Professional Development: Courses from the Justice Institute of BC

Featured Courses/Programs:

May 29-30 – Motivational Interviewing in Practice – Level 2 – Couns205: This course will provide you with a deeper level of understanding of the relational and technical components of motivational interviewing practices, and its relation to other change models. The course is for experienced practitioners who expect to regularly participate in sessions with clients ranging from 30 to 60 minutes. Learners will participate in activities and exercises, within the style of Motivational Interviewing, to strengthen skills related to engagement (alliance), resistance, ambivalence, as well as recognizing and responding to change talk. Prerequisite: AD204. For exceptions email program manager, cccs@jibc.ca. $297.66.

Graduate Certificate in Complex Trauma and Child Sexual Abuse Intervention: We are now accepting applications for September 2015. This 30-day (15 credit) program takes an integrative approach to the assessment and treatment of complex trauma and child sexual abuse, drawing on the most current clinical and evidence-based material on effective complex trauma intervention, as well as the most recent research on attachment, neurobiology, memory and dissociation.

Substance Use Certificate: We are now accepting applications for September 2015. This 20-day (10 credit) program is grounded in a harm-reduction approach. Sessions are led by experienced professionals with a focus on understanding substance use within a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework; the application of current research and knowledge about interventions; and the exploration of social justice issues such as race, class, gender, poverty, and violence.

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Upcoming Courses:

May 29-30	Motivational Interviewing in Practice - Level 2-COUNS205	297.66
June 8-10	Expressive Play Therapy For the Grieving Child-COUNS163	452.45
July 13-14	Expressive Play Therapy Methods Level 1-CY104	$304.16
July 15-16	Expressive Play Therapy Methods Level 2-CY104A	$304.16
Sep 14 – Dec 4	Theoretical Foundation in Complex Trauma – online –CT501	$1159.28
Sep 25-26	Understanding Substance Use-AD400	$297.66
Oct 19-20	Clinical Supervision: Innovative Practices-EP278	$286.84
Oct 20-21	Mindfulness, Mindsight and the Brain:What is Mind and Mental Health? - COUN-3600	$395.00
Oct 23-24	Continuum of Care: Prevention to Harm Reduction-AD401	$297.66
Oct 26-27	Expressive Play Therapy Methods Level 1-CY104	$304.16
Oct 28-29	Expressive Play Therapy Methods Level 2-CY104A	$304.16
Nov 2-3	An Introduction to the DSM-5-COUNS288	$338.13
Nov 12-13	Introduction to Art Therapy for Counsellors and Therapists-CY250	$303.07
Nov 20-21	Assessment Practices-AD403	$297.66
Dec 11-12	Motivational Interviewing in Practice - Level 1 - AD204	$297.66

We also offer courses in Aboriginal Trauma, Critical Incident Stress Management, Complex Trauma & Bylaw. Learn more at www.jibc.ca/cccs.

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For more information: 604.528.5608 or cccs@jibc.ca
To Register: 604.528.5590 or 1.877.528.5591 (toll free), or register@jibc.ca