youth and children generally

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The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition(OHSC) is an Ontario-wide, broad-based coalition, with members from public health units, school boards, hospitals, mental health agencies, universities, health-related organizations, education-related organizations, and parent and student organizations, working to promote healthy schools so students can achieve academic success and well-being.

MFHA-Adults Who Interact with Youth: Is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is youth (aged 14-25).  

Hi everyone,

Some pretty exciting news about Intersections in the Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) region! Youth Diversion (host agency of Intersections program) has received a $399 200 grant from the Trillium Foundation to support expansion of the program. You can read more about it here.

 Mental Health Education and Training for Professionals

 Mental Health Education and Training for Professionals

Mental Health Education and Training for Practitioners 

The Royal Society of Public Health in the UK has argued that social media's toll on young people's mental health warrants it being classified as a disease.  Read the article in the Guardian and the full report.

Education and training for mental health professionals

Medication and Problem Gambling Treatment: Understanding Uses, Benefits and Side Effects
Date: March 22 at 10:00 to 11:30
This 90-minute  interactive webinar explores the use of medications for the treatment of clients with gambling problems and concurrent disorders.  This webinar will be led by Dr. Daniela Lobo, MD, PhD, FRCPC.

Children at the Bedside: Preparing children for the death of someone close to them

Date: May 6, 2019

Presented by Joel Lamoure, RPh, DD, FASCP, Psychopharmacology Consultant at Child and Parent Resource Institute

This free webinar will focus on building capacity for the participant in child and youth psychopharmacology. We will explore a root cause therapeutic thought process assessment tool for medication interventions. Specific medication groupings, polymorphisms and epigenetics will also be discussed to allow evidence-based medicine to be translated into evidence-based decisions for the client receiving treatment.

Do you work with youth who are struggling to make changes in their lives?

Join us for this two-part interactive webinar series, which walks you through the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. Learn how you can apply this model to your practice to support youth to make difficult but necessary decisions in their lives.

Do you work with youth who are struggling to make changes in their lives?

Join us for this two-part interactive webinar series, which will walk you through the Transtheoretical Model of Behavior Change. Learn how you can apply this model to your practice to support youth to make difficult but necessary decisions in their lives.

Let’s Put UN General Comment 21 (2017) on Children in Street Situations to Work for Canadian Children and Youth! Join A Way Home Canada, the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness, the American Bar Association Commission on Homelessness & Poverty, Justice for Children and Youth and the Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children as we explore UN General Comment 21 on Children in Street Situations, as well as the newly released General Comment 21 Implementation Recommendations report.

The Immigrant and Refugee Mental Health Project presents:

Use of the emergency department as a first point of contact for mental health care by immigrant youth in Canada with Dr. Natasha Saunders.

Education and Training for Mental Health Professionals 

Are you an RSW or RSSW? if so, you can receive up to $500 in Funding for completion of a professional development activity. The current funding year ends August 31st, 2019.

To apply, visit www.swsswpdf.org