Interdisciplinary Studies January - May 1994 Staff List Contents Interdisciplinary Studies Information For Interdisciplinary Studies numbers not listed below 222-7224 For other academies 228-9771 General Information Course Listings Begin Course Listings by Date (Lower Mainland) Course Listings by Date (Out-of-Town) Course Listings by Title How to Register for a Course Map Media Centre What is the Justice Institute? What is Interdisciplinary Studies? Courses Accident Investigation Administrative/Support Staff Out-of-Town Child and Youth Care Child Sexual Abuse Out-of-Town Courses Computer" Conferences/Special Events Conflict Resolution Counselling Family Issues Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Out-of-Town Courses Driver Training Enforcement and Investigation Fire Safety Management Out-of-Town Courses Professional Health Programs Out-of-Town Residential Care Management Skills Front Line Skills Out-of-Town Courses Traffic Education Training for Trainers 3 4 38 41 41 46 47 45 45 45 44 4 5 5 9 11 11 13 14 20 21 21 23 44 23 24 25 29 29 31 31 31 34 34 44 36 •computer courses are offered by the Corrections Academy, 6o4/222-7298. Employment Readiness Programs Corrections Academy 2 ■ Dean Pat Ross 222-7220 Kate Walker, Supervisor Administrative Services 222-7221 Program Directors Flora Macleod Shelley Rivkin 222-7225 222-7233 Centre for Conflict Resolution Training Co-ordinator, Marg Huber Karen Falk, Program Planner Kerry Gruber, Program Planner Kendra McEown, Program Planner Lorraine Filewood, Program Assistant Sally McMurray, Program Assistant Cheryl Redding, Program Assistant 222-7248 222-7161 222-7167 222-7213 222-7156 222-7287 222-7156 Justice, Family, and Agency Training Cindy Bettcher, Co-ordinator Tad Dick, Program Planner Lori Ovens, Program Assistant 222-7232 222-7271 222-7251 Management, Enforcement, and Training for Trainers Patricia McNeill, Co-ordinator 222-7229 Michele Robinson, Program Assistant 222-7180 Residential Settings Management Training Sandra Rice, Co-ordinator Sandy Johnson, Program Assistant 222-7273 222-7285 Administrative Assistants Dennette Retel Kim Howse 222-7295 222-7282 Office Support Staff Carolyn Eyres Judy Laird Steven Schick 222-7224 222-7224 222-7224 First Nations Advisor Grace Adams 222-7163 44 Interdisciplinary Studies Justice Institute of B.C. 4180 West 4th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6R 4J5 Telephone: 6<>4/222-7224 FAX: 604/66o-1875 Interdisciplinary Studies Cover and inside graphics: Pamela Roberts Designs Layout: The Graphics Group How to Use the Calendar Registration Office Registration Supervisor Debra Dolan 222-7276 Registration Processing Clerks Heather Olson Lorraine Ordano Cindy Teather 222-7111 222-71 11 222-7111 1. Check the Contents list for course categories. Categories indicate the subject or target group of the courses listed within them. 2. Categories are listed alphabetically. Within each category, courses are arranged by suggested sequence or date order. Conflict Resolution elective courses are listed alphabetically by title. 3. Courses are also listed by date (see page 38). Library Information 222-3600 h General Information Time of classes: Unless otherwise indicated, classes will be in session from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Please check th,e ftrst page of each category arid individual course listings. Class times are also noted on the registration receipt. <.. • - In consideration of the environment, please bring your own cup or mug, or treat yourself to a JI mug for $4.00. Disabled designated parking: Disabled designated parking stalls are located beside the gymnasium in the parking lot adjacent to Blake Hall, and in front of MacDonald Hall (see map, page 47). Students with special needs should check with the Registration Office for the location of access ramps and washrooms. to 5:00 pm, Monday to Friday, and library staff are available to provide reference services. A screening room is available for viewing audiovisual items, and an audiovisual catalogue can be purchased for $7.00. Photocopy charges are $.20 a page. While any student may use the library, borrowing privileges are limited to students enroled in Interdisciplinary Studies certificate programs and to Corrections Branch and Court Services staff, firefighters, paramedics, police officers, and Provincial Emergency Program personnel. Others may borrow through interlibrary loan. Contact the librarian at your ministry, office, community college, university, or public library. Location of classrooms: Unless otherwise stated, classes will take place at the Justice Institute in Blake or MacDonald Hall. Notice boards inside the main doors of Blake Hall and MacDonald Hall list courses and classrooms for that day. It is a good idea to check the notice board on entering as rooms may change on short notice. Food on campus: Coffee and juice are provided in most classrooms and a small, deli-style store in Blake Hall, operated by Menu Setters caterers, is open from 7:00 am to 3:30 pm, Monday through Friday. The cafeteria, in a building just west of the gymnasium, is open from 7 :00 am to 3:30 pm weekdays. library: All students attending courses at the JI are welcome to use the library. The library is open from 8:00 am Out-of-town courses: Courses offered outside the Lower Mainland are listed at the end of each category. Parking: Parking is available, free of charge, in lots located north of Blake Hall and east of the driveway off 8th Avenue (for MacDonald Hall). The next Interdisciplinary Studies calendar will cover the period June, July, and August 1994. It will be available in April 1994. We regularly update our mailing lists. Please let us know if you would like your name added to or deleted from the calendar list, or if your address has changed. Interdisciplinary Studies occasionally undertakes special mail-outs for other organizations. We do not sell or give our mailing lists to others. Interdisciplinary Studies 3 The Justice Institute is Moving Many of you may already know that the Justice Institute will be moving to a new campus in New Westminster. The move is scheduled for January 1995. Our new campus will total approximately 170,000 square feet, about 10% more space than the present site. The facility will include an office block, classroom/simulation block, library, lecture theatre, cafeteria, gym, indoor firearms range, media centre, and more. The design of the buildings integrates an exterior courtyard area with an interior atrium space. Coloured renderings of the new site are on display in the foyer of the Blake Hall classroom building and the MacDonald Hall main entrance. Please stop in and have a look if you are attending a course or a meeting at the Jericho site. Administrative/ Support Staff Unless otherwise indicated, Administrative/Support Staff courses will be held at the Justice Institute and will be in session from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Making Order Out of Chaos: Planning Skills for Administrative and Clerical Staff (#SUP110) This planning workshop is directed toward administrative/ support staff who have too much to do and too little time. Participants will learn how to identify and eliminate time wasters, manage their work better, and increase their productivity. (An elective in the Management Development for Residential Settings certificate program.) Length: One day Date(s): January 20 March 10 Fee: $90 Instructor(s): Sheila Maccallum Front Line/Firing Line: Handling the Angry Client (#SUP109) No matter where they work - a government, private or voluntary sector agency, or in the justice system - front office staff and line workers may find themselves having to handle distraught or angry clients. Through small group discussions and role plays, participants in this workshop will learn practical techniques to help them cool down these difficult encounters. Topics to be examined include resolving conflict, managing anger, and the concept of , perceived power versus real power. Length: Two days Date(s): February 7-8 Fee: $165 Instructor(s): A consultant with Ryane Consulting Inc. 4 Interdisciplinary Studies Survival Skills for Support Staff: Reducing Workplace Clashes (#SUP115) Administrative support staff are key to the efficiency and success of any organization, but productivity, morale, and working relationships suffer when an employee's work time is consumed with unresolved conflicts and concerns. To survive the stress and tension that can lead to these inevitable, day-to-day disagreements, misunderstandings, and differences, administrative support staff need to learn specific skills and strategies that will enable them to communicate more openly and honestly. This workshop will target key trouble spots that create stress, tension, and conflicts in the workplace, and will provide participants with practical, effective strategies and critical communication skills that will enable them to navigate their way through these problem situations. The emphasis will be on practical application and skill development. Demonstrations will illustrate common conflict situations and participants will have opportunities to deal with problems typical to their workplace setting. Length: Two days Date(s): March 8-9 Fee: $165 Instructor(s): Paula Temrick Instructors: Sheila MacCallum, M.Ed. (Adult Education), is a program planner and consultant in the areas of time management, charity volunteer training, and literacy. Ryane Consulting Inc. has designed and delivered workshops on topics related to leadership and management, communications and conflict, and business writing, for 20 years. Consultants are highly skilled in creating trust and a participative atmosphere as well as balancing theory and practical applications. Paula Temrick is a human relations consultant, counsellor, and mediator/facilitator in private practice. She provides training and consulting for educators, business, social service, and mental health professionals. Out-of-Town Courses Cranbrook Making Order Out of Chaos: Planning Skills for Administrative and Clerical Staff (#SUP11 O) For course description, see page 4. Length: One day Date(s): February 18 For location and fee contact Community Services, East Kootenay Community College at 489-2751, local 242. Child and Youth Care Unless otherwise indicated, Child and Youth Care courses will be held at the Justice Institute and will be in session from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Youth in Conflict: A Skills Development Series The courses in this series are designed for counsellors, social workers, child and youth care workers, and other professionals working with youth in conflict. The training progresses from simple management of anger in older children and adolescents, to the resolution of conflict, and, fmally, to teaching young people the skills necessary to problem solve and avoid becoming trapped by verbal or physical challenges. Upon completion of the series, participants will receive a letter acknowledging their participation. The courses in this series can be taken individually (subject only to any prerequisites noted in the individual course descriptions), and need not be completed in any one calendar term. All titles are electives in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescents and Conflict Resolution Certificate Programs. The series currently offers the following courses: Working with Anger and Aggression in Youth - two days Engaging Withdrawn and Resistant Youth - two days Worfd!19 with Troubled and Troubli!19 Adolescents: A Certificate Program for Practitioners (#CY135) This certificate program has lx:co det>igncd to increase the knowledge and skill level of practitioners currently working with adolescents in community or residential setting&. The assessment/intervention framework presented in the program draws on three lheoretical perspectives: 1) normative development; 2) a psychoeducational model of re-education of troubled youth; and 3) a streM;-coping model of developmental out• come. Participants who successfully complete the core program and electives will be awarded a certificate of achievement. Fora brochure describing program structure, content, and eligibility, telephone 6o4/222-7271 . Length: Date(s): 12 days Apdl 22-23, May 6-7, May 20.21, June 3-4,June 17-18 and June 24-2S Fee: $700 for the core program sessions Cou.r&e Co-ordinator: Debbie Verkerk, B.A., is a con• sultant and trainer with 13 years' experience with adoleS<..-en~ in residential and school settings with a focus on Positive Peer CUiture. She is the Chairperson, Advisors Committee, School of Child Care, Dougla., College, and former program co-ordinator, Avalon School. Instructol(s): The program is delivered by instructors who have expertise in the fleld of youth and child care. Electives All of the following courses are electives in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescents Certificate Program, but are also open to those not enroled in the certificate program. Mediating with Youth in Conflict - three days Parent-Teen Conflict: Creating Agreements for Change - two days (summer 1994) Problem Solving with Youth - two days Responding to Put-downs and Bullying Behavioun Assertion Skills for Youth - two days (summer 1994) Please call 6o4/222-7271 for further information regarding this series. Working with Anger and Aggression in Youth (#CR720) Working with angry, upset, and verbally abusive youth can be stressful and frustrating, and may lead to bum-out. When responding to these young people, practitioners can find themselves caught in a power struggle, and unintentionally escalating the young person's anger. This workshop will provide participants with practical skills and strategies to move them out of power struggles so that they can become more effective in understanding, defusing, and confronting children and adolescents who are angry. Specific attention will be directed toward the dynamics of conflict and anger arousal within the context of adolescent development. Skills to manage feelings of anger and defensiveness within conflict situations will be addressed. Participants will have extensive opportunities to observe, apply, and practise specific anger management and problem-solving skills. (An elective in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescent and Conflict Resolution Certificate Programs.) Length: Two days Date(s): February 8-9 Fee: $175 Instructor(s): Paula Temrick Interdisciplinary Studies 5 ~ enting Peer Youth Violence (#CY159) The apparent escalation of peer violence among youth has greatly concerned communities throughout BC. The behaviour ranges from bullying and theft of clothes or other personal items, to random physical assaults and use of weapons. Many of these violent situations occur among adolescents who are not members of gangs or organized. groups. These behaviours are not restricted to teens; more than ever before, concern has been raised about violent behaviour at the primary school age. This course will explore the origins of violence in the home and community, and offer specific skills to help identify precursors to violence as well as skills to intervene and defuse potentially violent situations. A significant amount of course time will be devoted to conflict resolution concepts and skills. A particular focus will be on modelling ways to encourage community resources and youth to come together to build a community action plan in order to work toward a common goal of violence prevention. This . workshop will be of particular interest to youth-serving professionals such as educators, counsellors, street workers, probation staff, police, and staff in residential homes. These workshops are co-sponsored with the Crime Pre-vention Branch, Ministry of Attorney General. Length: Date(s): Three days February 15-17, Surrey, Location TBA March 1-3, North Vancouver, Location TBA March 29-31, Vancouver, Justice Institute of BC Fee: $75 lnstructor(s): Kelly Kennedy and Mark Lalonde For further information cqntact Mark Lalonde at 222-7113. Group Skills for Working with Adolescents (#CY129) Peer relationships have a powerful influence in everyone's life. For adolescents, peer relationships are particularly important. Facilitating peer groups with youth is an extremely valuable tool for bringjng about change. This participatory course is directed toward youth and child care workers and other practitioners who want to work with adolescents in a supportive role rather than acting as behavioural gatekeepers. The course will provide a theoretical overview of "positive peer culture," group dynamics and group process, and practical skills to facilitate groups and manage challenging group dynamics. theories, explores techniques of assessment, and highlights counselling strategies for motivating youth to confront and overcome the difficult problems in substance abuse. Small group and roleplay sessions will be used to assist participants in developing strategies of relevance to their clients. Length: Two days Date(s): March 4-5 Fee: $175 lnstructor(s): Rob Axsen, B.A., and Colin Sanders, M.A. - Using Story and Myth in Working with Youth (#CY146) This workshop is designed to explore the use of story and myth in working with adolescents. Participants will have an opportunity to see how myths have impacted, enriched, and influenced both cultural and personal development. Stories to increase awareness of negative, destructive, and debilitating beliefs allow adolescents to understand the limitations and restrictions of their present frame of reference. Ultimately, this self-knowledge leads to a process of sifting, integrating, and choosing a more rewarding and satisfying manner of experiencing and perceiving life. Using story and mythology adds new dimensions, enhances spontaneity, and increases creativity. The journey into personal and cultural mythology can extend the resource base by which everyday situations are viewed. It offers a more empowered and problem solving prospective. (An elective in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescents Certificate Program.) Length: Two days Date(s): March 21-22 Fee: $175 Instructor(s): Ronald D. Conboy, M.S. (Counselling), R.C.C. Engaging Withdrawn and Resistant Youth (#CR720A) Adolescents and Substance Abuse, Level I: Practical Strategies for Assessment and Treatment (#CY141) Whether expressed verbally or non-verbally, resistance is often motivated by underlying or unmet needs and/or feel.ings of revenge, mistrust, suspicion, or fear. Practitioners working with resistant youth frequently become the target of displaced anger, hurt, or frustration. This workshop, directed toward staff working with resistant or challenging adolescents, will focus on strategies and activities that will enable participants to become more effective jn building rapport and engaging withdrawn and resistant adolescents. Communication skills and approaches for responding to put-downs, denial, sarcasm, and blaming remarks will be highlighted. Throughout the workshop, participants will have extensive opportunities to observe, apply and practise the skills presented. Prerequisite(s): Working with Anger and Aggression in Youth (#CR720). (An elective in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescent and Conflict Resolution certificate programs.) This workshop is directed toward staff who want to develop practical strategies for collaborating with youth in an effort to overcome the problem of substance abuse. This workshop provides an overview of substance abuse Length: Two days Date(s): March 28-29 Fee: $175 Instructor(s): Paula Temrick Length: Two days Date(s): March 2-3 Fee: $175 lnstructor(s): Debbie Verkerk, B.A., and Lenox Neher 6 Interdisciplinary Studies Mediating with Youth in Conflict (#CY122) ThJs workshop provides an opportunity for participants to learn the basic skills of mediating with adolescents in conflict. Participants will learn how to engage adolescents in a mediation process and how to help them manage their emotions, balance power, and begin to use communication skills effectively. Lecture, skills demonstrations, and small group roleplay sessions will be used to assist the participants to learn to mediate both "on the spot" arid in a more formal context. Especially recommended for group home and residential treatment personnel, counsellors, social workers, correctional officers, and educators working with adolescents. (An elective in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescent and Conflict Resolution certificate programs.) Length: Three days Date(s): Aprll 27-29 Fee: $195 Instructor(s): Paula Temrick Problem Solving with Youth (#CY139) In conflict, young people frequently make decisions based on impulse, assumption, fear, or revenge. As a result, their solutions may worsen or escalate the problems at hand. In an effort to assist, adults can get caught in "quick fixing" solving the problem or giving advice based on the adult's interpretation and personal needs. In this workshop, participants will learn ways to respond to youth in conflict situations effectively and appropriately. Content will focus on developing constructive and meaningful consequences for problem behaviours and helping adolescents problem solve and successfully meet their needs in acceptable ways. Specific attention will be directed toward ways to negotiate and resolve conflicts with youth, and to facilitate their ability to resolve conflicts and problems on their own. Throughout the workshop, participants will have opportunities to observe, apply, and practise the skills · presented. Prerequisite(s): Working with Anger and Aggression in Youth (#CR720) or one of the following: Conflict Resolution, Level I (#CRl00), Conflict Resolution, Level II (#CR200), or Critical Skills for Communicating in Conflict (#CR735). (An elective in the Working with Troubled and Troubling Adolescent and Conflict Resolution certificate programs.) Length: Two days Date(s): May 18-19 Fee: $175 Instructor(s): Paula Temrick - Worl