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Managing Educator’s own Stress Responses in the Face of Trauma - TCS Speaker Series for Before and After School Educators

Intended For: Before and After School Educators

Date: Feb 04, 2026

Time: 09:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Fee: FREE


Current Availability: 0

Description

This session will explore the following key topics:

  • Managing stress responses as educators
  • Maintaining personal well-being in this challenging work by exploring our own biases, histories, and stress responses
  • Managing triggers in staff in response to challenging behaviors or traumatic experiences with clients
  • Understanding staff stress responses in the moment with a client and working within a team to support each other
  • Discuss techniques to calm our own nervous systems when dealing with traumatic events, client disclosures, or difficult behaviors.
  • Understanding trauma and vicarious trauma, including: 
    • What it is
    • Its impacts
    • Supporting colleagues experiencing vicarious trauma
    • Managing secondary/vicarious trauma    

Presenters: 

The George Hull Centre Institute of Childhood Trauma and Attachment was established in September 2019, building on the respected clinical legacy of the George Hull Centre for Children and Families.      Their founders—experienced mental health clinicians—recognized a growing need to support families facing complex trauma, multi-generational loss, and disrupted attachment. The message was clear: trauma must be addressed in a comprehensive and integrated way.

This event is part of a monthly series, with new topics and subject matter experts featured each month. 

Our January sessions take place every Wednesday from 9:30–11:00 AM on the following dates: January 14, 21, 28, and February 4. Each session is independent, covers different content, and requires separate registration.

Session Objective

  • Toronto Children's Services is hosting a monthly virtual speaker series designed for educators working in before and after school programs. Each month features subject matter experts who will guide us through critical conversations and practical strategies to cultivate belonging and help create inclusive environments where every child feels seen, heard, and valued.

Location: Online

Standards of practice

  • Caring and Responsive Relationships
  • Curriculum and Pedagogy
  • Safety, Health, and Well-Being in the Learning Environment
  • Professionalism and Leadership
  • Professional Boundaries, Dual Relationships, and Conflicts of Interest
  • Confidentiality, Release of Information and Duty to Report

Presented By: Shanice Denton (RECE),