Events Calendar

Nonviolent Communication
Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Lessons in Honesty, Empathy, and Self-Care
Marion Little | JHS

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Date: January 24, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

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

Course Description:

Do you wish you could find your way “home” in the middle of conflict?
Do you wish it was easier to find solutions when you’re stressed?
Do you wish it was easier to diffuse tension and drama?

Using the Wizard of Oz story as metaphor, you will be introduced to conflict resolution skills based on compassionate "Nonviolent Communication” or NVC (Rosenberg 1999, 2015). You will learn practical strategies for bringing choice, honesty, empathy, and self-care into moments of tension and frustration. Our morning session will explore core concepts and possible applications. During the afternoon, we will apply the NVC process to real-life scenarios. Our focus throughout the day will be on effective self-empathy as a foundation for effective communication, conflict resolution, and client support.

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Motivational Interviewing
Cheryl Robinson | FourCAST
Jennifer Bain and Paul Schauber | CMHA HKPR

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Dates: 

January 30, 2019 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST
February 27, 2019 | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Sisson Room
347 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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Game-Bling: When Gaming Meets Gambling
Steve Keller | YMCA

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Revised Date: February 5, 2019 | 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

Peterborough Lions Community Centre | Lions Den (Basement)
347 Burnham St.
Peterborough, ON K9H 1T5

The entrance to the Lions Den is on the far left of the Lions Centre on the east side. The Den is located in the basement of the building.

Course Description:

The Game-Bling Workshop aims to develop and enhance critical thinking by exploring the impact of technology on the gambling market, the blurred lines between gaming and gambling and underage ‘gambling’ opportunities (e-sports, fantasy sports, ‘gambling’ in video games, skins, loot crates/supply drops, freemium gaming/in-app purchases, skins betting, etc.). In this workshop, warning signs of problematic behaviours including excessive video gaming, technology use, social gaming and gambling are discussed. Harm reduction strategies and support resources are provided.

Learn more about the ESRB and how ratings on games are not legal limits (versus limits on gambling, drinking, and smoking), but are in essence forms of harm reduction because they are intended to inform the buyer of the content that exists in the game they are purchasing.

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This session will provide participants with an in-depth look at the rules and regulations surrounding non-medical cannabis use in Ontario. Participants will leave this session with an understanding of the regulatory framework governing cannabis possession, consumption, distribution, and cultivation.

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Harm Reduction in Practice
Chris Jardin | PARN

Date: October 31, 2018 | 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EST

Location:

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

Course Description:

An in-depth look at harm reduction as a foundational model for health and social services. This interactive multimedia course will invite participants to engage in several core principles that comprise harm reduction as related to substance use. Through large and small group discussion and various group and individual exercises, participants will cultivate a more concrete understanding of harm reduction and work to develop an assortment of tools and strategies to better implement harm reduction practically in their professional and personal lives.

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