The pandemic has shifted a large majority of our work into the online space leaving us more vulnerable to cyber attacks like phishing.  This presentation will review a real-life cyber attack incident and cover the steps taken to ensure a smooth operational recovery.  Discussion will focus on steps taken in the immediate aftermath, as well as preventative measures we can all take moving forward to prevent future attacks.

Join The New Mentality and Children’s Mental Health Ontario’s Youth Action Committee (YAC) discuss their soon to be released policy paper, “Adjusting the Spotlight: Re-centering Neglected BIPOC Youth Voices Surrounding Mental Health.” This 90-minute session led by youth advocates in the YAC will be an opportunity to hear about the policy paper’s findings and recommendations that have been compiled over the last year. Youth will also share their lived experiences and facing persistent racial inequities while accessing and understanding the mental health system. Youth Advocates will participate in a moderated discussion to close off this session.

Leadership isn’t easy. It is especially difficult to lead your team through a global pandemic, specifically within an essential sector. Over the past year and a half, mental health agencies have experienced immense levels of uncertainty and change, and have had to swiftly adapt their systems, processes, and most importantly – their ability to effectively perform as individuals while also leading their teams through such adverse times. In this 60-minute session, MacPhie will share the key learnings, experiences, and outcomes of their High-Performing Teams Leadership Training series, which incorporates a streamline of training sessions sustained through incremental behaviour change, and was conducted with multiple CMHO agencies in 2021.

Youth Wellness Hub Ontario (YWHO) is a provincial initiative with 14 established integrated youth service hubs across the province. This webinar will describe the features of the YWHO model, with a particular focus on the implementation of measurement-based care within clinical services for youth between the ages of 12 and 25. In addition, this webinar will highlight the importance of including measurements that are meaningful and sensitive to youth’s goals and developmental stages.

Kinark will present best and leading practices in their efforts to improve their clinical service delivery system for children and youth with complex mental health needs. Kinark’s journey over the past 7 years has included a redevelopment of the clinical staffing structure, standardized assessment procedures, and evidence-based intervention practices. In addition, Kinark introduced measurement-based care tools and procedures and implemented a competency-based supervision model. Lessons learned for the sector will be shared.

Parental mental health is often an unintentionally overlooked element of children’s mental health. Facilitating a safe space for parents to explore their own mental health, and to seek help if they need it, can have a positive impact on their child. Leanne created ParentalMental.com to support this idea.

This 90-minute session will present the lived experience perspective on pursuing treatment for a parent’s mental health concerns and for a child with an ADHD diagnosis. The session will provide insights on how a parent with a late-life diagnosis parents a child with ADHD while managing both of their health conditions. The session will also touch on the notion that parents who seek help, at any age, with undiagnosed mental health concerns, can benefit the entire family.