Workshop Description:
DAY 1 Friday, November 3, 2017
Registration opens 7:30AM. Presentation begins 8:00AM.
Presenter: Stephen Epp, BHkin, MCISc OT
- Trauma Informed Practice
Topics include:
- traumatic stress reactions
- implementing trauma-informed practice
- correlations between traumatic brain injuries and traumatic stress
- basic strategies for supporting clients
- Understanding mental health and addiction systems of care in BC
Topics include:
- continuum of services and how to support clients in the community
- Concurrent Substance Use and Addictions
Topics include:
- models and theories explaining substance use and addictions
- the biopsychosocial spiritual model and the dislocation theory of substance use
- how implementation of harm reduction and/or abstinence perspectives align and differ
DAY 2 Saturday, November 4, 2017
Registration opens 8:00AM. Presentation begins 8:30AM.
Presenter: Dr. Daniel DeForge, MD., FRCPC
Topics include:
- Epidemiology of psychiatric illness in ABI vs. “normal population”
- Neuroanatomy of ABI & mental health
- Best practice guidelines
- Screening tools for identifying depression and other mental health concerns in ABI
- Evidence for restorative versus compensatory models of rehabilitation
- Medication options for ABI & mental health
Presenter: Dr. Bradley J. Hallam, Ph.D., R. Psych., ABPP
Topics include:
- A biopsychosocial model of mental health in ABI
- Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – consensus and controversy
- Neuroplasticity and ABI Mental Health
- Evidence-based psychotherapies and their application/adaptation for the ABI population
- Self-management versus psychotherapy
- Crisis management & safety planning
Coffee and tea will be available at registration. Catered lunch and morning/afternoon refreshments will be provided.