From: Doug McCall [dmccall@cash-aces.ca]

Sent: October-06-09 9:14 PM

To: shknowledge@gmail.com

Subject: School Health Knowledge Network October Update & Fall Webinar Schedule

Attachments: dmccall.vcf

Dear Colleague:

This month’s update on activities of the Canadian School Health Knowledge Network brings some good news as well as some continuing concern about the influenza outbreak in several schools and communities. To learn more about these and other items, go to our wiki-based version of our monthly SH report, Knowledge Matters.

When you visit that page, don’t forget to sign up with the wiki platform (www.wetpaint.com) and then join the wiki that is based at that site www.canadianschoolhealth.ca using the controls found at the upper right hand side of that page. Once you join, create a profile on the wiki and then you can select the pages that you want to “watch”. Using the settings in your profile, you can choose to receive email updates when we post our new monthly report. In the coming months, this update will be changed so that it is sent regularly through that wiki-based mechanism rather than these individual emails.

Also this month see the start of our annual series of over 30 webinars. Our first list scheduled sessions includes three sessions on implementation issues in substance abuse prevention while learning about three excellent programs:

• Family-based Programs working with Schools  October 22, 11:00 am (PT)
  Presenters: Susan Lalonde Rankin, Centre for addiction and Mental Health, FAST Lead (TBC), Patricia Jones, Director of Operations, Catholic Family Services, Calgary, AB, Lisa Harris, Supervisor, F&ST and F&STWORKS, Catholic Family Service of Calgary
  Session Summary: Strengthening Families Program  is a nationally and internationally recognized parenting and family strengthening program for high risk families. SFP is an evidence-based family skills training program found to significantly reduce problem behaviors, delinquency, and alcohol and drug abuse in children and to improve social competencies and school performance. Families and Schools Together (FAST) is a multi-family group intervention designed to build protective factors for children (4 to 12 years old) and empower parents to be the primary prevention agents for their own children. This presentation will share both information from the programs and also the challenges and successes of implementation.
  To register go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp
• DARE-ing to be an Influence! Two Prevention Programs October 27 11:00 PT, 2:00 PM (ET)
  Presenters: James Shedden, Prevention Coordinator, Addiction Services,
  Nova Scotia Health Promotion & Protection; Isabelle Bois, DARE Program Coordinator, RCMP
  Session Summary: This Webinar will provide information on both the programs and the challenges of  and preparation for implementation of the RCMP DARE “Keeping it Real” program as well as Nova Scotia’s Substance Abuse prevention program: “A Question of Influence”.  A Question of Influence is being evaluated as it is being implemented and James will share information about how implementation is going. This Curriculum is available on-line and downloadable free for educators.
  To register go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp
• Kids and Drugs: Critical Connections which Count! Nov. 3 11:00 (PT), 2:00 PM (ET)
  Presenters: Tami Reid, Provincial Prevention Consultant, Addiction Prevention, Alberta, S.Sgt. Ian Sanderson, RCMP; The Fourth R presenter Shanna Burns, Research Assistant and Educational coordinator, CAMH-Centre for Prevention Science
  Session Summary: This Webinar will provide information on two programs which look beyond the classroom for those connections which profoundly impact risk behaviours: The Fourth R (Relationships) from CAMH- Centre for Prevention Science, and Kids and Drugs: A Parent’s Guide to Prevention created as a joint project of Alberta Health Services-AADAC and the RCMP Drugs and Organized Crime Awareness Service.
  To register go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp

Our second series of webinars is part of a national training program to make health, safety and education programs more culturally relevant to Aboriginal youth, the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health has partnered with the Canadian Association for School Health to offer a series of Webinars at no cost, beginning in November, on engaging and empowering Aboriginal youth. Participants registering by October 25^th will receive a free copy of the newly released Aboriginal Youth Toolkit. To register go to the following site where you will be required to sign up for each Webinar independently:
Aboriginal Toolkit Webinars Registration Page

• Using Strength-Based Approaches with Aboriginal Youth Nov. 5th  11:00 (PT), 2:00 PM (ET)
  Presenters: Dr. Claire Crooks, CAMH, University of Western Ontario;  Shirley Tagalik, Educational Consultant, Arviat, NU
  Session Summary: A strength-based approach is critical for Aboriginal youth. The Canadian historical context is taken into account in a way that necessitates shifting perceived deficits away from youth and the focus instead is on the resilience many of these youth have demonstrated. An overall orientation to the webinar series will be provided.
  To register, go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp?Page=WebinarReg_Sponsored
• Integrating Cultural Identity  Nov. 12^th  11:00 (PT), 2:00 ((ET)
  Presenter: Shelley Cardinal, Victoria, B.C.Aboriginal Consultant, RespectEd, Violence and Abuse Prevention, Canadian Red Cross
  Session Summary: Dr. Crooks will introduce this principle and orient participants to this section of the toolkit for more information and strategies. Guest Presenter Shelley Cardinal, will provide a Case Study approach by sharing some of the challenges and successes from the Walking the Prevention Circle program, an innovative, culturally-relevant community-based community mobilization approach.
  To register, go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp?Page=WebinarReg_Sponsored
• Increasing and Broadening Youth Engagement Nov. 19^th 11:00 PT, 2:00 PM (ET)
  Presenters: Kesha Laroque and Tenille Thomson, Saskatoon, SK, CRU or Youth Launch / The Centre of Excellence for Youth Engagement and Charlene Camillo, London, ON CAMH Centre for Prevention Science, Christy McDonald, Winnipeg, MB TERF program, New Directions
  Session Summary: Charlene Camillo will introduce this principle and orient participants to this section of the toolkit for more information and strategies. The guest presenter from CRU will provide information on the successes and challenges of their work engaging Aboriginal youth in a community-based setting. She will discuss challenges and opportunities for engaging youth across a spectrum of involvement levels. Christy McDonald will discuss the challenges and strategies of youth engagement encountered in her work with the TERF program, a comprehensive program to assist youth who are exiting the sex trade.
  To register, go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp?Page=WebinarReg_Sponsored

• Fostering Youth Empowerment to Make a Difference Thursday, Nov. 26^th 11:00 PT, 2:00 (ET)
  Presenter: Carey Calder, Ottawa, ON, Native Women’s Association of Canada
  Session Summary:  Dr. Crooks will introduce this principle and orient participants to this section of the toolkit for more information and strategies. Carey Calder will share her work with Native Women’s Association of Canada’s youth violence prevention program and its focus on empowering youth and girls in particular to work on decreasing violence in their communities.
  To register, go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp?Page=WebinarReg_Sponsored

• Establishing and Maintaining Effective Partnerships Dec. 3rd 11:00 (PT), 2:00 (ET)
  Presenter: Helenka Jedrzejowski, Vancouver, B.C.Vancouver Coastal Health
  Session Summary: Effective partnerships are considered to be a vital factor in providing enhanced services for Aboriginal youth. This final Webinar presentation will share many of the lessons learned along this often challenging pathway. Helenka will describe some of the partnership challenges and opportunities in the development and implementation of the Aboriginal Capacity Café model, an innovative initiative that involves numerous organizations contributing to a youth-driven empowerment initiative.
  To register, go to: http://cash-aces.ca/cshkn/cshkn_reg.asp?Page=WebinarReg_Sponsored

Launching the Canadian School Health Calendar

Watch for these webinars and other events on our new wiki-based Canadian School Health Calendar. If you have an event that you would like to share with over 2900 people on this email list, please post it on that calendar. Simply go to that page, click on the easy edit button and add your event on the calendar. (Don’t worry about formatting, we will fix any problems when we are notified of your posting by the web site)

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