth Trimester
Dr. Jenny Woo | How to Support Children’s Social and Emotional Development
Unable to afford a ticket? We can offer subsidized tickets to those who have a limited income! Please email us at info@instituteofchildpsychology.com for qualifications.
CANCELLATIONS/REFUNDS: Purchases are non-refundable. Tickets can be transferred to another party at any time. Please contact our administration team for further details at info@instituteofchildpsychology.com