Gambling and Gaming Harms: Ontario Professional Development Forum
May 9th and 10th, 2019 ⃒ Downtown Toronto, Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel
Early bird rate closes Friday March 15th.
This year’s Forum focus is “bringing together clinicians and community partners to reduce harms from gambling and gaming”.
Whether you have been supporting people with gambling problems for years or you are new to the field, changes in the gambling landscape, emerging technologies, the blurring of gaming and gambling, and new insights into concurrent disorders all indicate a need for updated approaches to treatment and engagement.
What can you expect at this year's forum?
Opening Keynote
Carlo DiClemente, PhD, ABPP
Trans-theoretical model of behaviour change (stages of change)
Panels
- Supporting clients with problem gambling and concurrent mental health disorders
- Current trends in youth gambling, gaming, technology use and cannabis
Clinical and community-focused breakout sessions
Closing Keynote
Diana Tikasz, MSW, RSW
Compassion fatigue and resilience in the helping professions
This year's event is hosted by the Gambling, Gaming and Technology Use Knowledge Exchange at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Gambling Research Exchange Ontario.
For more information and to register, click here.