2023 CMHO In-Person Conference
2023 CMHO Conference
DATE | November 19 – 21, 2023
VENUE | Marriott Eaton Centre, CF Toronto Eaton Centre
ADDRESS | 525 Bay Street Toronto, ON M5G 2L2
TOGETHER FOR TOMORROW
Advancing quality, equity, and access in child and youth mental health.
Coming out of the pandemic, the mental health needs of Ontario’s infants, children, youth, and families have never been greater. Looking back on lessons learned and innovations in service delivery over the pandemic, we have an opportunity as system leaders to come together for a better tomorrow and to co-create a child and youth mental health system that provides timely and equitable access to high-quality mental health care for all Ontario families.
We are excited to be coming together in person again for North America’s largest child and youth mental health conference from November 19-21, 2023! With the goal of building a stronger mental health system for infants, children, and youth, this conference convenes leaders from community-based child and youth mental health centres and key system partners, including those from hospitals, primary care, education, child welfare, youth justice, adult mental health, and youth and families with lived expertise. The conference provides an opportunity to highlight evidence-based practices, share knowledge and experiences, and build on our collective efforts to improve outcomes for infants, children, and youth, together with their families.
REGISTRATION
For complete conference details, schedule and to register, please visit the CMHO website.
Conference Sessions presented by Angela Geddes
A Complicated and Beautiful Brain
When things are not quite what they seem…
Understanding the need for more comprehensive and multi-disciplinary screening and assessment to place individuals and families on a path to more helpful, relevant, and cost-effective supports.
Angela Geddes and guests with lived experience; both individuals and caregivers.
Goal: To help increase skills and capacity for Social Workers and assessment practitioners to be better positioned to identify when the emotional, and behavioural difficulties that we are seeing in the people we support may be more to do with developmental trauma and prenatal exposures and not always related to parenting challenges, and adverse childhood experiences.