All Webinars

Trauma is a major public health issue affecting the health of individuals, families, and communities across New Brunswick. Social workers frequently work with service users with a history of trauma. The exposure to trauma may have occurred in the distant or recent past, be generationally transferred, and create pervasive symptoms such as intrusive thoughts, hyperarousal, emotional dysregulation and unhealthful coping strategies. The literature suggests that social workers often feel ill-equipped to be helpful to the trauma related needs of these individuals, leading to chronic conditions, poor treatment outcomes, and substantial health and mental health care costs (Knight, 2015; Levenson, 2017). Part of the difficulty may be in how trauma is understood. Trauma is often defined with an emphasis on the event and the traumatizing and pathological effects it has on individuals, negating the social, cultural, and economic contexts that contribute to and maintain trauma. Recent conceptualizations recognize that trauma is experienced differently based on social, cultural, and individual factors (Knight, 2014). Integrating structural considerations in trauma-informed approaches can help individuals understand the context of trauma and provide additional strategies for addressing trauma. This webinar will provide an alternative approach that integrates existing trauma informed approaches with a structural social work lens.

Mind Your Money Series – Session 3: Psychology of Saving – Increasing Your Financial Well-Being

Have you ever wanted to save your money but found it too stressful to keep yourself from spending?  When it comes to setting money aside, it’s important to know what your roadblocks and motivations are. Participants will learn about various savings strategies and how to maintain their Financial Well Being (FWB) in the process of saving. 

Join us for this Mind Your Money: Psychology of Saving webinar to learn some valuable information about strategies to help you meet your saving goals. In the session, you will learn: 

• How to assess your Financial Well-Being (FWB) levels
• How having savings can increase your Financial Well-Being
• How to create savings goals that you can achieve
• What your money values and savings roadblocks are
• List at least 5 different strategies to keep you committed to your savings goal! 

 A newfound sense of awareness into the psychology of saving can allow participants to become informed savers who are less likely to spend their hard-earned cash and make the act of saving become an unconscious habit. 

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. 

Mind Your Money Series – Session 2: Technology & Spending  - Being Money Conscious Online

Between computers, laptops, televisions and phones, Canadians spend an average of 11 hours a day on our screens*. But what is happening behind the scenes when we use these things? Can the things we view change our behavioural patterns? Continuing our conversation from Mind your Money: Psychology of Spending, participants will learn about how marketers use our online behaviour to increase our spending and learn strategies on how we can counter that. 

Join us for our Mind Your Money – Technology and Spending webinar to learn some valuable information about how marketers use our online behavior and information to influence the way we think and feel. In the session, you will learn: 

• The basics about machine learning algorithms
• How data gathered by our online use can influence us to spend more
• About the impacts of technology on our lives
• The risks of excessive technology and social media use
• How to determine what is a realistic expectation so we don’t feel the need to keep up with the Joneses’
• Tangible strategies on what you can do to limit your screen time, increase your mental well-being and decrease your spending! 

Being conscious of our online behaviour can allow participants to make informed choices about how they can use technology to their advantage instead of letting technology consume our lives.  

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. 

*Source: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/canadians-spend-11-hours-per-day-o...

-      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?