Calendar Canada.Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Mental Health Research Showcase; Alberta Mental Health Board and BC Mental Health and Addictions; Banff, AB; www.amhb.ab.ca Nov. 2-3: Dimensions of Suicide; Waterloo Region Suicide Prevention Suicide prevention is an umbrella term for the collective efforts of mental health practitioners and related professionals to reduce the incidence of suicide through proactive preventive measures. Council; www.thesupportnetwork.com Nov. 2-3: Non-verbal Learning Disabilities: Issues in Assessment, Diagnosis and Management; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 3-4: End of Life Interventions; Social Work; Un. of Toronto; www.socialwork, utoronto.ca Nov. 3-4: Continuing Education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). : Domestic Violence: The Impact on Women and Children: TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 3-4: Continuing Education: Group Approaches with Trauma Survivors; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 5-8: Conference: Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada; Ottawa; www.cdpac.ca Nov. 5-8: Annual Conference: Making Gains in Mental Health and Addictions; Toronto: www.ontario.cmha.ca Nov. 6-7: Working with Hard-to-Reach Adolescents; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 6-8: National Conference: Alzheimer Society of Canada; Toronto; www.alzheimer.ca/english Nov. 6, 13, 20 & 27: Mindfulness for Clinicians; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov, 9-10: Brain Functioning and Psychopathology psychopathology /psy·cho·pa·thol·o·gy/ (-pah-thol´ah-je) 1. the branch of medicine dealing with the causes and processes of mental disorders. 2. abnormal, maladaptive behavior or mental activity. ; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto: leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 9-11: International Multidisciplinary Conference: Spirituality and Health; Vancouver; www.interprofessional.ubc.ca Nov. 11-12: Ontario Adoption Conference: Adoption Council of Ontario; Toronto; www.adoption.on.ca Nov. 12-14: International Conference: Interpersonal Psychotherapy interpersonal psychotherapy Psychiatry A semistructured treatment in which the Pt is educated about depression and depressive Sx, and the Pt's relation to the environment, especially social functioning; unlike traditional psychotherapy, IP focuses on the present ; Toronto; www.cme.utoronto.ca Nov. 12-15: Global Microcredit microcredit, the extension to poor individuals of small loans to be used for income-generating activities that will improve the borrowers' living standards. The loans, which may be as little as $20 for very poor borrowers in some developing countries, typically are Summit; Halifax; www.globalmicrocreditsummit2006.org Nov. 13-14: Leadership from the Inside Out: Core Skills for Managers; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 13-16: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Quebec City (Sainte-Foy); taught in french; For more information please call 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Nov. 14-17: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Toronto; For more information please call 1-800.556-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Nov. 15-18: Conference: Nursing Research; Victoria; www.Confmanager.com Nov 16-17: Mental Health Recovery Conference: Community Resource Connections and the Family Outreach and Response; Toronto; www.crct.org/events Nov. 16-17: Group Facilitation Facilitation The process of providing a market for a security. Normally, this refers to bids and offers made for large blocks of securities, such as those traded by institutions. ; Art and Science of Participation; B.C.; bernshaw@islandnet.com 250-382-0075 ica-associates.ca Nov. 16-17: Seminar: Working With Impossible Clients; Moncton, NB; fsmoncton@rogers.com Nov. 16-17: Principles of Trauma Treatment; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 17-18: Continuing Education: Brief Treatment of Addictions; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 17-18: Continuing Education: Adult Mental Health Workshop I: Integrating Theory and Practice; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 17-18: Continuing Education: Mediation Theory; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 17-18: Continuing Education: A Solution-Focused Approach to Working with Children and Adolescents; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 17-19: Justice Committee Conference: Strathcona County Youth Justice Committee and Alberta Solicitor General An officer of the U.S. Justice Department who represents the federal government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The solicitor general is charged with representing the Executive Branch of the U.S. government in cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. and Public Security; www.solgen.gov.ab.ca/events Nov. 18: Social Work in Gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. , Social Work; Un. of Toronto; www.socialwork.utoronto.ca Nov. 19-21: Conference: Diverse Voices: Family Violence; Edmonton; www.diverse-voices.com Nov. 19-22: World Forum on Child Welfare; Vancouver; www.worldforum2006.ca Nov. 20: Creative Interventions for Bereaved be·reaved adj. Suffering the loss of a loved one: the bereaved family. n. One or those bereaved: The bereaved has entered the church. Children and Children of Divorce; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 23-24: Conference: Acquired Brain Injury A neurological condition, Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) is damage to the brain acquired after birth. It usually affects cognitive, physical, emotional, social or independent functioning and can result from traumatic brain injury (i.e. accidents, falls, assaults, etc. Network; Toronto; www.abinetwork.ca Nov. 23-24: Measuring Up Success; Group Facilitation; Regina, Saskatchewan; Cawley@siast.sk.ca 306-798-1270 Nov. 24: Facilitating Group Therapy; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars org Nov. 24-25: Continuing Education: The Legal Aspects of Adoption in Ontario; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 24-25: Continuing Education: Critical Skills and Issues for Managing in the Human Services; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Nov. 27-28: Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 29-30: Group Facilitation Skills; Toronto; ica@ica-associates.ca 416-691-2316 Nov. 30: The Secrets of Excellent Communication: How to Be a (More) Brilliant Communicator; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov 30-Dec 1: Measuring Up Success; Saskatoon Saskatoon (săskət  n`), city (1991 pop. 186,058), S central Sask., Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. ; Cawley@siast.sk.ca 306-798-1270 Dec. 1-2: Continuing Education: Problems in Learning and Development; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Dec. 1-2: Continuing Education: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Dec. 1-2: Continuing Education: Solution-Focused Approaches to Addictions; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Dec. 1-2: Personality and Psychotherapy; Leading Edge Seminars; Toronto; leadingedgeseminars.org Dec. 4-6: Conference: Ontario Tobacco Control; Niagara Falls Niagara Falls, waterfall, United States and Canada Niagara Falls, in the Niagara River, W N.Y. and S Ont., Canada; one of the most famous spectacles in North America. The falls are on the international line between the cities of Niagara Falls, N.Y. ; www.exporeg.com/otc2006 Dec. 5-8: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Edmonton; For more information please call 1-800-5568976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 6-8: Conference: Social Enterprise Canada; Vancouver; www.socialenterprise.ca Dec. 8-9: Continuing Education: Neurodevelopmental Issues in Children; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Dec. 8-9: Continuing Education: Working with Perpetrators of Domestic Violence; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Dec. 8-9: Continuing Education: Negotiation Theory and Practice; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Dec. 12-15: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Ottawa; For more information please call 1-800.558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 18-21: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Winnipeg; For more information please call 1-800-558.8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 18-21: Learn crucial verbal intervention skills and prevent crisis situations. Crisis Prevention Institute in Vancouver; For more information please call 1-800.558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. 2007 Jan. 31-Feb. 1: Conference: Attachment & Healing Child Welfare Trends Facing Aboriginal Children & Families; Ranch Ehrlo Society; Regina, SK; www.ehrio.com Feb. 8-9: Social Cognition Social cognition is the study of how people process social information, especially its encoding, storage, retrieval, and application to social situations. Social cognition’s focus on information processing has many affinities with its sister discipline, cognitive psychology. and Autism autism (ô`tĭzəm), developmental disability resulting from a neurological disorder that affects the normal functioning of the brain. It is characterized by the abnormal development of communication skills, social skills, and reasoning. Spectrum Disorders; Health Sciences Centre; Winnipeg; www.hsc.mb.ca/autismprogram Feb. 23-26: Beginning Level Training in Somatic Experiencing Somatic Experiencing is a form of therapy aimed at relieving and resolving the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental and physical trauma-related health problems by focusing on the client’s perceived body sensations (or somatic experiences). ; Moose Jaw Moose Jaw, city (1991 pop. 33,593), S central Sask., Canada. It is a railroad and distribution center, with oil refineries, meatpacking and dairy-processing plants, flour, lumber, and woolen mills, stockyards, and Canada's largest jet-training base. , SK; www.traumahealing.cem Feb. 28-Mar. 2: Conference: Committee of Youth Officers for the Province of Ontario; Niagara Falls; www.coyo.on.ca Mar. 7-10: International Conference: Victoria; www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/ Mar. 8-10: International Conference: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) describes a continuum of permanent birth defects caused by maternal consumption of alcohol during pregnancy, which includes, but is not limited to Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). ; Victoria; www.interprofessional.ubc.ca Mar. 15-17: International Conference: The Rights of the Child; Faculty of Law, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa Mar. 21-24: Canadian Conference: Men's Health Men's Health Definition Men's health is concerned with identifying, preventing, and treating conditions that are most common or specific to men. ; Victoria; www.menshealthcanada.ca Mar. 21-23: The Greying Nation: Transitions of care in later life; Edmonton; www.capitalhealth.ca/greyingnation April 18-21: National Conference: CED (Capacitance Electronic Disc) An earlier videodisc technology from RCA that was released in 1981 and abandoned five years later. Like phonograph records, the analog disc contained grooves that a stylus rode over. and the Social Economy; St John's, NL; www.ccednet-rcdec.ca June 10-15: World Conference: Health Promotion and Health Education; International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE IUHPE International Union for Health Promotion and Education ); Vancouver; www.iuhpeconference.org June 11-15: International Union for Health Promotion and Education Conference; Vancouver; www.iuhpeconference.org/ June 16-19: (Four concurrent) International Conferences: Disability, Aging & Technology; Toronto; www.ficdat.ca June 18-21: Transport Canada Transport Canada is the department within the government of Canada which is responsible for developing regulations, policies and services of transportation in Canada. History Intergovernmental Affairs and Accessibility; Montreal, Quebec City; www.tc.gc.ca/transed2007 Highlight your conference or workshop and include up to 40 words. Contact us for information. 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