7:30-8:30 am | Registration desk open for one-day attendees | |
8:30-9:50 am | Opening Address: Keys to Emotional Health & Well-Being | Dr. Gordon Neufeld |
9:50-10:10 am | Morning Break | |
10:10- 11:25 am SESSIONS A | | |
A1 | Fresh Insights on the Stress Response (Prerequisite: Intensive II) | Dr. Gordon Neufeld |
A2 | Moving Through Emotional Defence | Dr. Deborah MacNamara |
A3 | Raising the Sensitive Child | Patti Drobot |
A4 | The Counterwill Dynamic: Understanding Resistance & Oppositionality | Colleen Drobot |
A5 | The Therapist as an Agent of Attachment | Lori Abramowitz |
A6 | An Ode to Melancholy | Genevieve Schreier |
A7 | Towards Emotional Health in Adolescents | Tamara Strijack, Robin Brooks-Sherriff |
A8 | Fatherhood and Play | Mathieu Lyons |
11:25 am-12:25 pm | Lunch
| Independently, or you may prefer to pre-order the Optional Add-On Lunch for $26 |
12:25-12:40 pm | Transition to Session B | |
12:40- 1:55 pm SESSIONS B | | |
B1 | The Natural Roots of Empathy | Dr. Gordon Neufeld |
B2 | Bouncing Back from Adversity: The Resilience Response | Heather Ferguson |
B3 | Making Sense of Learning & Behaviour: Nurturing Emotional Growth In and Out of School | Marla Klyne Kolomaya, Tamara Strijack |
B4 | Mastering the Couple Dance with Children Underfoot | Michele Maurer |
B5 | Facilitating Emotional Play through Movement and Dance | Hannah Beach |
B6 | Right from the Start: What do Infants & Toddlers Need from Us? | Laina Clugston |
B7 | Family Rituals for Emotional Health & Well-Being | Jodi Bergman |
B8 | Addressing the Emotional Roots of Aggression | Mathieu Lyons |
B9 | Indigenous Healing Rituals as Emotional Playgrounds | Denise Findlay |
1:55-2:15 pm | Afternoon Break | |
2:15- 3:30 pm SESSIONS C | | |
C1 | Special Challenges with Hypersensitivity, including Autism | Jule Epp |
C2 | Addressing Bullying as an Emotional Problem | Dr. Deborah MacNamara |
C3 | Challenges of Coming Alongside Troubled Students | Adrienne Wood, David McFall |
C4 | Making Sense of Anxiety | Colleen Drobot, Patti Drobot |
C5 | Softening the Heart of the Adolescent | Darlene Denis-Friske |
C6 | Emotional Health and The Brain | Eva de Gosztonyi |
C7 | Creating Emotional Playgrounds: at Home, in School, in Therapy | Tamara Strijack |
C8 | Emotional Health in the Preschool Years | Geneviève Brabant |
C9 | Dancing with Defences as a Therapist | Terry Warburton |
3:30-3:45 pm | Transition to plenary session. | No refreshments available at this time. |
3:45-4:30 pm | Closing Plenary Session | Dr. Gordon Neufeld, Maria LeRose |