Strengthening Understanding – Enhancing Care

March 27^th, 2007

Keynote Speech: Hope and Coping – Adaptation to Serious Illness
Dr. Molyn Leszcz Arial – Psychiatrist-in-Chief, Mount Sinai Hospital
Associate Professor and Head, Group Psychotherapy University of Toronto

Help Me, Don’t Help Me – Making Sense of Conflict
Dr. Mara Goldstein – Psychiatric Emergency Services, St. Michaels Hospital,
Lecturer, University of Toronto

Case Study: Liz Creal , MSW, RSW
Casey House Residential/Community Programs

Exploring Cultural Competence
Joan Lesmond – RN, BScN, MSN, Ed.D(c), Director, Professional / Clinical Practice & Chief Nursing Executive, Casey House

Suicide Risk and Assessment – Emergency Interventions
Dr. Ian Dawe – Director of Psychiatric Emergency Services, St. Michaels Hospital, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto

Substance Use – Crystal Meth: An Update – Past, Present and Future
Nick Boyce – ACT, Gay Men’s Harm Reduction Coordinator, Toronto Gay/Bisexual Men’s Crystal Meth Task Force

Psycho-social Concerns for Immigrant Women Living with HIV/ AIDS
Julie Maggi – MD, MSc, FRCP Assistant Professor, Psychiatry - University of Toronto

Case Study: Katie Connolly, RN, BScN, BPHE
Casey House Community Programs

Conversations in Care

Tuesday, March 4^th, 2008

Welcome – Stephanie Karapita, CEO, Casey House

Keynote Speech: Dialogue as Treatment – Communication in Palliative Care
Dr. Robert Buckman, Medical Oncologist - Princess Margaret Hospital

Motivational Interviewing: Inviting Conversations - Considering Change
David J. Brennan, MSW, PhD
Exploring skills and tools to facilitate communication with clients who are considering ways to make desired changes.

Locating Hope and Resilience – A Time for Renewal
Terry Simonik, RN, Med
Reflections on finding resilience within the day to day concerns of providing compassionate care for those living with serious long term illness.

Balancing Therapeutic Communication, Radical Acceptance and Change
Shelley McMain, PhD, CPsych
Conversations in change - balancing therapeutic strategies, communication, acceptance and validation.

Group Process: Creating a Space for Meaningful Conversation
Susan Farrow, OT, and Karen Feinstein, MA
Considerations in facilitating meaningful conversations with awareness of process within group.