Upcoming Events

The Crisis Intervention & Communication Skills workshop will provide you with a strong baseline on how to intervene and help individuals who are in crisis. You will look at what grief is, and how someone can come out on the other side of grief, and grow. You will explore grief and stress caused by a one-time event, or a series of events, and look at coping with different individuals’ personalities, and how they may handle emotions, such as grief, differently.…

The Crisis Intervention & Communication Skills workshop will provide you with a strong baseline on how to intervene and help individuals who are in crisis. You will look at what grief is, and how someone can come out on the other side of grief, and grow. You will explore grief and stress caused by a one-time event, or a series of events, and look at coping with different individuals’ personalities, and how they may handle emotions, such as grief, differently.…

The Crisis Intervention & Communication Skills workshop will provide you with a strong baseline on how to intervene and help individuals who are in crisis. You will look at what grief is, and how someone can come out on the other side of grief, and grow. You will explore grief and stress caused by a one-time event, or a series of events, and look at coping with different individuals’ personalities, and how they may handle emotions, such as grief, differently.…

In the Intimate Partner Violence workshop, you will gain a thorough understanding of the impacts of intimate partner violence on relationships and the family. You will learn what the continuum of aggression and abuse looks like, control versus responsibility, and have a chance to analyze research that demonstrates the complexity of intimate partner violence and its risk factors. This workshop will define what intimate partner violence is, and how it can be hard to recognize. By evaluating and practicing specific…

In the Intimate Partner Violence workshop, you will gain a thorough understanding of the impacts of intimate partner violence on relationships and the family. You will learn what the continuum of aggression and abuse looks like, control versus responsibility, and have a chance to analyze research that demonstrates the complexity of intimate partner violence and its risk factors. This workshop will define what intimate partner violence is, and how it can be hard to recognize. By evaluating and practicing specific…

Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) is a two-day accredited interactive workshop in suicide first aid. ASIST teaches you to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide, and how to work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety. Although ASIST is widely used by healthcare providers, you don't need any formal training to attend the workshop—anyone can learn and use the ASIST model. ASIST is the most widely used, acclaimed, and researched suicide intervention…

In the Awareness of Self-Harming Behaviour workshop, you will gain a better understanding about self-harming behaviours. This workshop will provide you with the warning signs of individuals who self-harm, and some practical strategies to address the self-harming behaviour. You will address such areas as why some people self-harm, possible triggers, assess the individual's motivation to stop self-harming, and strategies to help the individual stop self-harming based upon their motivational level. ROOM: M130 Facilitated by: Charlene Eckstrom MA, RSW