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REGISTER FOR
SPRING AND SUMMER 2008 COURSES
Registration is open for University of
Calgary Community Rehabilitation and
Disability Studies (CORE) courses.
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CRDS INCLUSIVE EDUCATION
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2008
JULY 7 - 25, 2008
The University of Calgary in cooperation with the
Alberta Association for Community Living offers, as
part of the Community Rehabilitation and Disability
Studies Summer Institute, three half courses on Inclusive
Education. These courses will be of interest to teachers,
administrators, parents and others who are committed
to educating students with developmental disabilities
in the regular classroom and are offered for CREDIT
and NON-CREDIT.
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NSA (National Seniors Assembly) Conference 2007
www.crds.org/nsa
Nov 1 – 3, 2007
CRDS 2007 Career Fair
Wednesday April 4, 2007
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Mac Hall North Courtyard
Exhibitors Include:
- Between Friends Club
- Canadian Down Syndrome Society
- CASS
- CBE
- Chrysalis
- Columbia College CSS
- Canadian Paraplegic Association (CPA)
- DDRC
- Excel Society
- Hull Child & Family Services
- ICE
- Options
- PACE Kids
- PASC
- PREP
- Rehoboth
- Renfrew Educational Services
- Road Ahead Society of Calgary
- Scope
- Society for Treatment of Autism
- Springboard Centre
- Supported Lifestyles Ltd.
- URSA
- Varsity Education
- VRRI
We look forward to seeing you there!
Vocational Outcomes in Traumatic Brain Injury Conference 2007
Registration Now Open
www.tbicvancouver.com
Second International Conference
Vancouver, BC CANADA
Supported by Tree of Life Services, University of Calgary
and University of Washington
May 24 – 26, 2007
NEW WEB-BASED
CREDIT COURSE!
ACADEMIC WRITING 303
Faculty of Communications and Culture
University of Calgary
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CRDS First Year
Interactive Brochure
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ALBERTA PREMIER'S COUNCIL
Cheryl Taylor, one of our Pan
Canadian Graduate Program students has been selected as a new
council member for the Alberta Premier's Council on the Status
of Person's with Disabilities.
CRDS HAS THREE NEW DOCTORAL
STUDENTS
Ernie Alama, from the Philippines,
who has an interest in international policy and disability.
Ernie has a Masters' degree in... and background experience
in Human Resource departments of private sector companies,
as well as in community development projects with
marginalized populations.
Nancy Jokinen, has a Masters'
degree in Social Work and extensive professional experience
with community services for people with intellectual
impairments in Thunder Bay. Her interest is in quality
of life and issues of aging.
Renee Ruiter-Kohn, has an
extensive background in human service consulting on
disability issues in Southern Ontario.
Nancy Jokinen has been invited
to participate in a round table on seniors and mental
health by Reena, a Toronto-based agency and member
of the IASSID Affiliated Research Centres and Foundations.
Reena is sponsoring Nancy's attendance at the 32nd
Annual Scientific and Educational Meeting of the Canadian
Association for Gerontology, taking place Oct. 30
- Nov. 1 in Toronto. In particular, the intent is
for Nancy to attend and participate in a preconference
on Seniors' Mental Health and a round table discussion
titled "Seniors Living on the Margins," that will
use as a basis for discussion a paper prepared by
Health Canada.
The workshop will bring together leading researchers,
educators, policy makers and practicioners in the
area of older adults' mental health and addictions
to present updates on current major initiatives as
well as provide opportunities to share emerging common
concerns, explore developments around provincial and
national mental health and homecare proposals, and
identify collaborative opportunities.
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PRESENTATION AVAILABLE:
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CRDS PROGRAMS
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or a PowerPoint presentation.
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TOP RUSSIAN MENTAL HEALTH
LEADERS VISIT CALGARY
On January 17 - 31, 2004 the University of Calgary
in collaboration with the Calgary Health Region hosted
10 top mental health leaders from across Russia, as
part of a program aimed at strengthening that country’s
struggling mental health system.
Since 1997, the Community Rehabilitation and Disability
Studies of the Faculty of Education has been involved
in three Russian mental health projects. The current
project is part of a four year program funded by the
Canadian International Development Agency in partnership
with the Canadian Centre on Disability Studies and
the University of Manitoba.
"The Russian mental health system has been in
dire straits, exacerbated by the difficult economic
transition that they have been going through,"
said Dr. Aldred Neufeldt, Director, Community Rehabilitation
and Disability Studies. "The focus of this partnership
is to work with our Russian colleagues to help them
reform their mental health system."
This is the first of three delegations that will
visit Calgary over the next three years as part of
the Canada Russia Disability Program. The objective
of the program is to assist the Russian mental health
system in establishing community-based services and
supports for people with psychiatric impairments and
their families.
The Russian delegates spent the majority of their
study tour time exploring the breadth of mental health
programs offered in Calgary, with the possibility
that they may then apply similar models of care in
their own country. The Russian representatives had
an opportunity to participate in a number of learning
seminars at the University of Calgary, to visit and
observe a variety of community mental health services
and programs, including inpatient and outpatient hospital
services, day programs, Early Psychosis Clinic, a
variety of group sessions, housing and employment
programs, rehabilitation programs, community social
support and self-help agencies, and mental health
service consumer organizations.
Dr. Alexander Shmukler, a lead researcher with the
Moscow Research Institute of Psychiatry, said Russia
has a strong foundation of hospital-based mental health
programs but needs to do a better job of serving people
in the community. "We are trying to put more
emphasis on psychosocial rehabilitation and community
supports. That's the direction we are moving in,"
said Shmukler, adding he has been impressed by the
array of programs he has seen in Calgary.
IN PURSUIT OF EQUAL
PARTICIPATION:
CANADA AND DISABILITY AT HOME AND ABROAD
A book co-authored by Aldred Neufeldt
and the late Henry Enns, is
now in publication. The thrust of the work is. to
document the changes over the past half century in
how disability has been perceived, understood and
acted on in Canada and by Canada internationally.
The book provides a record of events and developments
not previously documented in one place, and demonstrates
something of the uniqueness of Canada's approach to
disability, and in particular the important roles
played by the disability community itself in catalyzing
and leading such changes as have occurred. Finally,
the book raises a number of questions and ideas about
how the goal of equal participation in Canada and
internationally might be pursued in the future.
Aldred Neufeldt presented an invited
paper on evidence-based knowledge in mental
health and work at a two-day hemispheric conference
on that topic at the Pan American Health Organization
(PAHO) in Mexico City.
Susan Cran was honoured with an
invitation to be a keynote speaker at the annual
convention of ASORC, the Australian Society of Rehabiliation
Counsellors, which took place October 16th and 17th
in Sydney, Australia. Susan spoke on the topic of
a new Canadian code of ethics for rehabilitation professionals.
CARP (Canadian Association of Rehabilitation Professionals)
has adopted an aspirational Code of Ethics, based
on the fundamental aspects of caring which include
the respect of the dignity and autonomy of persons,
responsible caring for the best interest of persons,
integrity in pro relationships, and responsibility
to society.
Nancy Marlett recently attended
the NCRE's (National Committee on Rehabilitation Education,
U.S.A.) Committee on Undergraduate Registry
Svetlana Shklarov and Paul Gronerud
are leading a two-week introductory training
event on addressing the effects of post-traumatic
stress disorders in Stavropol, Russia. This is the
first of three training events to develop expertise
on trauma within Russia's mental health system, and
is part of the Canada-Russia Disability Program.
CRDS DIRECTORSHIP 2003
Community Rehabilitation and Disability Studies is
pleased to inform you that the Dean has appointed
Dr. Aldred Neufeldt as the Interim Director of CRDS,
effective July 1, 2003, taking the place of Dr. Nancy
Marlett, who has faithfully served in this capacity
for the past eleven years.
Nancy has earned a well-deserved respite, and will
be happy to return to more usual academic pursuits.
All of us at CRDS would like to express our sincere
appreciation to Nancy for her years of devoted service.
We also extend a warm welcome to Aldred in his new
role, and look forward to working with him until such
time as a permanent director is appointed.
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