Key findings and recommendations

Daniel Redmond will share information about current practices and policies that affect services for LGBT2IQ+ children and youth in Nova Scotia, and outline areas of concern and opportunities for change.

Child and youth advocacy centres’ role in supporting families to heal

Kathy Bourgeois and Christina Shaffer will discuss SeaStar Child and Youth Advocacy Centre as a model for trauma-informed practice, and present practical strategies that social workers can use to grow safety and capacity for their clients, themselves, and their profession as a whole.

Accredited facility dog Dorado will be present for this presentation, accompanied by his handler Kathy

Final results and future directions from the Lunenburg study

Dr. Nancy Ross and Kevin Dugas will provide a followup to their presentation at the 2018 conference. Last year they presented preliminary results from a pilot study being conducted at the Lunenburg Family Health Clinic exploring adverse childhood experiences, health outcomes, and resilience factors among clinic patients. The study is now complete.

A legacy of harms and resilience then and now for African Canadians

This three person panel will share knowledge and examine issues of trauma-informed social work practice and resilience across the life span for African Nova Scotians and the African Black and Caribbean community.