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Webinar Learning Series in association with

ACRC

Understanding the Complex Thinking Required by Child and Youth Care Practitioners Who Function in the Life Space of Young People and Families
Hosted by Jack Phelan

Cultivating Resilience
Hosted by Jenny Null, LMFT, RPT-S

Neurodiversity Affirming Child and Youth Care Practice and (Accompanying Resources)
Hosted by Nancy Marshall, BA, MA, Child and Youth Care RSW


Relational Practice

Relational CYC Video

The Power of Relational Practice
Dr Thom Garfat

The Purposeful Use of Daily Life Events

Interventions
Aurrora De Monte with Dr Thom Garfat

The Power of Relational Practice
Dr Thom Garfat

Making Moments Meaningful in Tough Times
Dr Thom Garfat



Unity Through Relationship
2023 Conference
Reframing the Trauma Lens

Keynote: The Mental Health Industrial Complex
Dr Sami Timimi

 "It's Just an Image, right?": Trauma and Online Child Sexual Abuse Images
Jennifer Martin and Grant Charles (Canada)

Have we Inadvertently Crossed a Line? Has our Focus on Trauma's Impact and Trauma Language Created a 'Victimhood' Mentality?
Frank Delano and Noor Almaoui (USA)

Accidental Damage: An Exploration of Educational Trauma in Students with SENDs, at the of hands people who were just trying to help
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Caitlin Dow

Together we RISE: Building Pathways of Resilience, Hope, and Wellbeing
Jennifer Null (USA)

Trauma informed or therapeutic care? Just words or a different focus?
Jennifer Brooker (Australia)

Is Pre-Service CYC Education Trauma Informed?
Kelly Shaw and Shelly Currie (Canada)

“The Best Years of our Lives”: Reflections on the Roots and Essence of Child and Youth Care
Mark Smith (Scotland) and Martin Stabrey (RSA)

Hope as a Catalyst and the Youth Voice and Perspectives Profile (YVAPP) to Identify Strengths and Needs in Youth
Paul Baker (USA)

The Turn to Trauma and its Implications for Understanding and Responding to Distress and Suffering
Sebastian Monteux (Scotland)

CYC Supervisory Support for Practitioners Dealing with Young Peoples' Trauma
Jack Phelan (Canada)

Trauma Informed or Trauma Misinformed: Supervision Through a (Truly) Trauma Lens
Kerri Hayley, Lesley Goodyear, Michelle Perchard (Canada)

Weaving indigenous knowledge and collective trauma within the Three Pillars of Transforming Care to develop a culturally responsive approach to trauma
Hunia Te Urukaiata Mackay and Shane Murdoch (NZ)

Meeting Them Where They Are At: A CYC Approach to Working with Young People who have Experienced Trauma
Jessica Hadley and Christine Gaitens (Canada)

Trauma Breeds More Trauma: The Impact of Organizational Trauma on the Ability to Adopt and Implement a Relational CYC Approach in Alternative Care Organisations
Werner van der Westhuizen (RSA) and Coenraad de Beer (Austria)

Mitigating Stress and the Impact of Working with Trauma using Art Journaling
Michelle Briegel (Canada)

The Stone in Your Shoe: Living and Working with Vicarious Trauma in Relational Child and Youth Care Work
Paul Gaffney, Sanna Cramnell and Eimear Ryan (Ire)

Unity Conference Archives

Motivation and empowerment of professionals in supporting traumatised children
Brian Hogan and Tricia McDonnell

Lessons from Abroad: Pedagogy In Irish Social Care Sector (effective leadership)
Cathy Jones

'Seismic Trauma' Cultural shifts and relationship
Edwina Poynton

Rethinking stress: The positive role challenges may play in professional development
Emmett Tuite

Research to Practice – Trauma informed Care in Foster Care
Maria Lotty

Contesting Traumatic Tales
Dr Mark Smith

Using a Neuro-Relational Framework to Support traumatised young people
Dr Paul Baker

Disruption and trauma informed care
Dr Paul Gaffney

The "Keys" to wellness in residential care
Dr Pat Kostouros

Parallel Relationships in Residential Social Care
Brian Hogan

Developing Dialogic Learning in Children's Health and Social Care through the Use of Personal Centred Thinking
Dr Clive Acraman

Congruent Care: Theory, Dialogue, Practice
Professor Jim Anglin

Three is a crowd: Competing Dominant Discourses regarding the statutory home visit to children and families and the impact on social worker/child relationships
Dr Karen Winter

Enacted performance: Achieving a sense of belonging and relationships that feel lasting
Mandi McDonald

Back to the Rough Ground
Dr Mark Smith

Praxis and Pain
Maxwell Smart

Supporting Young People from Care
Shane Griffin

Discussing the foundations of effective Child and Youth Care
Dr Thom Garfat

Positive use of the research: Making a move from 'What's wrong to what's strong'
Dr John Digney and Maxwell Smart

Interfacing informal and formal help systems: A critical overview of developments within Irish Child Welfare Systems
Dr Anne Cassidy and Fergal Landy

Turning stories into action, storytelling as dialogue in practice
Emmett Tuite

The parent voice in family support: Opportunities and challenges for meaningful engagement and participation
Dr Nuala Connelly

The Power of Relational Practice
Dr Thom Garfat

Relationship in Care Settings
Gary Broderick

The Relationship in Youth Work
Professor Maurice Devlin

Relationship in Aftercare
Professor John Pinkerton

Relationships in Care Settings
Dr Mark Smith

The Relationship in Professional Education
Dr Laura Steckley

Podcasts and Videos

 

Cal Farleys Podcasts


CYCPodcast


Scottish RCYC Podcast

 

Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Residential Care for Foster Youth
Bruce Henderson with Naomi Schaefer Riley and Ian Rowe

Moving from Treatment to a Culture of Education in Child and Youth Care Practice
Dr Kiaras Gharabaghi

Finding Pathways – Filling The Gaps In Child and Youth Care Leadership
Okpara Rice and Terence Toone
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Relational Child and Youth Care involves emotional intelligence
Dr Rika Swanzen
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Fitting kindness into the future of Child and Youth Care
Maxwell Smart
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A Journey Towards Independent Living – Girls and BoysTown South Africa
Lee Loynes with Adrian van Breda
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Scotland’s MSc in Advanced Residential Child Care: Past, Present, and Future Transformations
Laura Steckley with Graham McPheat
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Young people, public care and education: some practical lessons from research
Claire Cameron
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Tips for Owning Your Own Supervision in Child and Youth Care
Frank Delano
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Developing Risk Competence
Ian Milligan
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Voices of reason in Child and Youth Care Practice
Jeremy Millar
Powerpoint
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Integrating Rights Based Practise into the Foundations for Child and Youth Care
Debbie Sliwinski
Powerpoint
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Residential Care for Youth: A Positive Choice?
Gay Graham
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Linking Pedagogical Practices of Activity-Based Teaching and Learning Assessment Strategies
Jenny McGrath
Powerpoint
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Youth work on the ground in Cuba
Dr Andrew Schneider-Munoz

The Therapeutic Use of Daily Life Events
Thom Garfat
Powerpoint
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Humour in Child and Youth Care Work
Dr John Digney
Powerpoint
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4 Million Hours of Care|
Bill Carty
Powerpoint
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... with the brain in mind
Mark Strother
Powerpoint
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Revolt, Rebel and Occupy: Child and Youth Care as a Space of Radical Deviance
Hans Skott-Myrhe
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Connecting the Neighbourhood: Creating an American Professional Development System
Frank Eckles
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4th CYC World Conference

Keynote Address
Dr Kiaras Gharabaghi

Keynote Address
Cornelius Williams, UNICEF


Cultural Practice 

Bi-Cultural Working and Outcomes That Matter: Part 1
Dr Laura Steckley with Dr Leon Fulcher

Bi-Cultural Working and Outcomes That Matter: Part 2
Dr Laura Steckley with Dr Leon Fulcher


Conversations with Leaders

Brian Gannon, Dr Leon Fulcher, Dr Thom Garfat (1), Dr Thom Garfat (2), Dr Gerry Fewster, Mark Krueger, Michael Burns

Thom Garfat, Gerry Fewster, Mark Krueger on "Milieu", "The Therapeutic Environment" ...
1, 2, 3, 4, 5 

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