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Child and Adolescent Health
updated January 22, 2013

Spiritual Care at Canuck Place

palliative / spiritual care

Eric Stephanson is the Spiritual Care Leader at Canuck Place Children’s Hospice in Vancouver, British Columbia, since 1996. a Conference presentation by Eric Stephanson on the subject of spiritual care at Vancouver's, Canuck Place Children’s HospiceEric Stephanson ... Canuck Place Children's Hospice officially opened in Vancouver, British Columbia in November 1995 as the first free-standing hospice for children in the western hemisphere. Last year, over 350 families participated in programs offered through Canuck Place. More than one hundred staff ... more

learning psychology

emotional learning

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school mental health

mental health

Prof. Louise Rowling has established over a 30 year period a National and International reputation for work on school health particularly drug and alcohol education, loss and grief, health promoting schools, and mental health and wellbeingProf. Louise Rowling's ... presentation focuses on the ‘why’ , the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of school mental health promotion - an emerging area of practice in many countries. She addresses the importance of focusing on young people, what’s involved in school mental health  ... more

coping with cancer

cancer care

Dr. Roberta L. Woodgate is a Professor in the Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba. She has an interdisciplinary PhD in the fields of nursing, sociology, and psychology. She has a nil appointment in the Faculty of Medicine for The Department of Pediatrics and Child Health (University of Manitoba) and a scientist appointment with the Manitoba Institute of Child HealthDr. Roberta Woodgate ... Within the last three decades there have been many advances made in the treatment of childhood cancer. Survival into adulthood is ... more

hungry children

school programs
technology

Therapeutic Clown

humor

Five years ago with the assistance of Therapeutic Clowns Canada Jamie founded the therapeutic clown program at Bloorview Kids Rehab in Toronto

a Conference presentation by Jamie Burnett and Helen Donnelly titled Understanding Therapeutic Clown

Helen Donnelly has an Honours BA in Drama from the University of Toronto, and a graduate of the UC Drama Program there. Her theatrical clown skills took her into the circus realm: she toured with Cirque du Soleil

Jamie Burnett and Helen Donnelly ... Therapeutic clown is a growing profession and is proving to be an integral part of the multi-disciplinary allied healthcare team in many pediatric facilities. There are now 17 hospitals across Canada with a therapeutic clown ... more

Prenatal And Perinatal Imprints

pain / chronic conditions

Teena Evert MA, CSIP, RMT, RYT, NCTMB is a somatic psychotherapist with an advanced degree in clinical and prenatal & perinatal psychologya Conference presentation by Teena K. Evert on Prenatal And Perinatal Imprints and the The Role Of Prenatal And Perinatal Imprints In Origins Of Adult Symptoms Of Chronic Pain & IllnessTeena K. Evert ... This presentation explores the roots of health as patterns that begin in the womb and how adverse events during this critical developmental period play a role in the origination of chronic symptoms of pain and illness ... more

mind body unity

mental health

Dr. Gabor Maté, M.D. is a physician, author, seminar leader and public speaker.Dr. Gabor Maté ...It would take a deliberate act of will to ignore the crisis in child development we are currently confronting. For example, it was recently reported that ... more

supersized children

obesity

Dr. Chou's research interests include health economics, applied econometrics and applied microeconomics. Her current research focuses on four aspects: (1) child well-being (i.e. health and education); (2) quality and cost of health care; (3) physician behaviors; and (4) economics of obesityDr. Shin-Yi Chou ... Childhood obesity around the world, and particularly in the United States, is an escalating problem that has received much attention of late. In less ... more

presenters & presentations on obesity

Dr. Alejandro Jadad - Major Public Health Challenges

Phil Hurvitz  - The Global Obesity Epidemic

Dr. Yoni Freedhoff - Thinking Outside the Scale

The Language of Loss

 

Christine Jonas Simpson - Ethans ButterfliesChristine Jonas Simpson... When a baby dies prior to birth--language that either honors or dishonors the lived experience... more

Unlearn Your Pain

 

Dr. Howard Schubiner - Unlearn Your PainDr. Howard Schubiner... We developed a treat- ment approach for pain disorders of central pain aug- mentation ... more

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a public health issue

school dropout

Nicholas Freudenberg is Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of City University of New York and Director of the City University of New York’s Doctoral Program in Public HealthProf. Nicholas Freudenberg ... Good education predicts good health, and disparities in health and in educational achievement are closely linked. Despite ...more

Dispossession

education

Jessica Ruglis holds a PhD in Urban Education from the Graduate Center of The City University of New York. A former teacher, she also earned a Masters in Public Health (MPH) in Urban Public Health/Community Health Education from Hunter College, a Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) in Secondary Science Education from Union College, and Bachelors of Science (BS) in Human Biology from University at AlbanyMichelle Fine, Distinguished Professor of Social Psychology, Women’s Studies and Urban Education at the Graduate Center, CUNY, has taught at CUNY since 1992 and is a founding member of the Institute for Participatory Action Research and Design (formerly the Participatory Action Research Collective) at the Graduate Center at the City University of New YorkProfs. Jessica Ruglis and Michelle Fine ... We watch as educators and youth try to negotiate conditions of ... more

eva's satellite

youth services

Maria Crawford is the Executive Director, Eva’s Initiatives. A graduate of York University’s Non Profit Management and Leadership Program, Maria also has a B.A. in Sociology, and an Honours degree in Social WorkMaria Crawford ... At Eva’s Satellite, our staff works with the most vulnerable and isolated of the street involved youth population – young people who ... more

a national crisis

homelessness

Carolann Barr is currently the Executive Director at Raising the Roof, leading national research efforts and partnership building through the Youthworks initiative. Carolann Barr ... Based on the need to better understand the issue of youth homelessness, we undertook a three-year research project of tracking and ... more

caasa

sexual abuse

Bryn Ludlow founded the Canadian Artists Against Sexual Assault / Artistes Canadiens Contre L'Assaut Sexuel (CAASA/ ACCAS) and continues to work to address the issues of sexual assault and domestic violence using art as a means for communicationBryn Ludlow ... Walking around downtown Toronto with an over-sized poster to collect signatures from strangers is not a simple task ... more

bludlow_caasafull

sexual health

sex education

Rachel Jones is with the Guttmacher Institute. Her work focuses on adolescent sexual health, abortion, and male sexual and reproductive health. Most recently, she completed a national survey of all known abortion providers in the United States, the findings of which are summarized in Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive HealthRachel Jones ... Education Beyond the Classroom" is an installment of the Guttmacher Exchange, a series of roundtable discussions addressing ... more

beautiful minds

youth services

Laura McCormack is the current Facilitator for the Beautiful Minds Program, a program within Canadian Mental Health AssociationLaura McCormack ... The man- date of Beautiful Minds is to create and deliver educational programs that are designed to increase knowledge and ... more

AA grandmothers

care

Priscilla Gibson, Ph.D., LICSW, is an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Gibson is a prolific scholar, professor, presenter and author of numerous publicationsDr. Priscilla Gibson ... In the United States, there is a growing number of grandmothers who are assuming the role of primary caregivers to their ... more

all clients

chronic conditions

Krista Flint is the Executive Director of the Canadian Down Syndrome Society

Krista Flint ... Much has been made lately of the terminology we use to describe citizens who receive service from organizations in the field of ... more
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