Dalton Associates Mental Wellness Symposium

10:30am – REGISTRATION

11:00am – DAN JONES

1:00pm – LUNCH

2:00pm – MICHAEL UNGAR

4:00pm – EVENT CLOSING

Dan Jones, MSt

Faculty Member, Justice Studies Program, NorQuest College

Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Huddersfield

Part One: Who is the Justice Client

Dan Jones, MSt, is a Full Time Faculty member in the Justice Studies Program at NorQuest College. He worked in the justice system for 28 years. He spent 3 years as a correctional officer and 25 years with the Edmonton Police Service, obtaining the rank of Inspector. Dan earned his Master’s Degree at the University of Cambridge in Applied Criminology. He is currently a PhD Candidate at the University of Huddersfield. The first part of the session will take a look at the impact that trauma has on the offending population for a way to assist individuals gain a better and more fulsome understanding of who the system interacts with. This humanizes individuals that police and other justice actors deal with every day.

Part Two: Compassion Within the System

The second part of the session will discuss the impacts of trauma on the frontline workers and how lived and vicarious trauma can impact the worker, their families and others around them. Also how justice workers can create wellness plans and that there needs to be more than one way to wellness.

Participation in this workshop allows OAMHP members to apply 2 hours (CECs) towards their required continuing education hours. OAMHP does not endorse this training or the training provider.

Approved by the Ontario Psychological Association for 2 CE Credits.

Michael Ungar, Ph.D.

Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience
Director, Resilience Research Centre
Professor of Social Work, Dalhousie University
AAMFT Clinical Supervisor
Registered Social Worker

Nurturing Resilience: Nine Ways Our Families, Mental Health Services and Communities Help Us Thrive

Michael Ungar, Ph.D., is a Family Therapist and Professor of Social Work at Dalhousie University where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Child, Family and Community Resilience. His research on resilience around the world and across cultures has made him the number one ranked Social Work scholar in the world. He is the author of 17 books for parents, educators, mental health professionals, and employers. In this fast-paced, story-filled presentation, Dr. Ungar will show that the resilience of children and adults is much more than an individual’s ability to overcome adversity. It is just as much the result of how well families, mental health services, workplaces and communities collaborate to help people become their best selves. In addition to exploring what resilience means to people across the life span from many different cultures and contexts, Dr. Ungar will provide nine practical strategies mental health care providers can use to nurture people’s resilience, no matter a person’s emotional, psychological or behavioral challenges. Building on Dr. Ungar’s recent work, Working With Children and Youth With Complex Needs: 20 Skills to Build Resilience (2nd Edition), and Change Your World: The Science of Resilience and the True Path to Success, Dr. Ungar will show how multiple systems need to be part of case plans to help people overcome traumatic pasts and transform their lives despite the mental health and structural challenges they face.

Participation in this workshop allows OAMHP members to apply 2 hours (CECs) towards their required continuing education hours. OAMHP does not endorse this training or the training provider.

Approved by the Ontario Psychological Association for 2 CE Credits.