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Mental Heath Training

Education & Professional Development

 

Ontario College Graduate Certificate received, specializing in                         Sept.  2019- Aug. 2020 

Mental Health & Disability Management 

Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON

Course work:

  • Foundations of Mental Health 

  • Foundations of Disabilities  

  • Intervention Strategies Working With Disabilities    

  • Intervention Strategies Working With Mental Health 

  • Pharmacology for Non-Medical Health Professionals  

  • Intervention Strategies Working with Disabilities & Mental Health

  • Working With Families With Disabilities    

  • Capstone Project    

  • Mental Health & Disability Management Field Placement Preparation    

  • Legal Implications & Brain Disorders    

  • MHDM: Field Placement Case Studies

  • MHDM: Field Placement Independent Study

Micro-Certification in Certified Practitioner of                                                    Sept.  2022- Dec. 2022  

Multi-Sensory Environments received

Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON

 

Course work:

  • HMNS 10163: Certified Practitioner of Multi-Sensory Environments -Theory

  • HMNS 10164: Certified Practitioner of Multi-Sensory Environments- Experiential

OCASI: Creating Positive Spaces for LGBTQIA+ Newcomers Level 1                              Jan. 15- Feb. 18/24

BC Campus FLO Friday: Where to Position Positionality in Your Work                                              Dec.8/23

National Newcomer Navigation Network: Building Resilience: Navigating                                     Dec. 6/23

the Long-term Impact of Trauma

OCASI: LGBTQIA+ Muslims & Mental Health                                                                                     Dec. 1/23

 

BC Campus FLO Micro Course: Bringing the Practice of Positionality into                                   Dec. 4-8/23

Teaching & Learning

BC Campus FLO Micro Course: A Trauma-informed Approach to Your Syllabus          Oct. 30- Nov. 3/2023

Fact from Fiction -Unpacking Gender, Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom                       Oct. 20/2023

FNUC: ICEC: Trauma-informed Care through an Indigenous Lens                                              August 2023

Hong Fook MHA: Journey to Promote Mental Health webinar:                                                  Mar. 28/2023

Eating Well for Mental Health

TESL ON: TESL Ontario: Multi-Sensory Learning in an Online Context                                      Feb. 22/2023

Understanding Mental Health in Muslim Communities                                                                January 2023

(Cardiff University: Future Learn)

Bow Valley College: Vicarious Trauma in the Classroom Toolkit (Pilot)                                   Oct.- Dec. 2022

 

TESL Durham:  Yoga, Networking & a "Vicarious Trauma in the Classroom" Workshop                Nov. 2022

 

IRMHP-CAMH: Classroom Best Practices When Working With                                                        Aug. 2022

Survivors of War & Torture

IRMHP: Special Populations Course: Yazidi Refugees                                                           July- August 2022

TESL Ottawa: Working with ELL Students Who May Have Undiagnosed                                         Mar. 2022

Learning Disabilities

OCASI: Supporting Clients with Traumatic Past                                                                                 Mar. 2022                                           

National Newcomer Navigation Network: An Introduction to Trauma Informed                             Mar. 2022

Care When Working With Newcomers

IRMHP-CAMH: Supporting the Mental Health & Resettlement of Afghan Refugees                     Feb. 2022

LSAC: January 2022 eKeynote: "Helping Learners Build Back Better: Resilience                            Jan. 2022

During and After the Pandemic"

National Newcomer Navigation Network: What is Normal, What is Disability?                              Dec. 2021

National Newcomer Navigation Network: IWK: Trauma-informed Care Series                      Nov.-Dec. 2021

Mohawk College: Accessible Learning Services: Dichotomy of Empowerment                              Nov. 2021

& Vulnerability

IRMHP-CAMH: Physical & Mental Health of Yazidi Refugees & Implications                                   Nov. 2021

for Best Practices

Mohawk College: Accessible Learning Services: Chronic Illnesses & Invisible Disabilities             Nov. 2021

National Newcomer Navigation Network: 'The Guitar in The Ceiling' Exploring                            Oct. 2021

Music, Trauma, & Healing

IRMHP-CAMH: Lessons from Setting a Unique Model of Care & Advocacy                                    Oct. 2021

BC Campus FLO: Teaching with a Trauma-informed Lens Course                                                   Sept. 2021

LSAC Septemer eKeynote 'Mental Health & Academic Performance in                                         Sept. 2021

Post-secondary Education: Sociodemographic Risk Factors & Links to Childhood Adversity

National Newcomer Navigation Network: A tool to support connection,                                       Aug. 2021

learning, & collaboration across sectors to improve social & health outcomes

among Newcomers to Canada webinar

National Newcomer Navigation Network: CAMH: Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious                       Aug. 2021

Trauma & Burnout webinar

Alberta Health Services Trauma Informed Care (TIC) for Health Professionals                    July-August 2021

Module 1: What is Trauma Informed Care?

Module 2: What is Trauma?

Module 3: Disaster Response

Module 4: Loss & Grief After Trauma

Module 5: Trauma in Human Service Workers

Module 6: Emotional Literacy

Coursera: University of Toronto: The Social Context of Mental                                               May- June 2021

Health & Illness   

UBC: Teach Mental Health                                                                                                            Apr.-June 2021

CESBA: Making Ally a Verb: Inclusion of Two Spirit & LGBTQIA+ Peoples                                      Mar. 2021

 

CAMH-IRMHP: Culturally-grounded anger management for immigrants:                                       Feb. 2021

A collaborative approach

Fostering Queer & Trans Inclusive Environments Training                                                                 Oct. 2020

The 519

LivingWorks START, Learning the TASC Steps                                                                                     Oct. 2020

LivingWorks

IATEFL Webinar: Mental health, Resilience & COVID-19                                                                    July 2020

CMHA: Understanding Your Mental Health During COVID-19                                                           July 2020

 

HIPC, MHWG Webinar: Mental Health: Your Client & You                                                                 July 2020

Coping With Pressures & Setting Boundaries

Mohawk College MSE, Multi-sensory Training                                                                                  Apr.  2020  

Immigrant & Refugee Mental Health Course (Settlement/SSW)                                              Jan.-Feb.  2020

IRMHP-CAMH

Non-violent Crisis Intervention Training                                                                                               Oct. 2019

Mohawk College, Introduction to Mental Health                                                                       May-Aug. 2019

Algonquin College, Abnormal Psychology                                                                                 Apr.- Jun. 2019

SafeTALK Training- Living Works                                                                                                           May 2019

Teaching Languages Online to Refugees & Displaced People                                                         Feb. 2019

(Amal Learning) 

Defending Dignity: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights                                                       Feb. 2019

(Amnesty International)

Understanding Anxiety, Depression, & CBT                                                                                       Feb. 2019

(University of Reading: FutureLearn)

Professional Resilience: Building Skills to Thrive                                                                                 Oct. 2018

(Deakin University: FutureLearn)

Teaching Students Who Have Suffered Complex Trauma                                                                  July 2018

(Queensland University of Technology: FutureLearn)

Volunteering with Refugees [CRISIS Classroom]                                                                                  July 2018

(Cambridge English Assessment: FutureLearn)

Working Supportively with Refugees: Principles, Skills, &                                                         May-June 2018

Perspectives (University  of Glasgow: FutureLearn)

Trauma-informed Practice                                                                                                                  March 2017

Mental Health Commission of Canada                                                                                     November 2015

Mental Health First-aid certification

Brock University , St Catharines, ON.,                                                                                   January 26th, 2013

Certificate in Reflective Practice

Conestoga College, Kitchener, ON.                                                                                    Jan. 2007-Apr. 2007

Completed an online course on Adult Literacy Learning             .


Mohawk College                                          

Completed an online course in Developmental Psychology                                                     Apr.-Aug. 2007                                                                                

Completed an online course in Teaching Adults with Learning Disabilities.                         Sept.-Dec. 2006                                  

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