Promising and established practices for family caregiver engagement: Family Caregiver Community of Interest Webinar 2
By Knowledge Transfer & Exchange Community of Interest, Toronto Chapter
Date and time
Wednesday, March 29, 2017 · 9 - 10:30am PDT
Location
Online
Description
Join the "Three Perspectives on Family Support" webinar, the second in the "Promising and Established Practices for Family Caregiver Engagement" series presented by the Evidence Exchange Network (EENet) and the Family Caregivers Community of Interest.
This webinar will explore:
- A rural perspective - The challenges that family members face when seeking support in a rural setting.
- Exploring the Family Matters Peer Support and Recovery program - Exploring the Family Matters Program at the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario, including the development, challenges, as well as collaborations that have been used to meet the needs of family members and supporters
- Building bridges of hope and care: Family support at PEPP - The development of the family peer support program at the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP), including barriers in engaging families, and how to build bridges of hope and care in communities.
Watch the recording of the first webinar in this series.
THE PRESENTERS:
- Becky Curran, Family Matters Program Manager, Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO)
- Daniel Farb, Family Matters Mental Health Counsellor, Mood Disorders Association of Ontario (MDAO)
- Mary Anne Levasseur, Coordinator of Peer-driven Family Support in the Prevention and Early Intervention Program for Psychosis (PEPP-Montreal), Douglas Mental Health University Institute
- Valerie Kitchen, Program Coordinator for Council of Consumer/Survivor and Family Initiatives, CMHA Muskoka-Parry Sound
Organized by
The Canadian Knowledge Transfer and Exchange Community of Practice (KTECOP) is a network of KTE practitioners and researchers who share KTE practices and experience, build peer relationships for information exchange and support, build KTE capacity, advance knowledge of KTE effectiveness, and share KTE events, job opportunities and other related KTE activities. For more information visit www.ktecop.ca.