Calendar Canada.Oct. 13-14: 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). : Motivating Clients to Change Addictive ad·dic·tive adj. 1. Causing or tending to cause addiction. 2. Characterized by or susceptible to addiction. addictive ( Behaviour; Toronto Advanced Professional Education; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 13-14: Continuing Education: Chronic Illness, Loss and Grief; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 13-14: Continuing Education: Art Therapy for Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 20-21: Continuing Education: Personality and Other Disorders; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 20-21: Continuing Education: Domestic Violence: Introduction; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 27-28: Continuing Education: Solution-Focused Spirituality; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 27-28: Continuing Education: Trauma Practice; TAPE Educational Services; Toronto; www.tapestudies.com 416-929-3396 Oct. 30-Nov. 1: Mental Health Research Showcase; Banff, AB; Alberta Mental Health Board and BC Mental Health and Addictions; 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; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 3-4: End of Life Interventions; Social Work; Un. of Toronto; www.socialwork, utoronto.ca Nov. 3-4: Continuing Education: 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; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 6-8: National Conference: Alzheimer Society of Canada; Toronto; www.alzheimer.ca/english Nov. 6, 13, 20 & 27: Mindfulness mindfulness, n the capacity to maintain nonjudgmental attentiveness to the present moment. for Clinicians; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; 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. ; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 9-11: International Multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. Conference: Spirituality and Health; Vancouver; www.interprofessional.ubc.ca Nov. 11-12: Ontario Adoption Conference: Toronto; Adoption Council of Ontario; 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; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; 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 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Nov. 15-18: Nursing Research Conference: Victoria; www.Confmanager.com Nov. 16-17: Seminar: Working With Impossible Clients; Moncton, NB; fsmoncton@rogers.com Nov 16-17: Mental Health Recovery Conference: Toronto; Community Resource Connections and the Family Outreach and Response; www.crct.org/events Nov. 16-17: Principles of Trauma Treatment; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; 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 h 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; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; 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. 24: Facilitating Group Therapy; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; 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 erotic /erot·ic/ (e-rot´ik) 1. charged with sexual feeling. 2. pertaining to sexual desire. e·rot·ic adj. 1. Of or concerning sexual love and desire. and the Domestic; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Nov. 30: The Secrets of Excellent Communication: How to Be a (More) Brilliant Communicator; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org 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 Adj. 1. behavioural - of or relating to behavior; "behavioral sciences" behavioral 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 psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. ; Toronto; Leading Edge Seminars; leadingedgeseminars.org Dec. 4-6: Ontario Tobacco Control Conference: 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 1-800-558-8976 or visit www.crisis prevention.com. Dec. 6-8: Social Enterprise Canada Conference: 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 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 A spectrum disorder in psychiatry is hard to define precisely but is a mental disorder having something to do with a spectrum of subtypes or closely related disorders. The spectrum model is proposed as a more coherent way of understanding psychiatric symptomatology. : Health Sciences Centre; Winnnipeg; www.hsc.mb.ca/autismprogram |
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