"Promoting Mental Health in Children and Youth: Evidence-based Community Interventions"
Presented in English with simultaneous translation in French
Date: Friday, April 20th, 2012
Time: 8:15 am to 5:00 pm
Venue: The Mount Royal Centre, 2200 Mansfield, Montreal, Quebec
Invited Speakers:
Dr. Ellen Lipman, Child Psychiatrist and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Acting Medical Director of the Division of Child Psychiatry, McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences. Her research interests include studies of single-parent families, disadvantaged children, and effectiveness studies and programs dealing with bullying and aggressive children. She currently holds research grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Ontario Mental Health Foundation.
Dr. John D. McLennan, Child Psychiatrist and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics, Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary. His research includes studies of the outcome of children at high risk, and evidence-based programs for the community and schools. In addition to his focus on children with mental health and developmental problems in Canada, he has published studies of malnutrition in the Dominican Republic and youth in conflict with the law in Brazil.
Morning presentations:
"Research Update for Evidence-Based Practice in the Real World"
"Community-Based Mentoring Programs to Assist Disadvantaged Children and Youth"
Afternoon presentations:
"Helping 6 to 11 Year Olds Tame their Tempers"
"Tales from where the Rubber Meets the Road: Practical Applications for Schools and the Community"
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View the pdf program below / Veuillez trouver le programme pdf ci-bas
april_conference_program_v5.pdf
For questions, please contact:
Maria Schuepp
Divison of Child Psychiatry, McGill University
4018 St. Catherine St. West
Westmount, Quebec, H3Z 1P2
Telephone: (514) 412-4400 ext. 22470; Fax:(514) 412-4337
psychiat [dot] division [at] muhc [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (e-mail)
Transportation Information: The Mount Royal Centre is accessible by the Peel Metro station (follow the signs for 1000 Sherbrooke St. West). Parking is availablefor a fee at 2055 Metcalfe Street / Le Centre Mont Royal est accessible par le métro Pell (suivre les indications pour le 1000, rue Sherbrooke). Un stationnement payant est disponible au 2055, rue Metcalfe.