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The Edge of Compassion
The TEND Academy TEDTalk Explores best practices in Compassion Fatigue. (18 minutes)
Workplace Strategies for Mental Health / Canada Life
This website has a plethora of Workplace Health and Safety resources for management and staff. Includes free training and tools.
Paper Tigers
This documentary is available on Tugg Educational. Information can be viewed by trailer from Amazon $28 USD. Free Facilitator’s Guide is also available on this website. (1 hour 42 minutes)
Home Fire: Ending the Cycle of Family Violence
Presented by the Native Counselling Services of Alberta, this video explores family violence and restorative justice from an Aboriginal Perspective. Includes guide. (37 minutes)
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
The website contains a videos and podcasts on a wide range of topics including brain architecture, ACEs, Resilience, Stress.
Safe Messaging about Suicide, Mental Illness and Mental Health
The Mental Health Commission of Canada offers this 1-hour webinar to help people learn how to safely talk about suicide and mental health. Information will be provided to help participants gain the confidence necessary to learn from people with lived experience and engage in safe and meaningful conversation about suicide and mental health. (1 hour)
Prevention, Intervention and Postvention of Suicide
The Alberta Children’s Mental Health Learning Series offers this video. It highlights the basics of suicide statistics, and learn approaches to universal prevention, early intervention and postvention (dealing with the aftermath of a death by suicide) for youth.
Concurrent Disorders Learning Series
This Alberta Health Services series includes videos dealing with topics related to suicide prevention. Access through the Crisis Intervention link on the website.
The Centre for Suicide Prevention
The website has a wealth of knowledge-based resources on suicide prevention, from infographics to in-depth editorial articles.
Understanding Historical Trauma and Health Status of Aboriginal People
This AHS video addresses how historical trauma has impacted health of aboriginal people; identifies cultural approaches to wellness; outlines policy considerations; identifies effective cultural tools used in Aboriginal health. (75 minutes)
Through My Eyes
A documentary on Edmonton’s homeless youth. Created by the City of Edmonton Youth Council. (1 hour)
Stages of Change Model
35 minutes Podcast outlining Prochaska and DiClementi’s Stages of Change Model
Resiliency Theory: What Works
Michael Unger speaks on helping people navigate and negotiate what they need. Elements include structure/consequences; parent/child connections; multiple broader networks; powerful identity; sense of control; rights are respected; safety/support; responsibility for others. (30 minutes)
Motivational Interviewing: Part 1-3
The AHS Concurrent Disorder Series offers Part 1 – definition and motivational strategies for each stage (52 minutes). Part 2 – Stages of change and 5 basic skills (53 minutes). Part 3 – Outlines strategies for each stage of change. (1 hour)
Homelessness & Mental Health in Edmonton: Addressing the Stigma
Edmonton Social Planning Council identifies homelessness and mental health statistics in Edmonton and throughout Alberta and outlines common barriers to accessing needed community and social supports. Highlights evidence-informed interventions to address stigma.
Have THAT Talk Series
This Ottawa Public Health series includes a variety of short videos on various mental health topics geared towards the general public, parents and workplace.
Stages of Change Model and Treatment Planning
A PowerPoint presentation on Motivational Interviewing created by Governors State University Illinois.
Emotional Regulation and Recovery from Mental Illness: Regulation Skills, Training at the Core of Stepped Care
This AHS video explores the connection between behavioural neuroscience and addictions and range of emotional disorders; outlines how emotional skills training is an effective treatment in a coordinated, stepped-care model. (37 minutes)
Concurrent Disorders: An Introduction
This AHS video addresses epidemiological data, underlying models and risk factors; overlap between mental health and addictions, assessment process, common presentation of concurrent disorders, treatment approaches. Address relationship with ACEs. (30 minutes)
Children’s Mental Health Learning Series
The GOA series includes 18 videos and resources dealing with wide range of mental health issues for children and youth. (1 hour to 1 ½ hours each)
First Nations, Metis & Inuit HEADSTRONG Youth Summit Toolkit
This summit toolkit offered by MHCC is intended to educate students by improving their knowledge, attitudes and intended behaviours towards those living with a mental illness or mental health problem.
Resilience: Biology of Stress and Science of Hope (documentary)
A one-hour documentary that delves into the science of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and the birth of a new movement to treat and prevent Toxic Stress. (COST: US$395 DVD ; US$175 Digital 1 yr rental)
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
The website contains a videos and podcasts on a wide range of topics including brain architecture, ACEs, Resilience, Stress.
Engaging Clients with Complex PTSD and Chronic Substance Abuse Issues
This AHS video addresses effective engagement interventions for those experiencing chronic substance abuse and complex PTSD. (52 minutes)
Domestic Violence & Addictions and Mental Health Parts 1 and 2 (AHS)
This AHS video series includes – Part 1: Key messages include Prolonged exposure to violence is associated with onset, duration and recurrence of mental health disorders/addictive behaviours. 2: Responding to Domestic Violence. (38 minutes)
Concurrent Disorder Comprehensive Assessment
This video demonstrates how to engage clients in assessment, treatment planning and a decision making that is guided by ASAM’s patient placement criteria. (70 minutes)
Alberta Family Wellness Initiative
Website contains a variety of videos related to addictions and substance misuse.