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Program Objectives:
These courses are ideal for professionals that provide services to children or youth with addiction or mental health issues including: Physicians, Social Workers, Nurses, Counsellors, Psychologists.

By the end of these courses, participants will be equipped to:
  • Manage the mental health needs of their young patients
  • Engage in inter-professional dialogue among health care providers treating or working with child and adolescent mental health problems.

Courses are offered in two different formats.

  1. Accredited / Group-Learning (prev. Category A): Our CME Accredited content will continue to be offered through the University of Calgary’s D2L platform. 
  2. Self-Learning (prev. Category B): Our self-learning content is offered in-house, on the CPD website. This content may be eligible for credits in different categories – please check with your regulatory college for specifics. 

We are always happy to help if you have questions.

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By the end of this course, participants will be equipped to:

  1. Define and describe common neurodevelopmental disabilities of childhood and their relationship to mental health disorders.
  2. Identify diagnostic tools that are useful in identifying neurodevelopmental disabilities.
  3. Apply clinical strategies that are helpful in diagnosing co-morbid mental health disorders in a vulnerable population.
  4. Summarize biopsychosocial recommendations for treating mental health disorders and severe behaviour disorders in youth with dual diagnoses.
  5. Emphasize support needs for families supporting youth with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

By the end of this course, participants will be equipped to:

  1. Explain how cannabis acts on the endocannabinoid system and how the endocannabinoid system is involved in neurodevelopmental processes.
  2. Describe the current state of knowledge regarding the impacts of adolescent cannabis use in humans on brain development and neuropsychological function.
  3. Explain how preclinical literature using animal models informs the influence of cannabis in humans and describe what we know about the neurodevelopmental impacts of cannabis exposure during adolescence.

Course Calendar

Self-Learning / On-Demand