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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.
For a limited time, you can take advantage of early bird pricing!
Early bird pricing ends March 18– save 20% plus get an exclusive free webinar as a gift: “The Healing Power of Nature”
Full Weekend Symposium Pass
For CAD $214.99
Your Pass Includes:
- 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 are recorded and available for participant viewing until Sunday, June 26, 2022
Single Day Pass
For CAD $87.99
Your Pass Includes:
- Access to one Keynote Address
- Access to 7 workshops
- 20+ hours of instruction available
- All workshops are recorded and available for participant viewing until Sunday, June 26, 2022
Keynote Only Pass
For CAD $31.49
Your Pass Includes:
- Access to one of the 1-hour Keynote Address
- 60 Minutes of life-changing content created especially for parents, professionals, and caregivers
- 70+ hours of instruction available
- Keynote presentation recording access until Sunday, June 26, 2022
We know you’re busy, and dedicating an entire weekend may not be realistic. Don’t worry, you don’t need to watch the conference all at once. Your registration will give you access to all of the presentations and keynotes for up to 2 months post-conference.
We will provide you with concrete tools, strategies and immediate actions you can use in your everyday life to overcome common struggles you and your child may be facing. Our speaker lineup of experts in child psychology will provide you with strategies, coping methods and action steps that will help you navigate issues such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, tantrums, meltdowns, and more. We know how helpless you can feel as a parent when your child is struggling. Our goal is to empower you with the tools you need to empower your child and help them overcome challenges.
Join a variety of experts in child psychology including Dr. Tina Payne Bryson, Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Dr. Becky Kennedy, and Dr. Jennifer Mullen.
Affectionately nicknamed “the Rage Doctor” by peers and clients, Dr. Jennifer Mullan (she/her) is trained as a Clinical Psychologist, and is a published author. She currently serves communities as a Consultant, Therapeutic Coach, Ancestral wound worker who seeks to unpack the oppressive legacy of modern mental health practices, particularly for Queer Indigenous Black Brown People of Color (QIBPOC). She has been featured in Allure, GQ, The Today Show, Cosmopolitan, The Calgary Journal, and was selected by ESSENCE Magazine to receive the 2020 Essential Hero Award, in the category of Mental Health.
Her keynote will be: Staying Present: Parenting through Intergenerational Trauma”
Rick Hanson, Ph.D. is a psychologist, Senior Fellow at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, and New York Times best-selling author. His six books have been published in 30 languages and include Neurodharma, Resilient, Hardwiring Happiness, Just One Thing, Buddha’s Brain, and Mother Nurture – with over a million copies in English alone. His free newsletters have 220,000 subscribers and his online programs have scholarships available for those with financial needs. He’s lectured at NASA, Google, Oxford, and Harvard, and taught in meditation centers worldwide. An expert on positive neuroplasticity, his work has been featured on the CBS, NPR, the BBC, and other major media.
His keynote will be: The Neurosience of Happiness
Dr. Tina Payne Bryson is the author of the Bottom Line for Baby and co-author (with Dan Siegel) of two New York Times Best Sellers—The Whole-Brain Child and No-Drama Discipline—each of which has been translated into over fifty languages, as well as The Yes Brain and The Power of Showing Up. She is the Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Connection, a multidisciplinary clinical practice in Southern California. Dr. Bryson keynotes conferences and conducts workshops for parents, educators, and clinicians all over the world, and she frequently consults with schools, businesses, and other organizations. The most important part of her bio, she says, is that she’s a mom to her three boys
Her keynote will be: The Power of Showing Up
Featured Guest Speakers:
Key Topics You can Expect to Learn About:
Teens out of control workshop
Low self-esteem workshop: Self-Driven Child
Teachers overwhelmed by children’s mental health in their classrooms (2 courses on trauma)
Tantrums and meltdowns Workshop: Helping Deeply Feeling Kids
Overwhelmed by expectations and judgments of others workshop: Shame Proof Parenting
Parent’s unsure what their child needs to be both physically and psychologically healthy workshop
How a parent can wire their child’s brain for happiness
How to foster a healthier relationship with your child through strengthening their attachment
Childhood anxiety and trauma due to an increase in parental stress, mental illness and domestic violence
The importance of holding space for children’s feelings during times of uncertainty
Creating a positive learning environment by supporting mental health in educators
How to integrate holistic medicine and naturopathic practices into the home to improve mental health
How a parent’s childhood history affects their ability to parent
Parenting teens in a healthy, connected way that fosters brain development
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
Understanding how to blend play therapy skills and parenting to foster positive mental health outcomes
How to parent children who are sensitive, deeply feelings
Learn how to harness the power of simplifying soothe overwhelm in children
How to help a child heal from a traumatic incident or from the collective trauma of the pandemic
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
Understand how to function as a healthier blended family
Building up a child’s social-emotional intelligence
Hear what previous attendees have to say about their experience at our conference:
Schedule for April 2022 Online Children's Mental
Health Symposium
*Speakers are subject to change due to unforeseen circumstances
Friday, April 22, 2022
Keynote Address (8:00am-9:00am MT)
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Keynote Address (8:00am-9:00am MT)
Full Day Course (9:00am-4:00pm MT)
Half-Day Courses
(9:00am-12:00pm MT)
- Janine Groeneveld & Jan-Marie Chrzanowski | Exploring Gender Identity & Sexual Orientation in Youth
- Dr. Christina Bjorndal | The Naturopathic Perspective: Essential Steps for Your Children's Well-being
- Dr. Ann-Louise Lockhart | Raising Teens While Building Executive Functioning Skills & Teaching Healthy Habits
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Keynote Address (8:00am-9:00am MT)
Full Day Course (9:00am-4:00pm MT)
Half-Day Courses
(9:00am-12:00pm MT)
Unable to afford a ticket? We can offer subsidized tickets to those who have a limited income! Please email us at conference@instituteofchildpsychology.com for qualifications.
CANCELLATIONS/REFUNDS: Tickets are non-refundable. Tickets can be transferred to another party at any time. Please contact our administration team for further details at conference@instituteofchildpsychology.com
Past Conference Testimonials:
A word from our founders:
The Institute of Child Psychology
was founded to educate parents and professionals on issues pertaining to children’s mental health and to promote the psychological and emotional well-being of children and adolescents.
Our mission is to empower caregivers (i.e., parents, teachers, therapists, social workers, psychologists) by giving them pertinent insights, skills and tools necessary to help children thrive.
The Institute of Child Psychology places the importance of insight, compassion, trust, and warmth at the heart of our work. We want to foster lasting change in the lives of families and to transform our community.
We believe that everyone should have access to affordable mental health resources.
Children and teens who will experience a mental health crisis before the age of 18
Children and teens diagnosed with a mental health disorder who do receive treatment
Topics Included: Childhood Anxiety; Childhood Trauma; Parenting with Healthy Boundaries; Talking to Children About Race and Discrimination; Navigating Blended Families; Talking to Youth about Relationships, Sex, and Consent; The Principals of Playful Parenting; Hunt, Gather, Parent; The Fourth Trimester; Shame Proof Parenting; The Dance of Attachment; Therapeutic Play; The Naturopathic Perspective; Navigating the Teenage Years; The Trauma-Informed Classroom; Simplicity Parenting; Understanding Deeply Feeling Kids; The Self-Driven Child; & How to Support Children’s Social and Emotional Development
Our conferences are the only of their kind in the world, so this is an amazing opportunity to be a front runner in supporting children’s mental health! Join us in creating a global community where the stigma around mental health is dismantled; moving forward together in empowering parents, caregivers, mental health professionals and educators in creating a more hopeful, dynamic future for our youth.
The Institute of Child Psychology believes in social responsibility, and giving back to our global community is an important part of our mission. As such, in partnership with our sponsors, we will be donating a portion of ticket sales to support the mission of CAMFED, Canada.
CAMFED envisions a world in which every child is educated, protected, respected and valued, and grows up to turn the tide of poverty.
As the most effective strategy to tackle poverty and inequality, CAMFED multiplies the educational opportunities available for girls, and empowers young women to become leaders of change. Our focus is on girls and young women in rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa. This is where girls face acute disadvantage and where their empowerment will have a transformative impact. For more information: visit www.camfed.org.
Dr. Mullan believes that un-learning and embodiment is an essential component in addressing the profound effects of systemic inequities and intergenerational trauma on people’s mental health. Through her Collective Group Healing work and Decolonizing Therapy practice, she creates safe spaces for people and organizations to heal, and guides people from all walks of life to unpack the oppression that has been unconsciously passed down—intrapsychically and socially—and continues to live on in our bodies today. Dr. Mullan helps people return Home to themselves.
Dr. Laura Markham