Skills for caregivers offered in new UBC program

A new UBC certificate program — Counselling and Working with an
Aging Population — addresses the growing need to understand and
respond to issues of older persons. Offered by Continuing Studies’
Women’s Resource Centre, the seven-month part-time program uses
classroom instruction and interactive learning to look at senior-specific
issues and help students build counselling skills. It aims to build
the working relationships and interpersonal skills of volunteers,
caregivers, business professionals, community workers, social workers,
clergy and health-care professionals. Classes start in January and
require the equivalent of high school graduation. For more information
visit the Web site at www.cstudies.ubc.ca/wrc.

  • Contact: Ruth Sigal, director, Women’s Resource Centre,
    (604) 482-8588

Conference on aboriginal women and wellness

Jo-Ann Archibald, director of UBC’s First Nations House of Learning,
will be one of the speakers at a conference called The Legacies
We Leave Our Children, the fourth British Columbia Conference on
Aboriginal Women and Wellness. International speakers include physicians,
social workers, artists and elders who will discuss topics such
as traditional birthing, parenting, language, governance and culture.
The conference takes place Jan. 8-11, 2000 at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Vancouver and cost for the full program is $325 if registered
before Dec. 17.

  • Contact: Elaine Liau, director of Interprofessional Continuing
    Education, 604.822.2801 or 1-800-663-0348.

Free treatment for traumatic stress at clinic

Psychologists conducting research at the Traumatic Stress Clinic
in UBC’s Psychiatry Dept. are offering free psychological treatment
to selected individuals suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD). The disorder can result from events such as physical or
sexual assault and motor vehicle or other accidents or trauma. Participants
will be interviewed by telephone followed by an in-depth personal
interview and assessment. People who qualify for the study will
receive eight sessions of individual treatment at the clinic.

  • Contact: Angela Yeh, Nicole Lawson, research assistants,604.822.8040

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