Keynote Speaker(s) / Event Special Guest(s) / Presenter(s)

• Various

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Relational Practice as a concept within the caring professions (including Child & Youth Care, Social Care, Social Work, Education, Medicine, Psychology etc), has grown from the work of many pioneers over recent decades. Now, within a post-Covid, AI, and politically unstable landscape, it has become ever more necessary that the hard fought for ‘learning and leadership’ continues to be remembered and built on by the younger generations of practitioners, educators and researchers. The successful UNITY 2024 conference concentrated its attention on ‘Resetting The Foundation Stones of Relational Practice’, and this year, UNITY 2025 will continue to build on this learning, sharing and exploration by creating a space to meet with colleagues from around the world, listen to and engage in presentations and workshops, get involved in conversations and discussions, and generally get a chance to contribute to the plan for ‘developing the learning’ and discussing ‘future leadership and approaches’ within the relational framework.

Keynote Speaker(s) / Event Special Guest(s) / Presenter(s)

• To be announced

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In 2026, the Child and Youth Care World Conference is returning to where it all began in 2013 and the first CYC World Conference! The theme for the upcoming conference is Connecting through Relationship. We are still connecting through all the areas identified in 2013, and we are also connecting to our history, to each other, and to the young people and families we serve.

Keynote Speaker(s) / Event Special Guest(s) / Presenter(s)

• Thom Garfat, Jessica Hadley, Andy Leggett, Christine Gaitens

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A Relational Approach to the Purposeful Use of Daily Life Events is a training of Transformative Relational Consultation & Training (TRCT) based on Dr. Garfat’s award winning research into developing effective interventions. This relational trauma informed training provides knowledge and skills for a strengths-based approach to working with young people and their families. We will meet for 2 hours a week for 8 weeks at 12:00 p.m. EST. The DLE is used in numerous countries and organizations and provides 14 hours of CEUs for certification as a CYC with the CYC Certification Board. Made in Canada!