Events Calendar

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First Stage Trauma Treatment
Cheryl Robinson and Katie Lamport | FourCAST

Date: March 22, 2018 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Sisson Room
347 Burnham St.
Peterborough, ON K9H 1T5

Course Description:

This one-day interactive workshop will be delivered through the Question of Care project, in collaboration with FourCAST. Participants will explore new ways to integrate trauma informed practice into their work and share safety and stabilization techniques with clients. The workshop is intended for social workers, addiction counsellors, mental health case managers, nurses, shelter workers, or anyone in a helping profession.

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Do you have questions about cannabis and its impact on our health? This session will explore current research and evidence regarding the health effects of cannabis for both medical and non-medical use. Current data around cannabis use prevalence in Canada will be reviewed, as well as special considerations for specific populations, including individuals with a history of mental health issues.

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Improving Services for LGBT+ Populations
anya gwynne | PARN

Date: April 11, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Sisson Room
347 Burnham St.
Peterborough, ON K9H 1T5

Course Description:

This course provides information for service providers to feel more confident, competent and comfortable providing services to people with diverse gender identities and expressions or whose sexual orientation may be different than the majority. Stigma and marginalization impact an individual’s health and well-being in many ways and affects whether that person will access services when they are in need of them. We want to help agencies to become more accessible, places of welcome for the communities we serve.

For over 15 years, the Rainbow Youth Program has been providing educational workshops for service providers, including health care professionals, law enforcement, social services and educators, to increase knowledge about LGBT2-SIQA identities and raise awareness about the impacts of homonegativity and transphobia. These workshops are grounded in a strength-based, interactive learning approach, including group work, video and capacity building activities. We work to creating a positive learning environment that allows for asking questions, recognizing new perspectives, and building skills for allyship and best practice care.

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Addictions 101: Exploring Substance Use and Gambling
Cheryl Robinson and Katie Lamport | FourCAST

Date: April 17, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Sisson Room
347 Burnham St.
Peterborough, ON K9H 1T5

Course Description:

The session will cover information related to substance use, including viewing substance use on a continuum, substance use effects, how people make change, review of abstinence approach and harm reduction approach, recovery treatment options in Ontario, stamping out stigma and recovery concepts.

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Motivational Interviewing
Cheryl Robinson | FourCAST
Monica Farlow | PFHT

Date: April 29, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Sisson Room
47 Burnham St.
Peterborough, ON K9H 1T5

Course Description:

Join us for an introduction to Motivational Interviewing where we will explore how to enhance our conversation style with clients as they contemplate change. We will discuss topics such as how to explore ambivalence, roll with resistance, and elicit change-talk. Learn how to work within the Motivational Interviewing spirit where showing a genuine interest in the client’s perspective leads to further collaboration.

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