In this course, students develop their knowledge of ethical guidelines and practice in addictions and mental health within an inter-professional context. Students reflect on their individual scope of practice and build on their understanding and practice of effective and professional teamwork. Inter-professional and ethical challenges and dilemmas are analyzed in case scenarios, and ethical approaches are discussed. Students review certification options after graduation and develop personal plans and professional portfolios.
Students will acquire an understanding of principles of adult learning and therapeutic relationships in order to develop, implement and evaluate health promotion and disease prevention programs and strategies in the workplace. Students will acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to promote employee wellness through identification, management and prevention of work-related stress and burnout, acquire skills to assist employees to cope with bereavement and loss, facilitate Employee Assistance Programs, and provide crisis intervention and critical incident response, defusing and debriefing. Pre-Requisite - current Certificate of Registration from the College of Nurses of Ontario as an RN or RPN OR registered in the jurisdiction where you live.
Explore the Relationship between the individual and the family and the meaning of family within a socially diverse context. Examine the dynamics, changes and challenges within families, and enhance self-awareness regarding personal experiences, beliefs and values.
This course focuses on a multi-disciplinary examination of how mental health and addiction are viewed by society and how these perceptions influence society’s response to the practical and socio-political aspects of mental illness. Examine personal attitudes, societal myths, and stereotypes related to mental illness and addiction. Students will be challenged to critically reflect upon how their personal orientations and resulting behaviours about mental illness, addiction, and wellness impact their cultural, societal, and political beliefs. Critically examine mental illness and addiction as a social construct and contrast and compare assumptions of agency, normalcy, treatment, and recovery. Learn firsthand from those with mental illness, evaluate the effects of mental illness in special populations, including Indigenous people and the elderly, and apply their learning through health simulation activities.
Issues relating to addictions and mental health are highly prevalent in Canadian society. One in five Canadians will experience a mental illness in their lifetimes. The remaining four will have a friend, family member or colleague who will experience mental illness or addiction. One in ten Canadians aged fifteen years and older report symptoms consistent with alcohol or illicit drug dependence. About 20% of people with a mental disorder have a co-occurring substance use problem. As first responders, it is critical to possess knowledge, understanding and empathy about these topics. This course will address issues relating to the development of addictions, effects, signs and symptoms and response, as well as seeking to provide a greater understanding to the differences between mental health, mental illness and mental disorders. Finally, the course will familiarize students with concurrent disorders, a term used when a person has both a substance related disorder and a mental health disorder.
Students will examine models and elements of addiction including the addiction spiral, terminology and theoretical approaches to explaining and understanding addiction. Age, gender, ethnicity, culture, and geography will be examined in relation to cycles and forms of addiction. The course will provide students with an introduction to the use of assessment tools, client communication, interviewing and treatment planning. The intent of this course is to provide students with introductory knowledge on the signs and symptoms of addiction, including the physical and psychological components as examined through the lens of various screening and assessment inventories.
The focus of this course is to provide students with information on current treatment approaches and practices. Students will examine a selected range of treatment models, including Harm Reduction, the Matrix Model, Brief Solution Focused and Cognitive Models, as well as those approaches currently in use within the province. Relapse and relapse prevention will also be examined as part of this unit. Attention will be given to specific techniques that are utilized within these models.
The four units in this course will provide the students with an overview of the theory and skills related to the helping relationship process. The course will provide a theoretical framework for examining key concepts related to counselling activities and their application. The course will focus in the nature of the counselling relationship key issues and concerns, techniques for effective counselling interaction and skill building in the key ares of interpersonal communication. Attention will be given to counselling issues and concerns as they related to specific population issues. The course will also introduce basic record keeping within the context of the counselling relationship.
This course will focus on the specific drug families, their general features and the dynamics of the psychoactive drugs included in each classification. Attention will be given to commonly identified substances within each of the families (e.g. alcohol, heroin, marijuana) as well as the legal and illicit psychoactive drugs that have appeared in recent years.
For this capstone project, students will use skills and competencies obtained through their academic studies to translate addiction and mental health knowledge into practice. They will develop an addiction and mental health resource or practical tool based on a determined need that may be used for prevention or screening purposes, direct client education, clinic use, etc. Students will have the opportunity to determine their own special topic for this project; it will be based on need, current research and best practice. Students will work independently to complete this project, with support from the instructor. This capstone project will promote collaboration, community partnerships, prevention and health promotion in addiction and mental health.
This course is potentially available for registration.
PREREQUISITE: Acceptance into the Addiction and Mental Health Graduate Certificate.
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A comprehensive review of procedures for choosing and organizing curriculum for individuals with autism of various ages is provided. Students review basic behaviour principles and teaching strategies. Emphasis is placed on curriculum development such as the utilization of the Assessment of Basic Language and Learning Skills-R (ABLLS-R). Curriculum development is discussed with an emphasis on speech and language, social and play skills, daily living skills, and inclusion into less restrictive environments. This course includes mandatory group work. We recommend viewing the course schedule immediately upon logging into the course to view course and group work requirements. PREREQUISITES: OL445 Intro to Applied Behaviour Anaylsis, OL497 Intro to Autism Spectrum Disorder and OL678 Specialized Instructor Strategies
This course is potentially available for registration.
PREREQUISITE: Acceptance into the Autism and Behavioural Science Graduate Certificate.
Complete program application www.ontariocolleges.ca
To request to register for this course contact de@confederationcollege.ca
This course introduces the student to techniques for training others specifically to implement behaviour change plans (technology transfer). Students will learn and practice techniques for individual and group presentation formats for the training of families or professionals. Students will also learn how to maintain procedural integrity, use performance feedback, evaluate the effects of training, and understand the challenges that may impact before, during and after mediator training. Emphasis will be placed on in-class presentations and role-play practice. This course includes mandatory group work. We recommend viewing the course schedule immediately upon logging into the course to view course and group work requirements. Prerequisite: OL497 Intro to Autism Spectrum Disorder, OL445 Intro Applied Behaviour Analysis and OL477 Working with Families and Teams.
This course is potentially available for registration.
PREREQUISITE: Acceptance into the Autism and Behavioural Science Graduate Certificate.
Complete program application www.ontariocolleges.ca
To request to register for this course contact de@confederationcollege.ca