Resources & files: Videos
Webinar 15: BC PSR AP: Webinar 9 – Shifts in MH Policy & Practice: Police Information Checks
The BC PSR Advanced Practice is pleased to offer a webinar on supporting shifts in mental health policy and practice regarding police information checks in a BC/Canadian context. Session objectives were: 1. To provide participants with a description of previous ways in which mental health information was included in Police Information Checks 2.
Webinar 14: BC PSR AP: Employment Series 6 – Health & Recovery Through Work: IPS
The BC PSR Advanced Practice is pleased to offer this session that focuses on the evidence based model of supported employment called “Individual Placement and Support” (IPS). While there are a variety of supported employment programs that assist individuals dealing with serious mental illness and often substance abuse challenges, IPS is currently the most robust model.
Webinar 7: BC PSR AP: Discussing Peer Services in Recovery-Oriented PSR Practice
This session will outline the basic history and development of peer services in Recovery-Oriented, PSR practice settings. The range of existing Peer Support roles will be outlined, with discussion of strengths and challenges of the model, presented from a direct service and systems perspective.
Webinar 6: BC PSR AP: Innovative Canadian PSR Education and Practice
Presented as part of this year’s PSR/RPS Canada National Conference in Toronto, this workshop will describe an innovative Canadian platform specifically designed to support learning and advance recovery-oriented PSR practice while building strong community partnerships with people with lived experience, practitioners, researchers, educators, students and administrators.
Webinar 5: BC PSR AP: Advancing Practice Through the Use of Strengths Based Assessment
According to PSR / RPS Canada (2013) practitioners are required to have competencies to assesses individual needs, create PSR and recovery oriented service plans and measure outcomes. Thus, being able to administer a strength-based assessment is an essential first step in order to best help the person recover.
Webinar 3: BC PSR AP: Competencies of Practice for Canadian PSR Practitioners
This session describes new Canadian Recovery-Orientated Psychosocial Competencies of Practice for Rehabilitation Practitioners developed by PSR / RPS Canada. Following a brief overview of PSR / RPS Canada, the webinar establishes the importance of defining core Competencies in recovery-orientated practice; provides an overview of the development of the Competencies of Practice for Canadian Psychosocial Rehabilitation; introduces the Core competencies; finally, suggestions on how to implement the competencies are offered followed by time for questions and answers.
Originally broadcast on March 27th, 2014, with presenters Vicky Huehn, Dr. Regina Casey, and Dorothy Edem, this was a special partnership between the BC PSR Advanced Practice and PSR/RPS Canada.
Webinar 2: BC PSR AP: Community Mental Health & Cognitive Rehabilitation
The BC Psychosocial Rehabilitation Advanced Practice is pleased to share a webinar focused on the principles and practice of cognitive remediation. The webinar originally took place on Wednesday, March 5th, 2014 from 3:00pm – 4:30pm, and was presented by Kathy Wong, MOT, and Dr. Regina Casey.
Webinar 13: BC PSR AP: Employment Series 5 – PSR Best Practices: What We Know
The BC PSR Advanced Practice is pleased to offer this session that presents current research on the evidence based practice known as Supported Employment. Emerging research is also presented on the importance of combining Supported Employment with cognitive remediation and social cognition training.
Webinar 12: BC PSR AP: Employment Series 4 – Job Retention: Building on Success and Experience
The BC PSR Advanced Practice is pleased to offer this session that discusses the importance of job retention. Once someone you support has become employed the work is not done. As articulated by both the PSR literature and the disability field supporting a person to be successful in the areas of wellness and recovery once employed is essential.
Webinar 11: BC PSR AP: Employment Series 3 – Job Finding: Success and Challenges
The BC PSR Advanced Practice is pleased to offer this session that draws on work within the disability field, to support finding and developing a job for individuals living with complex challenges. Looking at the actual approach or strategy for taking what you have learned about the individual through the engagement and discovery process and identifying potential opportunities with employers in the community.