CES Sessions
All sessions are offered at no cost.
Our work takes place on historical and contemporary Indigenous lands, including the territories of Treaty 6, Treaty 7 & Treaty 8 and the homeland of the Métis Nation of Alberta and 8 Métis Settlements. We also acknowledge the many Indigenous communities that have been forged in urban centres across Alberta.
Growing Up Takes Risk - Supporting healthy teen development ***please register using the poster only***
Noon - 1:30 PM
Presenter: Primary Care Alberta, Sexual & Reproductive Health, Calgary Zone
Presenter bio:
PCA Sexual & Reproductive Health is a leader in sexual health, providing integrated clinical, education and health promotion services in the Calgary zone. Our educators deliver affirming, objective and accessible comprehensive sexuality education to community, school and professional groups. Committed to using evidence-informed approaches, we support Albertans develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills to enhance their own healthy sexuality through life.
Session information:
Parents, guardians, supportive adults and teens themselves often fear teen risk-taking. Yet, to grow into healthy adults, teens need to take risks to learn new things, build new skills, and make new decisions. This is why the teen brain is wired to take risks. This wiring means that the choices teens make about risks will change their life - in good ways or bad. In this session we will learn about supporting teens to make healthy risk-taking choices by:
• Learning about teen brain development
• Exploring how to support teens decide which risks to take and ways to make risk taking activities safer
• Thinking about the impact of our responses to teen successes and failures
Growing Resilient Teens ***please register using the poster only*** *NOT being recorded*
Noon - 1:30 PM
Presented by: Andrea Halwas Larsen, PhD, CT, REACE, Associate Therapist and Education Coordinator of Juno House
This session is facilitated by a therapist from Juno House who has years of both clinical and facilitating experience. Juno House was founded in 2008 as a Centre of Excellence for adolescent girls and young women who are experiencing anxiety-based mental health issues of self harm, obsessive compulsive disorders, depression and eating disorders.
Before high school graduation, 1/3 of adolescent girls will experience depression, anxiety disorders, self-harm or an eating disorder. However, parents, coaches and teachers have extraordinary healing powers to support our teens as they develop into young adulthood.
Resilience is not taught, it is grown in our children. There are ways that we can help our children become more resilient starting within our relationship first.
This 90-minute session will provide participants with:
• a basic introduction of interpersonal neurobiology and anxiety,
• the essential role emotions play in mental well-being,
• how to identify emotions in your child,
• strategies to have a better relationship with your child including how to be an emotion coach.
NOT being recorded
Can We Talk: Childhood (0-12yrs) Development and Sexuality ***please register using the poster only*** ** NOT RECORDED
10:00 AM - Noon
Presented by:
Diana Wark (She/Her), Parent Program Coordinator for Centre for Sexuality
Join us for an interactive workshop to learn how to navigate those sometimes awkward but essential conversations that foster well-being, healthy relationships and informed decision-making. We empower parents with knowledge, skills and confidence to engage in open, honest and supportive conversations about sexuality and sexual health with their children.
This session we will learn about childhood milestones. Explore why and how to use correct words for body parts, establish boundaries and discuss consent for the very young to elementary school age children. Get your questions answered and learn how to answer your little ones’ questions.
** Session is NOT recorded
Talking to Youth with Complex Needs About Sexuality ***please register using the poster only***
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Presenter: Primary Care Alberta (PCA), Sexual & Reproductive Health, Calgary Zone
Presenter bio: PCA Sexual & Reproductive Health is a leader in sexual health, providing integrated clinical, education and health promotion services in the Calgary zone. Our educators deliver affirming, objective and accessible comprehensive sexuality education to community, school and professional groups. Committed to using evidence-informed approaches, we support Albertans develop the knowledge, attitudes and skills to enhance their own healthy sexuality through life.
Session information:
Everyone, no matter their ability, deserves sexual health information, but people with disabilities are often left out of these conversations. In this session, you will learn how to talk about sexual health and sexuality with youth who have complex needs.
Mental health for highly sensitive teens; unique struggles for these emotional feelers ***please register using the poster only*** *NOT being recorded*
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Presented by: Tracy Fields, BSW, MSW in partnership with Tracy Fields Counselling
Highly sensitive teens are often misunderstood by parents and teachers as they often have stronger emotional reactions. In this presentation, learn why this happens, and the necessary tools required to help these teens manage their emotions so they don't become derailed.
NOT being recorded
Can We Talk: Sex Ed for Parents ***please register using the poster only*** ** NOT RECORDED
10:00 AM - Noon
Presented by:
Diana Wark (She/Her), Parent Program Coordinator for Centre for Sexuality
Join us for an interactive workshop to learn how to navigate those sometimes awkward but essential conversations that foster well-being, healthy relationships and informed decision-making. We empower parents with knowledge, skills and confidence to engage in open, honest and supportive conversations about sexuality and sexual health with their children.
This session we will explore puberty including the physical and emotional changes. We will examine how to support young people during puberty and gain tools to discuss sexuality and learn tools for decision making with teens.
** Session is NOT recorded