Web-Based Courses: Catalogue

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Course #1: Starting and Operating an Independent Professional Practice in Psychology

by Dr. Stephen Carter, C.Psych.

For many psychologists, the possibility of opening a private practice is an attractive but uncertain alternative to working in the public system.

Steve Carter has many years of experience as a private practitioner, and has designed this course to lead anyone interested in exploring this option through the many preparations and steps necessary to make that transition. He discusses what type of person will be most able to be a successful private practitioner. He lays out how to plan an office, what to buy. He stresses the importance of budgets, shareholder’s agreements, office policies and procedures. He deals in great depth with the importance of marketing in building a thriving practice. He attempts to make sense of the GST regulations. Finally, he deals with the very important issue of self care, all the while sharing his successes and failures. This course is accompanied by the various forms and check sheets that he has developed over the years.

Learning Objectives
This course is designed to provide you with:

  1. Greater understanding of the personal skills and characteristics desirable for success in a private practice setting.
  2. Enhanced awareness of the multitude of practical (e.g., office rental and set-up, security) and business (e.g., marketing, partnership, financial, insurance) considerations involved in starting and operating a private practice.
  3. Increased knowledge of ethical and record keeping issues related to private practice.
  4. Enhanced awareness of self-care issues related to private practice.
  5. The ability to develop practical forms for use in private practice based upon samples.

 

Pricing:
Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non members: $149.00
Students affiliate members: $49.00
Student non members: $79.00
GST or HST will be added to the price where applicable.

CE CREDITS: 3 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 3 hours to complete.

Registration provides 26 weeks access to this CE course.

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Course #2: Being An Ethical Psychologist

[based on the Canadian Code of Ethics for Psychologists, Fourth Edition (CPA, 2017)]

by Carole Sinclair, Ph.D.

The Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) is pleased to offer web-based continuing education opportunities for psychologists that also may be of interest to students of psychology, to members of other disciplines, and to the public. Please note that this course is intended to provide continuing professional education and will not fulfill provincial requirements for licensing, as it is not a university-level course.

One of these courses is CPA’s on-line course “Being an Ethical Psychologist.” This course provides a tutorial on the Canadian Code and may be helpful if you have ever struggled with any of the following questions:

  • What is the basis for the ethical principles of psychologists and members of other disciplines?
  • What are my ethical responsibilities as a practitioner, researcher, professor, student, administrator, etc.?
  • What do I need to do to ensure that I am respectful of others’ cultures and worldviews?
  • What are my responsibilities when I receive a third-party request for the disclosure of confidential information?
  • When does offering money or a gift to research participants become coercive?
  • How do I handle my own biases, needs, and pressures when working with clients, research participants, students, etc.?
  • When is it appropriate to have a personal relationship with a client or student? When is it not appropriate?
  • What should I do when I think a colleague has done something unethical?
  • Are there any limits to academic freedom?
  • How can ethical principles and ethical values help me decide what to do when I have conflicting responsibilities or there are conflicting interests?

The course examines codes of ethics, major ethical expectations, and ethical decision making, as they relate to practice, research, teaching, and management/administration activities. Topics covered include: the history of codes of ethics; the development of codes of ethics for psychologists and for the members of other disciplines; ethical issues and standards related to four ethical principles (respect for the dignity of persons and peoples; responsible caring; integrity in relationships; responsibility to society); and ethical decision making. Lectures and case presentations are employed to outline and demonstrate ethical expectations, issues, and problem solving.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows $130.00
Non-members: $175.00
Student affiliate members: $ 70.00
Student non-members: $100.00
GST/HST will be added to the price where applicable.

CE Credits: 15 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association upon completion of quizzes with a grade of at least 75%.

Registration provides 5 weeks access to this CE course.

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Course #3: A Psychologist’s Guide to Psychopharmacology

by Dr. David Nussbaum & Dr. Morgan Sammons

Bio for Dr. Nussbaum
Bio for Dr. Sammons

Drawing from recent research and key texts in psychopharmacology, this course provides participants with a full overview of the biological underpinnings of how psychotropic drugs work, how the main classes of psychotropic drugs act to reduce symptoms of psychological disorders, as well as how the history of drug use and development impacts our current theories and approaches to psychological disorders, and most importantly, how psychologists can best combine psychotropic and psychotherapeutic approaches so that clients may receive the best outcomes. Please note that this course emphasizes neurobiological functions as well as scholarly research on psychopharmacological agents. Some prior knowledge of neurobiological functioning may be an asset.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Describe the main brain structures implicated in the use of specific psychotropic medications
  2. Explain the primary mechanisms of neurotransmission
  3. Explain the processes of pharmacokinetics
  4. Explain the processes of pharmacodynamics
  5. Summarize the main historical and current influences on psychotropic drug development and use
  6. Assess the key considerations for most effectively combining psychotropic treatments with psychotherapy
  7. Describe the general mechanisms of action for various classes of psychotropics – antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, psychostimulants, and anticonvulsants
  8. Compare the key side effects and cautions for various classes of psychotropics – antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics, psychostimulants, and anticonvulsants

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $229.00
Non-members: $329.00
Students affiliates: $99.00
Student non-members: $129.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 10 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course. This course takes approximately 10 hours to complete.

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Course #4: DSM-5: Changes and Implications for Professional Practice

by Dr. Michael Zwiers

Bio for Dr. Zwiers

This course provides an update on the DSM‐5 for practicing clinicians who have a working knowledge of the DSM‐IV‐TR. The course includes a review of the history of the DSM system, an overview of changes in the DSM-5, and discussion of popular challenges and controversies.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Summarize the history of the DSM and its relationship to concurrent diagnostic systems
  2. Describe the major changes to the DSM‐5 including the shift to a new diagnostic framework and changes to criterion sets
  3. Assess DSM‐5’s key challenges and controversies in the Canadian context

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #5: Evidence-Based Treatment of PTSD within Military Populations

by Dr. Wendy Rogers, Dr. Michele Boivin, Ms. Anne Bailliu, and Colonel Rakesh Jetly

Presenters’ Affiliations

This course provides an overview of key considerations in the assessment and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), with a special focus on military populations. The team of experienced clinicians begins with an orientation to military culture and the challenges faced by military members and their families. Then, the team provides an overview of the assessment and diagnosis of PTSD, including review of structured clinical interviews and empirically validated self-report instruments. Finally, the team provides an overview of evidence-based psychotherapies for the treatment of PTSD, including Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy, all with demonstrated effectiveness in reducing the broad range of PTSD symptoms. While this course focuses on the special treatment considerations for military personnel and their families, the content is relevant to anyone looking to broaden their knowledge of the most current, effective treatment for PTSD. Please note that the course does not substitute for advanced training in specific PTSD treatment modalities, but does provide a comprehensive introduction and overview, along with key references for further learning.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Assess a client for PTSD, with a focus on a military population
  2. Identify related problems and conditions, how they affect outcomes, and how they can be addressed
  3. Describe the major evidence-based treatments for PTSD

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 5.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #6: Evidence Based Correctional Practice (EBCP) for Managing and Treating Offenders with Mental Illness

by Dr. Robert Morgan and Dr. Jeremy Mills

Bio for Dr. Morgan
Bio for Dr. Mills

Historically it was assumed that better mental health care was all that was needed to keep offenders with mental illness out of the justice system. We have since learned, however, that providing better community based mental health care improves psychiatric outcomes, but has no appreciable effect on criminal justice outcomes. If we want to improve criminal justice outcomes, we must provide services that address the underlying causes of criminal behaviour. Unfortunately, offenders with mental illness have limited access to comprehensive treatments that target co-occurring issues of mental illness and criminalness.

In this course we provide participants with a model and summarize an evidence-based intervention for intervening with offenders with mental illness. This course will begin by reviewing the prevalence rates of mental illness in corrections, including both incarcerated and community settings. We will then briefly summarize evidence-based correctional interventions for offenders and evidence-based mental health interventions for mentally ill individuals. Finally we will provide participants with a theoretical model to guide interventions for offenders with mental illness, as well as teach them evidence-based practices for intervening with this population. To accomplish this we will present criminal behaviour and mental illness as co-morbid problems, we will educate participants on the “Bi-Adaptive” model for intervening with offenders with mental illness, and we will summarize one evidence-based intervention (Changing Lives and Changing Outcomes: A Treatment Program for Offenders with Mental Illness) for intervening with offenders with mental illness.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Recognize prevalence of mental illness among offenders in the criminal justice system.
  2. Identify clinical presentation of persons with mental illness (OMI) in correctional and mental health settings.
  3. Identify effective correctional interventions for offenders.
  4. Identify effective mental health interventions for persons with mental illness.
  5. Identify applicable treatment strategies and an evidence-based intervention for justice-involved OMI.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 6 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 6 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #7: Transition Assessments for Criminal and Violence Risk: Theory, Ethics, and Application

by Dr. Daryl Kroner and Dr. Jeremy Mills

Bio for Dr. Kroner
Bio for Dr. Mills

The goal of this course is to provide psychologists with:

  1. A review of the theoretical underpinnings related to criminal and violence risk assessment, and
  2. Applied coverage of issues necessary to conduct transition assessments.

 

The focus is on integrating actuarial judgments into the assessment of client perceived risk and the risk context. Current risk prediction instruments are briefly reviewed, paying particular attention to the strengths and weaknesses of each. Guidelines for choosing a risk instrument are covered, as well as how to best communicate and represent risk within risk assessments and strategies for managing conflicting risk estimates. The instructors provide a method of incorporating clinical/psychometric information into risk assessments that enhances report content. The role of risk context is also covered. A number of psychological tests used in the assessment of offenders are reviewed, giving particular attention as to how the interpretation may be applied to the overall assessment and management of the offender. The assessment procedure and recommended report content areas are also covered in detail.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Recognize and manage potential ethical problems in risk assessment.
  2. Integrate actuarial estimates with risk management strategies in communicating risk for violence.
  3. Communicate strengths and weaknesses in actuarial risk assessment.
  4. Integrate clinical/psychometric information into risk assessments.
  5. Identify and use criteria for deciding on a risk assessment instrument.
  6. Identify essential elements to a violence risk assessment.
  7. Understand and apply key components for report writing.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #8: Integrated CBT Treatment for Anxiety in Clinical Practice

by Dr. Noah Lazar and Dr. Eilenna Denisoff

Bio for Dr. Noah Lazar
Bio for Dr. Eilenna Denisoff

Anxiety disorders are among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders affecting Canadian adults. Diagnostically, we have traditionally conceptualized anxiety disorders as separate entities, with numerous disorders and diagnostic categories reflected in DSM-5. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has emerged as a gold standard in effectively treating anxiety disorders, with high efficacy and low rates of relapse prevention. This has resulted in numerous treatment manuals that are generally specifically tailored to each anxiety disorder. Physiologically, anxiety, regardless of the specific diagnosis, is the activation of the ‘fight-or-flight’ response, also known as the sympathetic nervous system. Therefore, the same system is activated trans-diagnostically. The main difference between each disorder can be boiled down into one question: ‘What are you afraid of?’

In this course, we discuss the physiology of the anxiety system and, drawing on the work of many experts, will propose an integrated CBT model to explain the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders through well-researched principles of behavioural conditioning and cognitive science. We will discuss an integrated CBT treatment protocol that will be applicable to the vast majority of anxiety disorders. This course involves didactic presentations and role plays to illustrate how the model can be tailored to specific anxiety disorders.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Understand the physiology of the anxiety system
  2. Understand the behavioural learning and cognitive principles underlying the anxiety system
  3. Work with an integrated model for treating anxiety disorders
  4. Apply treatment principles to the CBT model of anxiety (e.g., exposure and response prevention; cognitive restructuring)
  5. Apply the CBT treatment model to specific anxiety disorders (e.g., Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Anxiety Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #9: Addressing Insomnia in Those with Depression: A Step-by-Step Evidence-Based Approach

by Dr. Colleen Carney

Bio for Dr.Carney

Insomnia is a highly prevalent problem in those with depression and we have brief, effective evidence-based approaches to address insomnia, namely, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I). Treating insomnia in the context of depression is important because we know that, even after successful depression treatment, insomnia and fatigue often remain and predict subsequent depressive relapse. Insomnia is also a predictor of suboptimal response to depression therapies. Although there is strong evidence for CBT-I in those with depression, there can be some treatment delivery challenges in this patient group. Thus, this course will deliver:

  1. A rationale for treating insomnia
  2. What your clients need to know about sleep regulation and its relation to their mood
  3. Key competencies in assessment
  4. Step-by-step instructions for CBT-I
  5. Troubleshooting strategies for problems such as early morning awakenings, anhedonia, and using the bed for escape
  6. How to combine depression and sleep strategies; and
  7. Strategies for effective relapse prevention.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, participants should be able to:

  1. Communicate the rationale for CBT-I
  2. Communicate how the homeostatic and circadian processes regulate sleep
  3. Identify signs of sleep disorders that require referral to a sleep disorder centre
  4. Identify the contraindications for CBT-I
  5. Identify the components of stimulus control
  6. Calculate a time-in-bed prescription from sleep diaries

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #10: Assessment of Malingering

by Dr. Andrew M. Haag

Malingering is very common in multiple clinical and forensic contexts in psychology. The DSM notes that clinicians should screen for malingering in medicolegal contexts, when there is a discrepancy between the claimed stress and objective findings, when there is a lack of cooperation with a diagnostic evaluation, and when there is antisocial personality disorder (APA, 2016). Given the above, screening for malingering will come up quite frequently in multiple sub-specialities of psychology.

As a result, it is essential that psychologists are well grounded in theory and techniques to assist them with the assessment of malingering. This course will endeavour to provide a framework that clinicians can use for assessing malingering and consider potential contributing factors to malingering. As a result of taking this course, participants will gain a greater appreciation for the complexities and ethical implications involved in malingering assessment.

Learning Objectives

As a result of taking this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Explain the background theory and science behind malingering.
  2. Identify the statistical principles behind the assessment of malingering.
  3. Identify valid psychometric tools used in the assessment of malingering.
  4. Appreciate the impact of culture on the assessment of malingering.
  5. Explain different approaches to the assessment of malingering.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

Course Terms and Conditions

CE CREDITS: 3 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 3 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #11: Knowledge Mobilization 101

by Dr. Travis Sztainert

Skills in knowledge mobilization (KMb) are becoming increasingly important for securing research funding, with all of the federal Tri-Council Funding Agencies (i.e., SSHRC; NSERC; CIHR) requiring or recommending evidence of a KMb plan for grant applications to be successful. Further, KMb is essential to bridging the knowledge-to-action gap, helping to ensure that research knowledge is put to use in a timely manner that benefits the individuals, groups, and contexts most likely to be affected.

This course uses a dynamic blend of direct instruction, readings, videos, activities, and real-world examples to help psychologists, psychology students, and anyone involved in research to develop a thorough understanding of the fundamentals of KMb. Key topics explored in this course include: the background and purpose of KMb; the various approaches to, and terminology used in, KMb; key factors to consider when planning for KMb; and how to develop, implement, evaluate, and ensure the sustainability of your KMb activities. Not only will you come out of this course with greater knowledge and skills in KMb, but also a better understanding of how knowledge is used in both research and real-world contexts.

Learning Objectives

This course is designed to enable you to:

  1. Describe knowledge mobilization, understand its origins, and explain its importance
  2. Plan for knowledge mobilization, including determining whether it’s appropriate
  3. Identify and evaluate different approaches to knowledge mobilization
  4. Develop a strategy for knowledge mobilization specific to your goals, the available evidence, the context, and the needs of stakeholders and knowledge users
  5. Implement and evaluate your knowledge mobilization strategy
  6. Monitor your knowledge mobilization activities and take steps to help ensure their sustainability

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $229.00
Non-members: $329.00
Student affiliates: $99.00
Student non-members: $129.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 10 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 10 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least 12 weeks of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #12: Advanced Skills in Mindfulness-based Interventions: Navigating the Ethics in and of Mindfulness

by Dr. Lynette M. Monteiro with content from Dr. R. Frank Musten

In Buddhist teachings, suffering arises through avoidance of painful experiences and because of incongruences between stated and lived values. While secular mindfulness approaches focus on the experiential process to reduce suffering, practicing values-congruent actions is also necessary to cultivate healthy relationships with self and others. This workshop examines clinical implications of ethics that are intrinsic in mindfulness practices and the ethics of applying mindfulness approaches in specific settings. By examining the ethics inherent in mindfulness, clinicians can help clients explore their needs, the values that guide their life, and the incongruences between their expressed values and actions. The ethics of mindfulness explores applications of mindfulness practices in settings that may create additional values-incongruence. Both ethical aspects require clinicians to be familiar with core elements that inform mindfulness approaches, awareness of the clinician’s subtle values in the therapeutic setting, and the need for caution when adapting mindfulness approaches to the requirements of specific settings. Holding this space skillfully as the client clarifies their relationship with self and others can result in a deeper and more sustained transformation.

The foundational elements of mindfulness (body, emotions, sensations and thinking) will be examined as an integrated model of mindfulness-based interventions. Using this framework, three important elements of mindfulness will be practiced: the inquiry process, behavioural practices of values-based mindfulness (Five Skillful Habits), and informed adaptations of mindfulness practices for specific client needs (trauma, work stress). Experiential and interactive exercises will be practiced enhancing clinicians’ mindfulness skills and cultivating self-inquiry skills that support their mindfulness approaches.

Learning Objectives

As a result of taking this course, participants will:

  1. Understand foundational mindfulness concepts that underpin the formal and informal practices of mindfulness-based interventions and their ethical issues
  2. Distinguish ethics in mindfulness from ethics of mindfulness-based interventions
  3. Integrate the Five Skillful Habits into mindfulness approaches in therapeutic settings
  4. Assess adaptations of mindfulness practices as appropriate to the intention of the therapeutic needs of the client.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 4.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 4.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #13: Perfectionism: A Relational Approach to Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment

by Dr. Paul Hewitt and Dr. Sam Mikail

This course provides extensive coverage of Dr. Paul Hewitt and Dr. Sam Mikail’s dynamic-relational conceptualization, assessment, and treatment for perfectionism, a maladaptive personality style that increases an individual’s vulnerability to various forms of maladjustment including: mood, anxiety, personality, and eating disorders; marital distress; suicide; and physical health, relationship, and achievement problems. Based on our extensive research and clinical work on perfectionism over the past 30 years, we have developed a conceptualization of perfectionism based on psychodynamic and interpersonal principles that serves as a platform for assessment and individual and group psychotherapy of perfectionism.

Participants in this course will be introduced to an empirically-based multidimensional model of perfectionistic behaviour and its assessment and treatment. Throughout the course, reference is made to supporting research literature; however, the predominant emphasis will be applied by drawing on extensive use of case material and experiential components. Participants will have the opportunity to review and discuss clinical interviews accompanied by supporting assessment profiles to gain familiarity with the manner in which we develop case formulations to guide treatment. Participants will also be introduced to a dynamic-relational model of treatment that can be applied within both an individual and group psychotherapeutic context and review and discuss transcripts of individuals and groups in the treatment. Much of the content of the workshop is based on our recently published work: Hewitt, Flett, & Mikail (2017) Perfectionism: A Relational Approach to Conceptualization, Assessment, and Treatment (Guilford Press).

Learning Objectives

By completing this course, you will be able to:

  1. Describe a comprehensive model of perfectionism
  2. Apply a model of case formulation used to guide treatment based on attachment, interpersonal, and psychodynamic theories
  3. Develop and refine a case formulation based on case material presented
  4. Identify a comprehensive set of measures used in measurement of treatment progress and outcome
  5. Enhance your understanding of specific elements of formulation and treatment protocols through the use of transcripts of group and individual psychotherapy sessions used to develop and refine our model.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #14: Psychopharmacology Clinical Update

by Morgan T. Sammons, Ph.D., ABPP

This 6-hour continuing education presentation will address recent developments in clinical psychopharmacology and how such developments affect the practice of psychologists. Newly introduced drugs will be covered along with a survey of agents in the following classes: antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, mood stabilizers, and psychostimulants. Characteristics of commonly used drugs, their indications, mechanisms of action, and common clinical uses will be discussed, along with techniques for combining pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments. The evidence base supporting the use of common psychotropics will be addressed along with optimal treatment strategies.

Level of instruction: Intermediate. Some knowledge of basic pharmacological principles and common agents is recommended, but not required.

Learning Objectives

As a result of taking this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the most recent research regarding properties of frequently used pharmacological agents, including efficacy, side-effects, and contraindications.
  2. Apply the latest evidence supporting the combination of drug and non-drug treatment for common mental disorders.
  3. Describe the basics of clinical utilization of common psychotropic drugs, including initiation and discontinuation strategies and techniques for minimizing adverse side-effects.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 6 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 6 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #15: Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis

by Dr. Noah Lazar and Dr. Eilenna Denisoff

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) has traditionally been thought of as a highly effective and empirically-validated treatment for depressive and anxiety disorders. More recently, there has been increasing interest and research in the application of CBT to schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders. Research has shown that CBT can prevent the development of psychosis in high-risk individuals and is generally effective at treating the positive symptoms of schizophrenia. Despite its efficacy, CBT for psychosis has not been widely implemented in clinical practice, and there is often a lingering perception that clients with psychosis can only be treated with medication. Concerns often remain about successfully implementing CBT techniques given the severity and rigidity of the presenting symptoms.

This course demonstrates the application of CBT for psychosis, including a focus on the unique challenges of working with clients suffering from psychosis. This course focuses primarily on the use of CBT in the treatment of hallucinations and delusions, although strategies to address thought disorder and negative symptoms are also discussed. Modifications to session structure and case conceptualisation are also addressed, with case examples and brief role plays used to highlight the application and modification of cognitive restructuring and exposure and response prevention in the treatment of psychosis.

Learning Objectives

As a result of taking this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the symptoms and etiology of schizophrenia.
  2. Conceptualize psychosis using a CBT model.
  3. Manage a therapeutic relationship with clients living with psychosis.
  4. Apply treatment strategies to address hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder, and negative symptoms.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 4 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 4 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #16: Behavioural Events as the Unit of Analysis in Case Formulation: Anger Episodes and Criminal Offences

by Dr. Raymond Chip Tafrate

Across treatment settings, practitioners routinely see clients whose anger reactions and criminal behaviours contribute to significant loss and suffering. Although these topics may seem like a strange coupling, anger is the emotional excess most likely to be connected to criminal behaviour.

While anger is a frequent and universal human emotion, it has received surprisingly little attention as a clinical problem. Practitioners commonly engage in unproductive conversations (e.g., clients venting about unfair actions of others) and struggle to identify clear treatment targets. In this course, participants will practice assessing the key features of client anger reactions by applying a 6-stage Anger Episode Model Interview to understand how anger is experienced and expressed in the client’s real-life interactions.

Successful forensic intervention requires a focus on a set of risk domains and thinking patterns that facilitate criminal behaviour. Step-by-step guidelines will be provided for analyzing specific criminal events to better understand the relative influence of criminogenic thinking patterns and other key risk domains encapsulated in the RNR model (e.g., substance misuse, antisocial companions, maladaptive leisure time) at the time offences were committed. The analysis of criminal events provides a unique snapshot of the potential causes and maintenance of criminal behaviour and can enhance risk assessments. The analysis of anger episodes and criminal offences forms the groundwork for effective case formulation and collaboratively identifying relevant treatment goals.

Learning Objectives

As a result of taking this course, participants will be able to:

  1. Analyze key features of clients’ anger reactions according to a 6-stage sequential anger episode model
  2. Conduct an anger episode interview to efficiently identify relevant treatment targets
  3. Conceptualize forensic cases around criminal risk domains most active during recent offences to identify critical life areas to address in treatment
  4. Identify criminogenic thoughts and thinking patterns that drive specific incidents of criminal behaviour

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 2.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #17: The Emerging and Changing Practice of Police Psychology in a Canadian Context

Presented by Dr. Sandra Jackson, Dr. Catherine Martin-Doto, Dr. Jeffrey Karp, Dr. Kyle Handley

Although psychologists have been working with and for Canadian public service agencies for decades, there has been a sharp increase in demand over the past few years as the mental health of first responders has come into greater focus nationwide. More than ever, first responder organizations are reaching out to psychologists for research, fitness for duty, pre-employment selection, intervention services, program development, organizational change, and many other services, making police psychology an exciting new frontier for Canadian practitioners.

The goal of this workshop is to provide some basic information about some of these key areas of practice so that psychologists can better judge their competencies to provide these services, discuss some of the core issues and resources on these topics, learn current best practices, and gain a view towards the future of this speciality in Canada.

Topic to be reviewed:

  1. Pre-employment selection,
  2. Fitness for Duty Evaluations,
  3. Officer-involved shooting and,
  4. critical incidents and Safeguard Programs.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 5.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #18: Putting the LEARNING back in Learning Disabilities

This course describes a set of consensus guidelines developed in Ontario for the assessment and diagnosis of Learning Disabilities (LD), while it challenges many preconceived notions of assessment and diagnosis through careful examination of the research. The presented criteria for diagnosis of LD are applicable across all sectors, all age groups, and all populations (including ELL, culturally/linguistically diverse, indigenous, etc.). The guidelines were developed by a cross-sectoral Psychology Working Group composed of members representing different sectors in psychology (school districts, hospitals, mental health clinics, post-secondary supports, training institutions, research, private practice). The Working Group was convened in response to perceived inconsistencies in assessment and diagnosis of LD in order to address confusion among psychologists, educators, parents, and students.

The presentation describes the consensus process, outlines the diagnostic criteria and the rationale for these criteria, discusses the similarities and differences between these and the DSM-5 criteria for Specific Learning Disorder, and describes the steps to assessment in detail. The presentation builds on both current Ontario and broader discipline-based documents and integrates the most current LD research to generate suggestions for best practice in the assessment process, with special emphasis on assessing diverse populations (such as Indigenous and culturally and linguistically diverse populations, as well as students in French Immersion).

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 2.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #19: Exploring Screen Addiction, Excessive or Otherwise Non-integrated Use of Screen-based Technologies

Screen-based technologies (computers, tablets, gaming consoles, phones, pads and pods) are fully assimilated in modern life (scholastics, work, research and play). Interactive technology is in every workplace, school and home, car, purse and pocket. But what is this doing to our brains and behavior; to our base neurophysiology? Much use is innocuous and just a reflection of modern times. But in clinical populations (and broadening sections of non-clinical populations), there appears to be a direct correlation between excessive and inappropriate screen usage and aliments or symptoms for which individuals are seeking psychological services – anxiety, depression, OCD, ICD, learning disabilities and ADHD, behavior disorders, conduct disorders, sexual dysfunction, marital/partner conflict and discord, anger management, and insomnia. Screen-Addiction is one of the most misunderstood and complex emergent addictions. This talk will go far beyond the questions of ‘is it real?’ exploring the biological/neurophysiological bases of content addiction (e.g., pornography), process addiction (e.g., communication/texting) combined (e.g., gaming) and compounding crossover – and most importantly what to do about it!

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 3.0 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #20: What is Neurotherapy? An exploration of the state of current practice and treatment

Neurotherapy has arguably been around since the 1970’s. Stemming from Dr. Sterman’s seminal work a decade before showing that cats and then humans could effectively alter their own brainwaves and therefore states and traits of brain function–a whole discipline evolved. Since then, however, much has been convoluted; expounded by great advances in technology wherein computer graphics appear to have superseded the science behind them. This presentation will explore what Neurotherapy / Brainwave Biofeedback is, and what it is not, based upon proficiency standards recently accepted by the APA. The extreme power and potential of proper regulated practice as well as the misuse of the modality will be presented though both case studies and empirical studies as well as three tiers of professional practice and equipment standards /qualifications.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $59.00
Non-members: $79.00
Student affiliates: $29.00
Student non-members: $39.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #21: Mindfulness-integrated CBT: A Four Stage Transdiagnostic Treatment Approach

Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is being experienced in the present moment, with a nonjudgmental, unbiased and non-reactive attitude. Careful research continues to show that integrating mindfulness training with cognitive and behavioural interventions is a potent contribution to the treatment of a wide range of disorders. Mindfulness-integrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (MiCBT) is an evidence-based sophisticated integration of mindfulness core principles and traditional CBT. MiCBT consists of a four-stage transdiagnostic treatment approach, i.e., it is applicable with a wide range of conditions and ages. It is based on the integration of traditional establishment of mindfulness with well established principles and methods from cognitive and behavioural traditions. The aim of this workshop is to introduce you to MiCBT to assist your work with acute and chronic conditions, and improve the prevention of relapse in a wide range of psychological disorders. It will describe the important theoretical framework underlying MiCBT and introduce participants to the use of these skills across a wide range of chronic and acute conditions. Importantly, this workshop will expand your common understanding of operant conditioning and provide a strong neurobehavioural basis for integrating mindfulness training with traditional CBT.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 4 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 4.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #22: Developing Intercultural Resiliency and Healing Narratives through Nature and Culture

The changing multicultural landscape is compelling therapists to address greater diversity within client populations, including a broader spectrum of client narratives and cultural practices. While there is an acknowledgement for culturally fused counselling, many therapists continue to struggle to intervene with client populations of differing cultural beliefs and worldviews. These struggles are historically due to a lack of research in this area and training programs to support developing a pluralist worldview. This workshop emphasizes ways that healing practices found within nature and culture can be integrated into the therapeutic context through the promotion of intercultural resiliency. Interculturalism allows for relationship building and learning from each other while taking the therapist deeper than multicultural or cross-cultural communication. Resiliency allows for creating new meanings to unfortunate life events based on developing the self through mentorship and community, the building blocks of resiliency. In the development of intercultural resiliency all resources are respected and included while fostering a more diversified narrative. Intercultural resiliency recognizes cultural diversity found in nature and one’s own worldview to guide therapists to becoming more pluralistic in practice.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 2 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 2.25 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #23: Remote Psychoeducational Assessments with Children and Adolescents During the Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Beyond

The remote assessment of cognitive and academic abilities has become a topic of intense interest over the past year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the results of some research that suggests remotely administered tests may be equivalent to their traditionally administered counterparts, there are several potential confounds unique to remote assessment that must be considered, and that may reduce the reliability and/or validity of the scores. This session will briefly review available research on equivalency, discuss construct-irrelevant influences on test scores unique to remote administration, and implications for practice.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $59.00
Non-members: $79.00
Student affiliates: $29.00
Student non-members: $39.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1 CE credit from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1.25 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #24: Remote Therapy for Children and Youth

School closures and distant learning due to the pandemic, combined with intensifying needs for mental health support for students, have necessitated increasing reliance on providing counselling/therapy remotely. School psychology professionals interested in this topic will find this webinar helpful, as it will cover a review of the literature on remote therapy for children and adolescents; technical considerations regarding setting up remote services; consideration on consent, safety, confidentiality, and privacy; as well as conducting sessions and the tools used during remote counselling/therapy. The advantages of providing psychological counselling/therapy remotely go well beyond the pandemic, as it allows access for students in need in communities without local services.

Dr. Todd Cunningham, Ph.D., C.Psych., is a clinical and school psychologist. He is an Assistant Professor (Teaching Stream) and Chair of the School and Clinical Child Psychology program at the University of Toronto, OISE. His research focuses on the effective support for students with learning difficulties from assessment to interventions. Dr. Cunningham has shared his expertise with parents, students, educators, school boards, and other professionals across North America.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $59.00
Non-members: $79.00
Student affiliates: $29.00
Student non-members: $39.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1 CE credit from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #25: A Condensed Overview of Empirical Evidences and Practical Implications of Telepractice and Psychotherapy for Adults

This workshop examines issues and research on Telepractice: an overview of ethical and technological issues– 1. Elements of confidentiality and ethics, technical implications; 2. Evidence of the efficacy of telepractice– A few studies and practical elements regarding its practicability; 3. The therapeutic alliance– A few studies, practical elements, and the importance of telepresence. This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $59.00
Non-members: $79.00
Student affiliates: $29.00
Student non-members: $39.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1 CE credit from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1.25 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #26: Prediction Statistics for Psychological Assessment

This workshop provides training on the statistics used to evaluate actuarial risk prediction tools. These tools specify a set of risk factors (static or dynamic), combine them using an explicit method, and estimate rates of the outcome. The focus will be on the type of risk prediction tools now commonly used in corrections and forensic mental health. The content would also directly apply to prediction tools in other domains, such as mental health (suicide), education (school completion), and child welfare. This workshop is primarily intended for individuals who use, or are considering using, risk assessment tools in their applied practice. Only basic knowledge of statistics is presumed (e.g., means, SD).

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 5.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 5.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #27: Work-Focused Assessment, Treatment, and After-Care: A Primer for Psychologists

Psychological assessments and treatments are essential components within the broader healthcare and employment ecosystem needed to manage disability and facilitate return to work. To be maximally effective early intervention begins with a disability-informed assessment that goes beyond diagnosis by identifying work-related impairments and culminates in a case conceptualization that considers the whole person. Evidence-based intervention follows to optimize safe, healthy, and sustainable return to work.
This two-part workshop provides an overview of work-focused assessment, treatment and after-care. Part-one describes an approach to assessment that emphasizes determination of job-related impairments, workplace factors contributing to impaired functioning such as perceived injustice, identification of vulnerabilities and strengths relevant to recovery, and two newly developed tools that facilitate work accommodation planning and communication decision making. Part-two summarizes empirical evidence related to work-focused interventions, such as Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and Interpersonal Therapy, and the need for multidisciplinary collaboration. Roles and responsibilities of the multiple RTW partners involved are discussed, along with treatment progress measures as they relate to determination of work-readiness. The work accommodation tool will be further discussed within the context of recommendations for sustaining return to work.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $129.00
Non-members: $199.00
Student affiliates: $69.00
Student non-members: $99.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 6 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 6 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #28: Compassion Fatigue: Presenting Challenges and Best Practices for Caregiving Professionals

Main points of workshop:

    • Theoretical outline of compassion fatigue

 

    • Present current literature findings in this topic

 

    • Compassion fatigue and how it relates to other conditions such as moral injury, moral distress, PTSD

 

    • Presentation of caregiving professionals’ perspectives who suffered from compassion fatigue

 

    Practical applications and recommendations that help prevent and/or mitigate the impact of compassion fatigue in caregiving professionals’ work

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 2.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 2.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #29: A Comprehensive School Psychology Model Designed to Meet Students’ Needs in Diverse Communities

There is an urgent need to meet the ever-growing challenges faced by educational systems to address the mental health, learning, and socialization needs of all students, especially during the COVID-19 era. A review of professional literature; current research studies; national/international policy documents; guidelines by professional associations (CPA, APA, OPA, NASP); and evidence-based applications of policies, guidelines, and best practices was conducted. The review and analysis of the above material revealed ample evidence that supports A/ the use of schools as hubs to provide mental health support to students; B/ the importance of the continuum of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention/intervention in school setting; C/ the effectiveness of consultation in school psychology. Consequently, a novel and comprehensive consultation and intervention model is being offered for psychology services in schools, with evidence-based guidance that interlinks primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention/intervention applications. This allows for systematic consultation, inclusive planning, and cost-effective services. A recommendation for the use of this clear and easy to apply model for school based psychological services is being offered, which is applicable to national and international populations, to specific student needs commonly encountered in schools e.g., depression, ADHD, giftedness) and to issues that require school-level interventions (e.g., diversity issues, promoting resilience, crisis responses).

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $69.00
Non-members: $89.00
Student affiliates: $39.00
Student non-members: $49.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #30: A Brief Introduction to Longitudinal Measurement Invariance and Cross-lagged Panel Models using lavaan

Cross-lagged panel models attempt to make stronger causal claims than cross-sectional data by using longitudinal data. They help get at issues of directionality (i.e., does X cause Y or vice versa?). These structural equation models are among the most common ways to analyze bivariate relationships between two variables measured longitudinally. This workshop will introduce participants to cross-lagged panel models using the lavaan package in R software. Moreover, it will explain the concept of “measurement invariance” and why it is important for proper causal inference with longitudinal data. This workshop is aimed at graduate students and researchers with some basic experience with structural equation modelling in any software. Using real data from an openly available study on perfectionism and drinking problems, I will provide a general introduction to these topics, how to test them in R software, how to interpret the results, and where to go for more information. Given the complexity of the subject matter, this workshop is accompanied by a longer tutorial paper and open dataset to further self-understanding after the workshop.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $69.00
Non-members: $89.00
Student affiliates: $39.00
Student non-members: $49.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1.5 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1.5 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #31: Case Reports and Other Psychological Writing about Patients

Clinical writing about psychotherapy patients has long been a part of didactic texts, research articles, and books for the general public because it allows treatments and interventions to be presented in an effective and memorable way. However, it is imperative to consider the ethical and clinical implications of translating the private psychological lives of patients into such a public sphere.
This workshop will help psychologists navigate the complexity of maintaining ethical and legal compliance and protecting patient confidentiality while continuing to advance the field of psychology. The workshop is critical for psychologists who are considering writing about their patients, for journal editors who want to ensure their journal policies are ethically and legally sound, and for professors who utilize case reports in their teaching and assign their students to write case reports.
The workshop will include a multimedia examination of historical and current publishing practices; a review of the relevant empirical literature; an interactive exercise analyzing ethical and legal standards; and a discussion of the benefits and risks of using informed consent, patient disguise and case composites when writing about patients. Specific recommendations will be provided and participants will create personal action plans informed by best practices and ethical and institutional guidelines.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 3 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 3 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

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Course #32: Professional Clinical Supervision: Research Informed Best Practices

Although clinical supervision has been recognized as a professional competency, there is still very little evidence on the training of future supervisors. This workshop is designed to share with participants best practices for structuring and managing clinical supervision, as presented in more detail in their recent book “La supervision clinique en contexte professionnel” published by Presses de l’Université du Québec. The workshop is designed to enhance knowledge of best practices in clinical supervision to promote a competency-based approach, and to optimize the experience of this process for everyone involved.
Ce cours est également disponible en français.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $59.00
Non-members: $79.00
Student affiliates: $29.00
Student non-members: $39.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 1 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 1.25 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.

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Course #33: La supervision clinique professionnelle : Meilleures pratiques informées par la recherche

Bien que la supervision clinique ait été reconnue comme une compétence professionnelle, il existe encore très peu de données probantes sur la formation des futurs superviseurs. Cet atelier est conçu afin de partager avec les participants les meilleures pratiques pour structurer et gérer la supervision clinique, tel que présenté plus en détails dans leur récent ouvrage « La supervision clinique en contexte professionnel » publié aux Presses de l’Université du Québec. L’atelier est conçu afin d’améliorer la connaissance des meilleures pratiques de supervision clinique pour favoriser une approche centrée sur les compétences professionnelles, et optimiser l’expérience de ce processus pour chacun impliqué.
Ce cours prendra environ 1,0 heure à completer

This course is also available in English.

Prix:

Membres et fellows: 59,00 $
Non-membres : 79,00 $
Affilie étudiant : 29,00 $
Étudiants non affiliés : 39,00 $
Notez que la TPS/TVH sera ajoutée au prix.

CRÉDITS DE FORMATION CONTINUE : 1 crédit de formation continue de la Société canadienne de psychologie et de l’American Psychological Association après avoir répondu au test final avec une note d’au moins 75 %. Ce cours dure environ 1,25 heure.

En vous inscrivant, vous bénéficiez d’un accès continu à ce cours de formation continue pendant au moins un an.

Cliquez ici pour vous inscrire.

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Course #34: Survol condensé des données probantes et des implications de la psychothérapie avec les adultes en mode télépratique

Ce webinaire offre un condensé des informations clés liées à la pratique de la psychothérapie en ligne, notamment à propos des implications éthiques, des données probantes et des stratégies pratico-pratiques. La télépratique sera abordée sans son ensemble, soit l’utilisation du clavardage, des programmes sur le web et de la psychothérapie à l’aide des outils de vidéoconférence. Des données empiriques provenant d’études effectuées au Canada seront présentées pour appuyer les informations sur l’alliance thérapeutique, la téléprésence et l’efficacité des différentes modalités d’intervention. Le conférencier partagera des suggestions pratiques découlant de ses 25 années de recherche et d’essais cliniques sur le sujet.

This course is also available in English.

Prix :

Membres et fellows: 59,00 $
Non-membres : 79,00 $
Affilie étudiant : 29,00 $
Étudiants non affiliés : 39,00 $
Notez que la TPS/TVH sera ajoutée au prix.

CRÉDITS DE FORMATION CONTINUE : 1,25 crédit de formation continue de la Société canadienne de psychologie et de l’American Psychological Association après avoir répondu au test final avec une note d’au moins 75 %. Ce cours dure environ 1,25 heure.

En vous inscrivant, vous bénéficiez d’un accès continu à ce cours de formation continue pendant au moins un an.

Cliquez ici pour vous inscrire.

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Course #35: Understanding and Treating Substance Use Disorders

The goal of this presentation is to help therapists feel comfortable treating substance use disorders. This population can be intimidating to therapists because for many people, the lifestyles of an alcohol or drug dependent client is incomprehensible and complex. Moreover, the substance issues are often just the surface layer problem, with a host of co-morbidities in which to contend. I want to help demystify working with these clients and offer concrete, effective strategies that therapists can use in their practice. They will learn about how to assess these clients, in addition to how to treat them and prevent relapse. Questions that will be answered in the presentation include, “Should I encourage sobriety or moderation?”, “What are the stages of change and how do I adapt my treatment to their particular phase?”, “What is motivational interviewing and how do I manage ambivalence?” I also cover how to work with substance problems in special populations, such as those clients with anxiety and depression, and personality disorders.

Pricing:

Members and Fellows: $99.00
Non-members: $149.00
Student affiliates: $49.00
Student non-members: $79.00
Note that GST/HST will be added to the price.

CE CREDITS: 2 CE credits from the Canadian Psychological Association and American Psychological Association upon completion of the final quiz with a grade of at least 75%. This course takes approximately 2.0 hours to complete.

Registration provides at least one year of ongoing access to this CE course.

Click here to register.