youth and children generally

For more information about this event, check out the link here: www.camh.ca/vapingtownhall

Presented by: Jennifer Richardson, MSW, RSW
Director, Provincial Anti-Human Trafficking Coordination Office, MCCSS

CPRI launches the 2019-2020 Education Catalogue

The in-person workshops and by-request clinical presentations support evidence-informed learning for individuals and organizations working in child and youth mental health and developmental services. Topics include:

ECHO Ontario Child and Youth Mental Health at CHEO is pleased to present Special Interest Topic Sessions on Gender Diversity.

For more information or to register, you can visit our website at: https://cheo.echoontario.ca/re...al-interest-clinics/

The Art of Recovery - Through Another Lens was a 10-week project at CMHA Toronto, where youth from the MOD Early Psychosis Intervention and Transitional Youth Program were invited to participate in a photojournalism group following the photovoice method. This approach was chosen as a way to engage youth to use photography as a visual representation to express their experiences, perspectives and thoughts around a certain topic or social issue.

Direct registration link: https://teach.camhx.ca/moodle/

The Schizophrenia Society of Ontario is pleased to announce our Let’s Talk Cannabis Youth Education Forum in Toronto has been scheduled for Wednesday, October 16!

Register here.

Do you live in Peterborough City or County?
Do you currently use cannabis?
Are you between the ages of 18-25?

Your experience matters to us!

The Peterborough Drug Strategy wants to know what supports you need to reduce the risks of cannabis to your health. We are hosting focus groups to study this.

Join us on Monday, October 28, 2019
from 5:30-7:00 PM or 7:30-9:00 PM
at the Peterborough Lions Community Centre
on 347 Burnham Street, Peterborough ON.

Facilitated by Liana Lowenstein, MSW, RSW

Working with difficult to engage clients can be frustrating and challenging, even for seasoned clinicians.  The challenge of working with younger clients in therapy can be further compounded by their fear of entering therapy, their lack of control over the decision to attend therapy, their feeling of being scapegoated for family problems, their lack of motivation for treatment, and their developmental capacity which can make it difficult for them to respond to traditional talk-therapy.

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Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

Why is it critical to engage underrepresented youth in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)? How can we widen and increase the participation of girls, racialized youth, and young people from low-income and marginalized communities in STEM programs?

Join us for this engaging and interactive discussion about the importance of providing equal access to STEM opportunities, and how these opportunities can be designed to engage youth not typically represented in STEM fields.

Learn how participation in STEM can:

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Research has yielded mixed findings about the relationship between hormonal contraceptive use and depression. The largest study to date on this topic — which included over one million women living in Denmark — concluded that women who are using the pill or other hormonal contraceptives are at an increased risk for depression.

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

How to Engage Adolescents in Psychotherapy: A 21st Century Perspective

September 20, 2019 - Half Day Training - 1:00 pm to 4:00 p.m.

Facilitator: Dr. M. Korenblum, FRCP(C), Dip.,

Leading the way in Mental Health Training and Education

Teenagers Today: What you need to know