Laying the Groundwork - What do Black youth bring with them into care encounters?
- Anti-Racism, historical context & history leading to patient mistrust, trauma / community trauma - Interactive Learning: Q & A following keynote
Dr. Samra Sahlu
Psychiatrist
Making their way through • mental health system navigation for Black youth
Coffee Break
Panel discussion • challenges and suggestions for supporting youth, including youth in crisis Donna Alexander•Paul Bailey•Floydeen Charles - Fridal•Kevin Haynes
Interactive Learning: Q & A and discussion following panel
Donna Alexander
Social Worker at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Paul Bailey
Executive Director of Black Health Alliance
Floydeen Charles - Fridal
Executive Director of Caribbean African Canadian Social Services (CAFCAN)
Kevin Haynes
Senior Manager at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Lunch
Breakout Session
Coffee Break
Closing Keynote: Where do we go from here? • Affirming and Strengths based approaches to caring for Black Youth Dr. Semir Bulle
Models of strength and resiliencies for Black youth Instilling a sense of hope and purpose, strategies to move forward Interactive Learning: Q & A following Keynote
Dr. Semir Bulle
Psychiatry Resident at University of Toronto
Closing Remarks
Pathways to Care project and current challenges in system navigation for Black youth Tiyondah Fante-Coleman
Interactive Learning: Q & A following session
Tiyondah Fante-Coleman
Researcher at Black Health Alliance
Lessons learned from SAPACCY research project for primary care providers • strategies for screening and service navigation Dr. Amy Gajaria
Interactive Learning: Q & A following session
Dr. Amy Gajaria
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and scientist
Suicide Risk Assessment and Trauma-Informed de-escalation Dr. Olabode Akintan
Understanding the suicide risk assessment and specific considerations when working with Black youth
Approaches to youth in crisis from a trauma-informed perspective, strategies for crisis de-escalation.
Facilitator-led discussion and Q & A following session
Dr. Olabode Akintan
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
Medication and Self-medication: Substance use disorders and psychopharmacology tips and tricks Dr. Amy Gajaria
- Understanding the substances youth are commonly using and the impacts of these on physical and mental health.
- Medication considerations when working with youth with concurrent disorders and complex youth.
- Trauma-informed medication prescribing and medication.
- Medication and medical care as strategies to engagement and psychotherapeutic support for those who decline other referrals.
- Facilitator-led discussion and Q & A following session
Dr. Amy Gajaria
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist and scientist
Treating Black Youth with Serious Mental Illness Using an EDI lens Dr. Suzanne Archie•Sheilon Rogers
- Understanding signs and symptoms of psychosis in Black youth.
- Particular considerations for management.
- Assessing psychosis in the context of trauma and racism.
- Facilitator-led discussion and Q & A following session
Dr. Suzanne Archie
Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University
Sheilon Rogers
Registered Nurse at Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Sex, gender, and intersectionality Dr. Samra Sahlu
- Understanding the complexities of gender and sexual identities for Black youth.
- Considering how gender and sex might impact mental health for Black youth.
- Considerations related to sexual abuse.
- Thinking about sexual health and sexual health screening for Black youth; building healthy attitudes to self and sex.
- Facilitator-led discussion and Q & A following session
Dr. Samra Sahlu
Psychiatrist
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