All Webinars

-      Introduce the newly-available and free direct billing service by TELUS Health for social workers.

-      Explain how you can reduce your clients' out-of-pocket expenses (as well as your credit card fees) and grow your practice by streamlining the insurance claim process.

-      Give you a live demonstration on submitting a claim with TELUS Health eClaims.

-      Answer any questions that you may have!

This webinar will show you how you can use TELUS Health eClaims to build client loyalty and grow your private practice by direct billing to insurance companies on behalf of your clients – for free. Don’t miss the live demonstration of how the claim submission process works, and how being eClaims-enabled can benefit both you and your clients.

By the end of this webinar, learners will be able to:

1. Summarize the current state of women’s mental health in the agriculture community
2. Identify critical barriers to women accessing mental health services and how best the therapeutic community can meet the expressed needs.
3. Identify social injustices that impact women’s mental health in the agricultural community
4. Describe specific tools to develop a therapeutic relationship with women farmers.
5. Identify helpful therapeutic strategies to ensure women experience empowerment and support as they seek to meet their goals
    

Women are involved in agriculture from leadership and ownership to supporting the farm ‘behind the scenes’ through bookkeeping and delivering field meals. The difficulties they face when things do not go the way they hope are significantly life altering. This workshop addresses not only the role women play in farming, but also the impact of stigma, belittlement of their contributions to production, and di-vorce. Using case studies, and narratives, attendees will explore practical application of skills de-signed to meet the needs of women in agriculture.
This presentation is designed for women, however non-binary individuals may also find this presentation helpful.

Mind Your Money Series – Session 1: Psychology of Spending – Be An Informed Consumer

Have you ever wondered why you decided to buy a particular item or why you chose one brand over the other?  When it comes to getting consumers to make purchases, marketers have spent countless dollars and hours towards understanding human behaviour. Participants will learn about various marketing techniques and strategies to resist temptation. 

Join us for our Mind Your Money – The Psychology of Spending webinar to learn some valuable information about marketing techniques and strategies to resist temptation. In the session, you will learn: 

• How marketers influence our emotions to encourage buying; 
• How technology leads us to overspend; 
• Different sales methods retailers use with in person and virtual stores; 
• How pricing impacts our likelihood to purchase an item; 
• Ways our friends and family can influence our spending; and 
• Strategies to become self-aware protect ourselves from marketing tactics! 

A newfound sense of awareness into the psychology of money can allow participants to become informed consumers who are less likely to buy impulsively or to spend more money without realizing it. 

This interactive and fun workshop and we take a “grab and go” approach – grab an idea or two and go try it.  All participants will walk away with ideas, resources, and the full curriculum upon request. 

Learn about the patterns of behaviour that can challenge families during end of life care and in grief, as well as the factors that contribute to these challenges. Explore opportunities to support family members, individually and as a unit, to improve communication, identify patterns and overcome these challenges where possible, or to adjust to the reality when the challenges remain.

Webinar Objectives:

1. To explore the patterns of challenging behaviours that can contribute to relationship difficulties in end of life care and during grief.

2. To identify factors that contribute to these relationship difficulties in families facing death and grief.

3. To explore a variety of opportunities to improve communication, identify patterns and overcome challenges to improve relationships where possible, and to accept the reality when challenges remain.

This webinar is the first of a two-part series and will be an introduction to anti-Asian racism. We will cover a history of anti-Asian racism in Canada, lived experience, key terms, and structural examples of this problem.

The second part of this series will look at the connections between anti-Asian racism and social work.

By the end of this webinar, learners will be able to:

1. Summarize the current state of mental health in the agriculture community
2. Identify critical barriers to accessing mental health services and how best the therapeutic community can meet the expressed needs.
3. Describe specific tools to develop a therapeutic relationship with farmers.
4. Identify helping coping strategies for the agriculture population.

Farmers experience significant distress as they are navigating an everchanging world that requires increased resiliency. Yet, they are less likely to participate in help-seeking behaviours and are at an increased risk to complete suicide (Sturgeon & Morrisette, 2010). In this webinar, The National Farmer Mental Health Alliance introduces the work of agriculture, the barriers for farmers and their families to accessing mental healthcare, and how to work toward building a therapeutic relationship. Using case study example, clinicians are provided an opportunity to broaden their skills, and learn practical tips to reach the identified goals.

The webinar will answer the following 4 questions:

What is human trafficking?

What are the indicators and risks of being a victim?

What is the Canadian Centre doing to end human trafficking?

What does the Canadian Human Trafficking Hotline do and who can contact them?

Objectives: This workshop will explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intimate partner and gender-based violence in Canada. Attendees will leave with a better understanding of the barriers Indigenous women face when seeking anti-violence support services and how the field of social work can respond to and alleviate barriers for Indigenous women fleeing violence.

Historic and ongoing colonialism lays the foundation for the many ways that Indigenous women, girls, and gender diverse peoples not only experience intimate partner violence, but also the barriers and realities Indigenous survivors face in accessing anti-violence supports and services. This webinar will introduce attendees to the issue of gender-based violence and violence against Indigenous women, girls, and gender diverse peoples. In this webinar we will cover topics such as the impact of COVID lockdowns and public health restrictions on intimate partner violence, child welfare and law enforcement agencies as colonial entities, and how social workers can alleviate the barriers to accessing supports and services faced by Indigenous survivors of intimate partner violence and gender-based violence.

This webinar may be of particular interest to Social Workers working in the fields of gender-based violence, intimate partner violence, and family violence. In addition, CASW members working in the child welfare system and supporting women in safe homes or transition homes will also find this webinar useful.

Purpose: To present the findings and recommendations of The Road to Safety: Indigenous Survivors in BC Speak Out against Intimate Partner Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Please note that while The Road to Safety is British Columbia specific, presenters will speak to gender-based violence and intimate partner violence in Canada more broadly.

Within the field of mental health and addictions it is becoming more and more apparent that concurrent disorders are the norm rather than the exception. As such, this webinar seeks to provide some general information on concurrent disorders and evidence-informed best practice interventions. Some basic concepts will be revised allowing professionals to understand and speak the same language, and have a uniform approach to move forward on these issues. Next we will look at the concurrent capable practice frameworks, which is followed by an overview of Prochaska and DiClemente's the stages of change model of behaviour change. The webinar will conclude with an exploration of best practices and some practical applications thereof. At the end of the presentation there will be a forum for questions and comments.

Agriculture is an integral partnership between producers and consumers. Farmers experience significant distress as they navigate an ever-changing world that requires increased resilience. Yet, they are less likely to participate in help-seeking behaviours and are at an increased risk to complete suicide (Sturgeon & MorriseIe, 2010). Join us, as we learn about the impact of agriculture on Canadian economics, the issues facing farmers and rural communi5es, and the barriers to accessing services.

Sturgeon, R., & MorrisseIe, P.J. (2010). A Qualita5ve Analysis of Suicide Idea5on Among Manitoban Farmers. Canadian Journal of Counselling, 44 (2), 191-207.