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Back-to-School Psychological Considerations – Online Series

August 26, 2021 to September 9, 2021

  • Category: Online, Workshop
  • Region: Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario, GTA, Northern Ontario, Outside Ontario, Southern Ontario
  • Topic: Other, Teacher Development, Wellness
  • Grades: Intermediate (grades 7-10), JK-SK, Junior (grades 4-6), Primary (grades 1-3), Senior (grades 11-12)

This Fall, Queen’s Faculty of Health Sciences Continuing Professional Development is hosting an online educational series for educators and healthcare providers. We have teamed up with psychologists Drs. Allyson Harrison and Beth Pollock, with the support of an interprofessional planning committee, to create the Back-to-School Psychological Considerations – Online Series.

The series will run online August 26, September 1, and September 9 from 4PM – 5:30 PM EST and all sessions will be recorded, so learners who are unable to attend live can catch up at a later date.

Session Topics & Learning Objectives:

Return to Classroom: Challenges and considerations

  • By the end of the session, learners should be able to:
    1. Identify how the increase in mental health disorder prevalence is affecting youth, teens, and young adults (psychologically, socially, and behaviourally).
    2. Discuss the impact of COVID on the mental health and daily functioning of youth, adolescents, and young adults (university/undergrad students)
    3. Integrate effective screening approaches for mental health issues in children, adolescents, and young adults

ADHD diagnosis in the landscape of COVID

  • By the end of the session, learners should be able to:
    1. Assess the five criteria for diagnosing or initiating treatment for ADHD and identifying ADHD mimics in your practice
    2. Discuss the complications of diagnosing ADHD prior to COVID and how this has changed in part because of the pandemic
    3. Integrate effective assessment or when to refer on children, adolescents, young adults in your practice

Supporting children, adolescents, and young adults as they resume the “new normal”

  • By the end of the session, learners should be able to:
    1. Identify potential challenges children, adolescents, and young adults will face as they resume typical routines
    2. Differentiate between typical adaptation challenges and those that may indicate more significant difficulties
    3. Integrate effective practice strategies for normalizing student challenged re-entering life, establishing or re-establishing health routines, and accessing appropriate interventions and supports

Please see https://healthsci.queensu.ca/faculty-staff/opdes/programs/backtoschool for more details.