The Refugee Mental Health course is accepting registrations for the 2014-15 year.
If you are a frontline settlement /social services provider or a health care professional, you are eligible for this free training.
Developed by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) this 4-week, online course is designed to help build service providers’ knowledge and skills regarding refugee mental health issues.
Course topics include mental health problems affecting refugees; the unique needs of refugee women, children, seniors and victims of torture; treatment issues and considerations; and refugee mental health promotion.
There is a course each designed for these groups of professionals:
To be eligible you must be:
- Either a settlement/social services provider or a health care professional
- Working with refugees
- Employed in Ontario.
Please visit the Refugee Mental Health Project’s homepage for more information and registration.
Note: These courses are also available in French; registration to open in June, 2014.
This project is funded by Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC).
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For further information, please contact:
Janet Ngo
Coordinator, Refugee Mental Health Project
Janet.ngo@camh.ca
416 535-8501 x34483